President Bola Tinubu has signed the N2.2 trillion supplementary budget for 2023, which will be concurrently implemented with the 2024 budget until March this year. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, who made this disclosure during a media chat at the Presidential Villa on Monday, said that already the President had […]
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2023 Elections: FG Inaugurates Cyberspace, ICT Infrastructure Protection Committee
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Ali Ibrahim Pantami, on Thursday inaugurated a Committee led by the Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Adeolu Akande, to advise government on appropriate measures to take in protection of the nation’s cyberspace and ICT infrastructure from potential attacks, especially during the 2023 elections. The […]
UK Envoy Urges New Govt On Poor-Supportive Fuel Subsidy Removal
The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ms. Catriona Liang, has advised the incoming government in the country to adopt the right fiscal measures that will ensure that the planned fuel subsidy removal proposed for the second quarter of this year does not hurt poor Nigerians The UK envoy, while giving the charge during an interview […]
Electronic Transmission Of Results: The Joke Is On NASS, INEC, Not NCC – By Aliyu Momodu
“Electronic transmission of result is not rocket science. It is a universal norm in the 21st century. Smaller and poorer nations across the globe have achieved electronic transmission of result even with their limited infrastructure. Nigeria should not be an exception.”
President Buhari Restates Commitment To Restructuring Nigeria’s Economy
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday restated his administration’s commitment to restructuring the Nigerian oil-dependent economy in furtherance of efforts to ensure its diversification and sustainable growth. The President made this promise in his acceptance speech delivered shortly after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared him winner of the February 23 Presidential election. While expressing […]
Buhari Re-elected For Another Term, Abubakar Heads To Court
After days of rigorous compilation of the results of votes of last Saturday, February 23, Presidential election from across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) early Wednesday declared President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the election. According to the figures released on […]
BudgIT Asks INEC To Publish Data Of Collected PVCs So Far
Worried by the pervasive fears and misgivings amongst the electorate on the integrity of the upcoming 2019 general elections, BudgIT has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to publish immediately the total number of voters cards collected in all states. The civil advocacy group, which applies technology to intersect citizen engagement with institutional […]