Senate approves 2025 Statutory Budget of N1.7 trillion for NDDC
By Henry Umoru The Senate has approved the 2025 Statutory Budget of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, in the sum of N1,750,923,400,137.15 as expenditure. The breakdown shows Personnel Expenditure at N47,567,421,121; Overhead Expenditure at N49,929,253,117; Internal Capital Expenditure at N22,357,552,302; and Development Projects at N1,631,069,173,597. The approval on Wednesday was sequel to the presentation […]
Unsafe abortion still killing Nigerian women, Ipas demands legal reform
By Chioma Obinna On this year’s International Women’s Day, experts from the Ipas Nigeria Health Foundation have warned that unsafe abortion remains a major but preventable cause of maternal deaths in Nigeria, calling for urgent legal reform and expanded access to safe reproductive healthcare for women and girls. The organisation urged government and stakeholders to […]
Nigeria will remain united, support Tinubu — Prophet Iyunade
The President of Pentecostal Sanctuary Bible Ministries, Prophet Sunday Dare Iyunade, has declared that Nigeria will remain one indivisible nation, urging citizens to abandon secessionist agitations and support the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in rebuilding the country.
‘Enough of Litigations,’ Wike-backed PDP group urges as BoT pushes for party unity
By Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja ABUJA — A faction within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aligned with former Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike has called on party members to end prolonged legal disputes and focus on reconciliation and strengthening the party ahead of the 2027 general elections. Speaking on Wednesday at the 86th meeting of the […]
US has ‘practically nothing left to target’ in Iran, says Trump
President Donald Trump on Wednesday again signaled there could be a swift ending to the US war on Iran, saying there is little left in the country for US forces to attack.
PDP Crisis: Elders move to reconcile warring factions after Appeal Court advice
Elders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by former Senate President Adolphus Wabara, have initiated fresh efforts to reconcile feuding stakeholders in the party’s leadership dispute following advice from the Court of Appeal, Ibadan Division, urging parties involved in the case to explore reconciliation.
