Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, has described President Bola Tinubu as a man who lives a humble and modest life. Bagudu, who stated this while speaking at the close of the three-day Cabinet Retreat held at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, on Friday, November 3, 2023, stressed that the Presidential yacht was not intended for Tinubu’s personal use. “The mischaracterisation or controversy that followed from the way Navy described the ship has unfortunately generated …
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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 40-year-old Madrid, Spain-based ‘businessman’, Sheriff Egbo Ally, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja while attempting to board an Air France flight to Paris, France, after they discovered he ingested illicit drugs. A statement released by Femi Babafemi, spokesperson of the anti-drug agency says Egbo was arrested on Saturday 14th October after body scanner revealed he had wraps of illicit drugs in his stomach. ‘’He was …
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has said that the proposed Lagos 4th Mainland Bridge Supersonic Highway will make travelling from Lagos to Abuja a four-hour journey. According to a statement released by the Director of Press and Public Relations unit of the Ministry of Works, Blessing Lere-Adams, Umahi stated this during a visit to Ogun and Oyo states on Thursday, August 31, in continuation of his highway inspection tour. During a meeting with the Ogun State Governor, …
Vice President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 15th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) summit in South Africa. Olusola Abiola, the Director of Information in the office of the Vice President, said some senior government officials will accompany Shettima on the trip. Country leaders expected to attend include Cyril Ramaphosa, the President of South Africa; Xi Jinping, President of China; Luiz Lula da Silva, President of Brazil, and Narendra …
The eldest son of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and wife, Beatrice, Lloyd Ike Ekweremadu Jnr, got married to his woman, Tiffany Adaobi Obinna-Uzor, at the Basilica of Grace, Anglican Communion, Gudu District Abuja, today August 19. The wedding ceremony was well attended by dignitaries including deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kau, former Senate President Bukola Saraki, Governor Ademola Adeleke, former Senate President David Mark and a host of others. The Ekweremadus were absent …
A Dei-Dei Grade I Area Court in Abuja on Thursday, August 3, ordered that a 40-year-old businessman, Abubakar Sanusi be remanded in a correction centre for allegedly threatening to kidnap his landlord. The police charged the defendant with criminal intentional hurt and intimidation. The judge, Saminu Suleiman ordered that the defendant be remanded in the Nigerian Correctional Service facility in Suleja, until August 15. Earlier, the prosecutor, Chinedu Ogade told the court that the complainant, Chimezie Nwokeogu …