The Nigeria House of Representatives has transferred the N5 billion initially budget for a presidential yacht to student loans. The chairman of the house of representatives committee on appropriations, Abubakar Bichi, disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday, November 2. According to him, “As far as we are concerned we...
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Pres. Tinubu didn’t ask for a presidential yacht. He doesn’t need it — Presidential spokesperson
Temitope Ajayi, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, has said that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu did not ask for a presidential yacht as he doesn’t need it. Recall that the federal government budgeted N5.09 billion for the procurement of a presidential yacht in the...
We spent just N500m on public toilets — Jigawa commissioner
The Jigawa State government has spent just N500 million on the provision of improved toilets in schools, hospitals, markets, and motor parks across the state. The Commissioner for Water Resources, Alhaji Ibrahim Hannungiwa, disclosed this on Wednesday, November 1, in Dutse, the state’s capital. He said the government had...
Nigerians sigh a breath of relief as EFCC bans sting operations at night
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has directed that sting operations at night time be stopped in all the Commands of the EFCC. This is in line with the newly-reviewed procedures on arrest and bail of suspects, EFCC said in a statement on...
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