House Extends 2025 Budget Deadline To Dec 31
The House of Representatives is moving the deadline for implementing the 2025 capital budget to December 31, 2026. It follows earlier extensions to March, June and September. The move also mirrors what happened with the 2024 budget, whose capital component was extended into 2025. The latest extension comes despite President Tinubu’s stated commitment to ending…
Tinubu Returns To Nigeria, Says He’s ‘Ready To Work’
President Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after extending his working vacation in Europe and missing an earlier deadline for his return. He arrived in Lagos yesterday evening, almost a month after leaving Abuja on August 30, and was welcomed by senior government officials, including Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Deputy Senate President and the…
Dangote Upbeat On Kenya Refinery Take-Off
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, yesterday remained upbeat about the take-off of his $16 billion Lamu Refinery in Kenya despite a court ruling directing parties to maintain the status quo on the disputed site, with the company insisting that today’s groundbreaking ceremony would go ahead. The Malindi Environment and Land Court issued the order following…
Dangote Eyes $35Bn Annual Profit By 2030
The Dangote Group has unveiled more details of its ‘Vision 2030’, targeting over $115 billion in group turnover and $35 billion in annual profit by 2030, anchored on nearly $50 billion in new investments across Africa. This, it said, includes an $8 billion 13-metric-tons-per-annum (MTPA) Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant, and a new East Africa…
Presidency: Tinubu Is Hale & Hearty, Returns Tomorrow
President Bola Tinubu will be returning to Nigeria tomorrow, the presidency has clarified, while responding to the barrage of questions around his absence. Presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga said the president was in good health and on a working vacation, citing his weekend meeting with investors in France. Presidential candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku…
APC Campaign: Wike To Emerge Coordinator for FCT, Rivers
President Bola Tinubu has given the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, a clearly defined role in his 2027 re-election campaign, with the former Rivers State governor expected to lead the campaign structure in Rivers State and the FCT. However, he retains his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The emerging arrangement, according…
Tinubu Tasks Shettima to Lead Nigeria’s UNGA Delegation
President Bola Tinubu has mandated Vice President Kashim Shettima to represent him and leadNigeria’s delegation to the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.The announcement was made on Sunday in a statement by Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant tothe President on Media and Communications in the Office of the Vice…
Atiku Demands Tinubu To Explain Third UNGA Absence
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has called on President Bola Tinubu to provide a full explanationfor his third consecutive absence from the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).In a statement issued on Sunday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, PhrankShaibu, Atiku noted that Tinubu stayed away from the 79th session in 2024, the 80th in…
Gaza Situation Catastrophic and Unjustifiable – Ed Sheeran
British singer Ed Sheeran has described the situation in Gaza as “catastrophic, unjustifiable anddisproportionate” while addressing the ongoing conflict during a concert in Philadelphia.Speaking at the start of his show at Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday night, Sheeran said he had longavoided political commentary because he wanted his music and performances to promote unity ratherthan…
Pope Leo XIV Marks 71st Birthday as First American Pontiff
Pope Leo XIV is celebrating his 71st birthday today, marking another milestone as the first American-born pontiff in the history of the Catholic Church.Born Robert Francis Prevost on September 14, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois, he was elected the 267th popeon May 8, 2025, succeeding Pope Francis. He took the name Leo XIV and has dual…
