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Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has presented a N655.230 billion budget proposal for 2025 to the State House of Assembly, marking a substantial 65.8% increase from the previous year’s N395.257 billion allocation. The budget, christened “Budget of Recovery,” demonstrates a strong emphasis on capital projects, with N406.307 billion (62.01%) earmarked for capital expenditure, while N248.923 […]Read More

*As Caliphate Bar and Ikole Ekiti Earn Top Three Spots The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) commemorated Global Human Rights Day on December 10, 2024, at the NBA National Secretariat Auditorium in Abuja. The event, themed “Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now: All Humans Are Born Free and Equal in Dignity and Rights,” marked the conclusion […]

The Governing Council of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has suspended the Chairman and Secretary of the university’s chapter of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU). The university administration says the suspensions were carried out by the Governing Council, not by the Vice-Chancellor Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina, and were done in accordance with […]

Monday Okpebholo, governor of Edo, struggled while reeling out figures from the 2025 budget proposal. On Tuesday, Okpebholo appeared before the state house of assembly in Benin City to present the N605 billion appropriation bill. The governor said the figures are a 25 percent increase from the 2024 budget. “The Edo state Appropriation Bill of […]

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has made substantial progress in its fight against gender-based violence and unlawful detention during its recently concluded 16-day human rights activism campaign. Sabastine Anyia Esq, the 1st Vice President of the NBA and Chairman of the Human Rights Institute, revealed the impressive achievements during his welcome address at the commemoration […]

Luigi Mangione is facing a second-degree murder charge in New York City in connection with the brazen shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown Manhattan as new details emerge about the suspect and a potential motive, according to police. When 26-year-old Mangione was arrested on Monday he had “written admissions about the crime” with […]

Atsi Kefas, the younger sister of Taraba State Governor Agbu Kefas, has tragically passed away after being accidentally shot by a police escort during an attempted bandit attack on Thursday. The incident occurred on Kente Road in the Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State, where Atsi Kefas and the governor’s mother, Jumai Kefas, were […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Mr. Shamseldeen Babatunde Ogunjimi as the Acting Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), effective immediately. The announcement comes as the incumbent AGF, Dr. (Mrs.) Oluwatoyin Sakirat Madein, commences her pre-retirement leave. In a statement released by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, President Tinubu […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) have urged “the government of President Bola Tinubu to immediately and unconditionally release activist Dele Farotimi and drop all charges of criminal defamation and cybercrimes against him, as he is detained solely for the peaceful exercise of his human rights.” The groups also […]

*Defecting lawmakers lack ideology, says Minority Whip Fom Daniel Chollom, a member of the House of Representatives under the Labour Party, announced his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday, citing the Labour Party’s leadership crisis and his desire to support the President in national development. In a letter read during plenary by […]

The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Rivers State Branch, held its Triennial General Meeting on Monday, December 9, 2024, marking the end of Mrs. Adata Bio-Briggs’ tenure as Chairperson. The meeting, which took place at the FIDA Rivers State office, also saw the election of new executives to lead the branch for the next […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that the Golan Heights, occupied by Israel for almost 60 years, would perpetually remain part of Israel. His comment came as criticism grew after Israel’s takeover of a buffer zone along its border with Syria. Speaking at a press conference in Jerusalem, Netanyahu thanked US President-elect Donald Trump […]