The growing concern in some quarters over the inability of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct free, fair and credible elections again gained gravitas last week in the wake of Ghana’s successful presidential elections.

President Bola Tinubu yesterday presented to the Senate and the House of Representatives at a joint session the proposed 2025 Appropriation Bill of N49.7 trillion, with a deficit of N13 trillion as new borrowings.

The Federal Government and 21 of the 36 states of the country have allocated N3.846 trillion of their 2025 budgets to healthcare.

The President’s light-hearted remarks, made after the correction, drew laughter and applause from legislators, easing the formal tone of the event.

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and former Deputy Leader, Senator Abdul Ningi, were yesterday locked in a verbal exchange over what governors expend their security votes on.

Aareonakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, has attributed the lack of progress within the Yoruba race to the failure to honor deities and celebrate ancestors.

The Edo State House of Assembly has suspended the chairmen and vice chairmen of the 18 local government areas in the state for two months, citing alleged gross misconduct and insubordination.

In his birthday message to his former boss, Shehu criticised Obasanjo for undermining his successors while praising Buhari for staying away from Abuja to give the new administration space to stabilise.

The presentation of the N47.9 trillion 2025 budget by President Bola Tinubu, initially scheduled for Tuesday, December 17, 2024, has been postponed to Wednesday, December 18, 2024.

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has ordered an immediate investigation into the reported deaths of two Okuama community leaders, Pa James Oghoroko and Dennis Okugbaye, while in military custody.

He specifically prayed the Supreme Court to invoke section 157 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, and oust Tinubu from office for being under the control of foreign authorities. 

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has refuted claims that it is courting former President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2027 presidential election under its banner.

The recent appointment of members of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) into the administration of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has sparked mixed reactions.

If President Tinubu delivers very well and Seyi, his son, would be the best person to succeed him, for me, I have no problem. But, what the people feel now in their bodies will determine what they vote in 2027. There is big vacancy in Aso Rock

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is grappling with internal strife, leading to the splitting of the party into three groups. Central to the power tussle is the controversy over the tenure of the party’s Acting National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagum, and the struggle for party’s ticket for the 2027 presidential election.