Author: TheScrutinyNG

First Lady, Senator Remi Tinubu, has recommitted to leading advocacy against tuberculosis, saying she was still agonised losing one of her trusted staff to death because he won’t disclose that he was suffering from the disease due to fear of stigmatisation. According to a statement by her media aide , Busola Kukoyi, she made the recommitment at the Political Leadership to End TB 38th board meeting, stressing the urgency of eradicating the disease. She stated that ignorance and fear, especially on the part of the ordinary man, remained a major setback. “Most of us don’t even know we still have…

An early morning fire outbreak at Rangaza Community of Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano State has claimed the lives of a couple. Sixty-seven-year-old Muhammad Uba and his wife, Fatima Muhammad were said to be trapped by the smoke of fire that engulfed their apartment. The spokesperson of the Kano State Fire Service, Yusif Abdullahi, confirmed the incident in a statement yesterday, explaining that the incident happened around 1:45am. He said the service received an emergency call for assistance from one of its staff members, Ahmed Abubakar, who informed the control room. “Crew on duty from Bompai fire station were…

Lt. Changfe Maigari has made history as the first female pilot in the Nigerian Navy since its inception in 1964. Maigari, who is married with a daughter, hails from Langtang North Local Government Area of Plateau State but was born in Kaduna. Her journey began in 2016 when she graduated from the Nigerian Defence Academy and was commissioned as a Sub Lieutenant. Subsequently, she served aboard the Nigerian Navy Ship Unity. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Maigari was presented with the ‘Pilot Wing’ award during the 2024 NN Ceremonial Sunset at the Naval Training Command Headquarters (HQ NAVTRAC)…

The Federal Government, through the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), on Thursday, disclosed that it has issued six Sovereign Sukuk worth N1.1 trillion ($657.6M), to finance 124 federal road projects covering over 5,820 kilometers across the six geopolitical zones of the country. The commission said this in a statement in Abuja, by it’s Director General, Dr. Emomotimi Agama, at the ongoing 2nd International Islamic Capital Market Conference in Karachi, Pakistan. Dr. Agama said the success rate makes the Islamic Capital Market, ICM, stand out as a resilient and innovative tool for mobilizing resources. He described the issuance of sovereign Sukuk…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will formally present the 2025 budget to both chambers of the National Assembly on Tuesday. President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, made this disclosure on Thursday during the Senate plenary session. Checks revealed that both the Senate and the House of Representatives separately passed the 2025–2027 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) last week. The nation’s budget is typically predicated on the approved MTEF/FSP framework. The framework approved by the Senate details a total spending of ₦47.9 trillion for 2025 and includes a new borrowing plan of ₦9.22 trillion, comprising both domestic and…

The Senate has ordered the arrest of the Managing Director of Julius Berger PLC over failure to appear before its Committee on Works to explain the stalled execution of the Itu-Odukpani highway contract. President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, announced the resolution to issue an arrest warrant against the MD during plenary in Abuja on Thursday. …Developing Story

Funke Akindele, popular Nollywood producer and actress, who is generally known for her comic character in the series, Jenifa’s Diary, has cautioned against attempt to pirate her yet-to-be-released movie ‘Everybody Loves Jenifa,’ declaring that whoever records the movie in cinema will still be liable to piracy. The highly anticipated movie will hit the Nigerian cinemas from Friday, December 13, 2024. Akindele took to her Instagram handle on Wednesday, appealing to her fans to desist from recording the movie while it is being shown in cinemas, maintaining that piracy is a serious offense that affects the finances and crafts of both…

Labour Party (LP) has continued to witness depletions across the country with the latest coming from Bayelsa State where the party’s governorship candidate in the last election in the state, Udengs Eradiri, and his running mate, Commodore Benjamin Nathus (retd), have announced their resignations from the party. It was gathered that most of the local government chairmen of the party in Bayelsa joined Eradiri and Nathus to dump the party. Eradiri, who was recently conferred Fellowship by the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) sent his resignation letter to the state chairman of the party in Yenagoa. In the letter dated…

Two students of Borno State University (BOSU) have died while several others were injured after a Dangote Truck rammed into their vehicle, a school bus, in which they were travelling in following the completion of their semester examinations. It was reported that the deceased, a male final-year student, and a female part-two student were traveling in the university bus when a speeding Dangote truck lost control and crashed into their vehicle at Njimtilo along the Maiduguri-Damaturu road. Professor Babagana Gutti, Vice Chancellor of BOSU, described the incident as “a tragic loss of young lives.” In a statement, he said: “Our…

Justice Oyindamola Ogala of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, on Wednesday, struck out the alleged N4.8 billion fraud charge instituted against the embattled chairman of Ibeto Energy Development Company, Chief Cletus Ibeto, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Ogala struck out the charge after she was informed by the EFCC counsel, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), that the businessman had refunded N3.2 billion of the money he was accused of having taking from his alleged victim, Chief Daniel Chukwudozie, by the commission. The anti-graft agency had filed a 10-count charge of conspiracy, fraud, forgery and fraudulent use…