Abuja, Nigeria – The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Monday, December 16, approved the 2025 budget proposal amounting to ₦47.9 trillion. Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, disclosed this to journalists after the Council’s meeting at Aso Rock, Abuja. The budget is anchored on an oil price benchmark of $75 per barrel, a…
Maseru, Lesotho – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is concluding his four-day trip to Africa with a visit to Lesotho on Saturday. Steinmeier’s visit is the first by a German President to the small mountainous country, which is situated within South Africa.The trip follows an invitation from King Letsie III, extended during a visit to Berlin…
Lagos, Nigeria – The Supreme Court is set to determine the fate of President Bola Tinubu on Monday, December 16, in a new suit seeking his removal from office. The suit, SC/CV/667/2023, calls for Tinubu’s removal on two main grounds: alleged non-qualification to hold the office of Nigeria’s president and the unlawful usurpation of the…
Calabar, Nigeria – The Calabar Division of the Industrial Court has declared the Cross River State Special Allowances Law No. 2, 2023, for some Public Office Holders Law unconstitutional, invalid, null and void and of no effect whatsoever. Converseer reports that the law stipulates special allowances to former Governors, Deputy Governors, Speakers and Deputy Speakers….
Abakaliki, Nigeria – Ebonyi State Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru has approved the sum of N150,000 for workers as 2024 Christmas Bonus. Governor Nwifuru made the announcement on Friday at a State Banquet organised in honour of the visiting British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Gill Lever, to the Government House, Ochoudo Centenary City, Abakaliki. According…
Bekwarra, Cross River – The Ada Bekwarra, Hon. Signor Omang, has commended Governor Bassey Otu for restoring electricity in the Local Government Area after 15 years of wallowing in darkness. The revered monarch who gave the commendation when the Think Cross River group led by Mr Edem Darlington visited him at his hometown at Gakem,…
