Author: TheScrutinyNG

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has announced plans to borrow ₦408.9 billion to finance the state’s proposed 2025 budget. Sanwo-Olu made this disclosure while presenting the budget, valued at ₦3 trillion, to the State House of Assembly on Thursday for approval. The budget, titled “Budget of Sustainability,” includes anticipated revenue of ₦2.6 trillion, leaving a deficit to be covered through borrowing. The proposal allocates ₦1.24 trillion to recurrent expenditure, while capital projects will receive ₦1.77 trillion. Earlier, Sanwo-Olu stressed Lagos’ vulnerability as a coastal state and reaffirmed his government’s commitment to combating climate change. He highlighted the Lagos State Climate Adaptation…

Arsenal got their Premier League title challenge back on track with a 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Saturday as Chelsea moved up to third by beating Leicester 2-1. Manchester City, on the other hand, suffered a 0-4 home loss to Tottenham Hotspurs, adding to their previous four-game losing streak. Arsenal were expected to be contenders to take City’s crown after finishing second in each of the past two seasons. The Gunners had failed to win in their previous four league games to start the weekend nine points adrift of leaders Liverpool, who travel to bottom-of-the-table Southampton on Sunday. Martin…

The governors elected on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have urged the Federal Government to revisit what they called harsh economic policies as Nigerians continue to suffer under hardship in the country. Speaking under the aegis of PDP Governors Forum, the main opposition governors expressed empathy with Nigerians suffering from the current economic difficulties in the country. The PDP Governors’ Forum, in a communique at the end of a two-day meeting held in Jos, the Plateau State capital, ahead of its National Convention also expressed concerns about the integrity of recent elections, particularly in Edo and…

The Federal Government of Nigeria has assured the people of the South East of enhanced security in the region. The Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru gave the assurance while addressing officers/personnel of 82 Division/Joint task force South East Operation Udoka during his operational visit to Enugu State. This is contained in a statement by Mr Henshaw Ogubike, Director, Information and Public Relations, Ministry of Defence, on Saturday in Abuja. Badaru said that a secure environment was crucial for business growth and prosperity and urged the officers/personnel to intensify efforts at combating insecurity in the region. According to him, without…

Barrister Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has explained why he is not bothered by criticisms that have trailed the ongoing building of houses for judges and justices in FCT. Wike had, on October 21, inaugurated the construction of the 40 housing units for judges and justices of the Court of Appeal, Federal High Court and FCT High Court. The minister, however, came under criticism, as some Nigerians said the move was a scheme to influence the judiciary. But speaking when he inspected the ongoing construction of Judges Quarters and access road to the quarters from…

Super Falcons of Nigeria will face their counterparts from Tunisia, Algeria and Botswana in Group B at the 13th Women Africa Cup of Nations finals taking place in Morocco next summer. The Falcons will surely relish another meeting with Algeria’s Green Ladies, whom they defeated 2-0 and 4-1 respectively in two friendly matches in Nigeria last month. Botswana eliminated Gabon in the qualifying series and Tunisia were quarter-finalists at the last edition also hosted by Morocco. At the draw conducted on Friday evening at the Technical Centre of the Mohamed VI Football Complex in Sale, outside Rabat, host nation Morocco,…

The Ogun State Government has disclosed procedures for the conversion of vehicles using Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) powered-enabled engines. Commissioner for Transportation, Engr. Olugbenga Dairo, revealed this, while fielding questions from newsmen in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, saying the effort is in a bid to make transportation more affordable and accessible to the citizenry. According to him, the conversion process would be in three stages; Pre-Inspection of Vehicles by Vehicle Inspection Services (VIS) in conjunction with the conversion center technicians, approval for Computerised Vehicle Inspection, as well as Conversion and Certification by the Conversion…

The Niger State Government and the state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have reached and signed agreement for the implementation of N80,000 minimum wage. This was contained in a communique issued at the end of the State Executive Council SEC meeting of the NLC held at the labour House in Minna on Friday 22, November, 2024 and signed by the State Secretary of the Council, Comrade Salihu Mohammed Rijau. The communique explained that the N1.6 billion added represents an increase of up to 700percent when compared to the amount added to N18,000 minimum wage to make it N30,000…

The Federal Government has not stopped disbursement of funds to Rivers State contrary to reports on some online platforms on Friday. Mr. Bawa Mokwa, Director of Press in the office of the Accountant General of the Federation told the Saturday Tribune that “disbursement of October allocation to states and local governments by FAAC is ongoing.” He explained that “Rivers State will benefit because of a subsisting appeal/stay of execution order.” Meanwhile, the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division on Friday, reserved judgements in five separate appeals arising from the judgements of a Federal High Court in Abuja on the Rivers State…

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has disowned the controversial pro-Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, maintaining that he was never a member of the group. Emma Powerful, the spokesperson of the IPOB, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. IPOB is a group leading agitation for an independent state of Biafra which it wants carved out from the south-east and some parts of the south-south Nigeria Ekpa was arrested in Finland alongside four others on Thursday on suspicion of terrorist activities. The BBC, while reporting Mr Ekpa’s arrest by Finnish police on Thursday, described him as an IPOB leader. But Mr…