Lagos, the commercial nerve centre of West Africa and Nigeria’s economic capital says it will ascertain its annual budget hits N1 Trillion (about $2.5billion) come 2019. To achieve this feat the state government says it will push up its monthly […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday sent the 2017-2019 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP), ahead of the 2017 budget, to the National Assembly. A letter accompanying the document was read by the Speaker of the House […]
Sokoto government has pledged to assist its citizens to enable them fully benefit from Federal Government’s social intervention projects. To this end, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal Tuesday donated office apartment and vehicles for proper take off of FG’s various intervention […]
As the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP continue preparations for its next national convention scheduled for Port Harcourt on August 17, highly competent sources close to its leadership hinted THISDAY last night that a “Plan B” is in […]
The former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Honourable Abdulmumin Jibrin yesterday accused the Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara of planning to use police to arrest and detain him in order to pervert justice on allegations […]
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, Wednesday, said the long awaited regeneration of Oshodi into a world class Central Business District (CBD) will commence next week with the construction of Transport Interchange which will feature the consolidation of all 13 […]
The diplomatic process that will ensure the extradition of suspected looters who have fled the country will dominate President Muhammadu Buhari’s discussions with his counterparts when 60 world leaders meet in the United Kingdom next month. Saturday PUNCH learnt on […]
Troops yesterday tracked and arrested six terrorists kingpins who sneaked into Kala Balge as a result of the onslaught of troops on terrorists in the Sambisa forest. The six notorious Ameers (leaders), noted for getting logistics support and information for […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it is planning to apply option A4 in electing its presidential candidate for the 2019 general election and all coming elections. Olisa Metuh, national publicity secretary of the party, disclosed this on Friday when he […]
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday received members of the UK Parliament in his office. The delegation, which was led by Stephen Twigg (MP), chairman of the Committee on International Development, visited on […]
The Kogi State House of Assembly has announced plans to serve an impeachment notice on the Deputy Governor of the state, Mr Simon Achuba. The Speaker of the House, Honourable Momoh Jimoh made the plans known at a news conference […]
Former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, former Chief of Air staff, Air Marshal Adeshola Amosu, and some retired military chiefs who are currently being interrogated for alleged […]
