Fuel scarcity: LASTMA cautions motorists against congesting roads around filling stations 

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, debunked reports on Wednesday suggesting that N10 billion had been budgeted for the renovation of his official residence in Abuja. Gbajabiamila in a statement on X said he has seen social media commentary regarding the 2024 Appropriation Bill, particularly the provisions under the Office of the…

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been named in the 2023 “The World’s Most Powerful Women” on Forbes. Forbes, a renowned international business magazine, unveiled its annual list of the most powerful women in the world on Tuesday, with Okonjo-Iweala claiming the 87th spot. This is the second consecutive year…

The Presidency has accused the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, of hypocrisy following his comments about President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s delegation to COP28. Reacting to the number of Nigeria’s delegates at COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) Obi, in his X handle on Sunday said…

The Minister of Works Sen. Engr. David Umahi has assured that the abandoned Bodo-Bonny road & bridge project being handled by Julius Berger construction company in Rivers State will be completed in record time. In a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Minister of Works Barr. Uchenna Orji on Wednesday, Umahi gave…

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi,has called on sentencing judges and magistrates in the country to embrace the effective use of non-custodial measures. Fagbemi made the call in his address while declaring open a two-day workshop on the implementation of non-custodial measures and sentencing guidelines under the Administration of Criminal…

Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovations, and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, has said the Fifth-Generation (5G) network exists in Nigeria but the infrastructure that supports it is not everywhere in the country. Tijani stated this as a guest on Tuesday’s edition of Politics Today on Channels Television. “We do in some places,” he replied when asked…

The Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu, is seeking N35bn funding from financial institutions to re-start the Light Mill Section of the Ajaokuta Steel Plant for diversification of the economy. It said that there are plans to revive the Ajaokuta Steel Plant in phases by its set timelines and benchmarks. Audu, disclosed this…

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has made contrary insinuations in certain quarters; the service does not employ the use of torture on inmates, saying the act is against the rules of the agency.

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, yesterday, charged Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to cooperate with committees of the Senate in the quest to pass the 2024 budget before the end of December 2023.

Nigeria's local content across the oil and gas sector stagnated at 54 per cent this year to create serious concerns after a 13-year upward outlook amid rising divestment by international oil companies and over $25 billion investment by indigenous organisations.