Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has raised concerns over reports that the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) website was hacked, describing the claim as alarming and detrimental to Nigeria’s development.

“The contributions you made highlight the steadfastness and dedication of members to addressing the critical needs of Nigerians.”.

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.