The National Assembly on Tuesday, passed the first reading of a bill that granted full financial and administrative autonomy to all the 774 local council authorities across Nigeria by amending section 124 of the nation’s constitution. The section provides a consequential provision for the
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Tracka, BudgIT’s has uncovered a total of N8.6 billion paid by the Federal Ministry of Works to FIMS Microfinance Bank Limited by the Minister of Works, David Umahi. The revelation was contained in a statement issued and signed by Ayomide Ladipo, the Head of Tracka, on Friday. The release exposed that the payment made by […]
A private jet having about 10 persons onboard including Very Important Personalities (VIPs) has crash-landed in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. An impeccable source said the jet crash-landed on Friday around 11 am at the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport. The jet with registration number, N580KR, missed the runway into the nearby bush. Firefighters and rescue […]
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has asked President Bola Tinubu to account for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s $3.3 billion emergency crude repayment loan. On August 16, 2023, the NNPCL secured a $3.3 billion emergency crude repayment loan — a transaction aimed at supporting the naira and stabilising the
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared that there is no plan to relocate the Federal Capital to Lagos. The president spoke through his Special Adviser on Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement sent to Platforms Africa. “We have noticed how mischief-makers, bent on fueling needless ethnic mistrust, have deliberately misinterpreted the decision of […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, unwavering in his commitment to combat corruption, has reportedly set his sights on replacing Edu due to her alleged involvement in financial impropriety within her ministry. A credible source within the Presidency emphasized that Tinubu might not wait for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s final report on the ongoing










