The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, has revealed that $35 billion is required from the Federal Government to initiate concrete road construction across the nation. Umahi made this known on Tuesday during a meeting with Minister of Steel Development, Shuaib Audu, held at the Ministry of Works headquarters in Abuja. The
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Vice President Kashim Shettima says the federal government would work to increase the annual budget allocation for the creative and entertainment industries.Shettima spoke about Tinubu’s plans for a “more inclusive and prosperous future for the country’s creative economy” on Tuesday while addressing key players and stakeholders in showbiz at the
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described as ‘unacceptable’ the decision of three to five judges to overturn the decisions made by millions of voters during an election.Obasanjo, who spoke at the high-level consultation on ‘Rethinking Western Liberal Democracy in Africa’, held at the Green Resort Legacy, Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library,
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The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, has said that the self-appointed Prime Minister of Biafra, Mr. Simon Ekpa, who lives in the faraway Scandinavian nation of Finland, is a clog in the wheel of security in the Southeast.The defense chief made this known on Tuesday when he led
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The crisis rocking the Rivers State House of Assembly has persisted as the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, and factional speaker, Edison Ehie, yesterday, in different sittings, passed resolutions.It was learned that the faction of the Assembly, led by Ehie, passed a vote of confidence in the state Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, while
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The Ebonyi State Government is set to return all Mission schools to their original owners before the end of this year.Governor Francis Nwifuru disclosed this while responding to the appeal made by the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Abakaliki, Most Reverend Dr. Peter Nworie Chukwu, when the Bishop visited
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North Korea may attempt a third spy satellite launch as early as midnight on Wednesday, Japanese media reported. Tokyo said Pyongyang has notified them of a nine-day window for the launch, which closes at 23:59 local time (14:59 GMT) on 30 November.Japan will work with South Korea to "strongly
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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said Nigerian democracy is experiencing ill health under the rule of the All Progressives Congress (APC), adding that the ruling party has turned the once respected Nigerian judiciary into a “cash and carry.”Atiku, who reiterated his concern that democracy in Nigeria is in a
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has expressed his displeasure with the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Niger Delta, Rt. Rev. Emmanuel Oko-Jaja, for failing to acknowledge his presence as FCT Minister during a church service in Port Harcourt.The incident occurred at the rededication service
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President Bola Tinubu met with German Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz yesterday in Berlin, where he stated that Nigeria's pursuit of German investment in targeted sectors of the economy was focused on critical growth-enabling industries in energy, transportation, and electric power production, transmission, and distribution.Tinubu spoke on the sidelines of the
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