The Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese and Founder of the Kukah Centre, Reverend Matthew Kukah visited President Bola Tinubu at the state house in Abuja. Addressing State House Correspondents shortly after meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, the Bishop said one year is not enough to pass judgement on President Tinubu’s government. Kukah said while the administration is providing solutions to the myriad of the challenges, Nigerians need to get a sense of how soon they expect to breathe a sigh of relief. He, however, said that the government needs to communicate to Nige ..read more

THE Senate  has approved President Bola Tinubu ‘s loan request of $500,000,000 for the Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE for the metering of citizens to improve financial and technical performance of Electricity distributions companies. The World Bank loan is Nigeria Distribution Sector RecoveryProgram (DISREP) of $500,000,000. The approval  yesterday was sequel to the consideration of the report of the Senator Aliyu Wammako, APC, Sokoto North led Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts       2022 – 2024 External Borrowing (Rolling) Plan for the Bure ..read more

The Senate has urged the Federal Government to stop further allocation of funds to caretaker committee-led local government councils nationwide. This followed the adoption of a motion  by Sen. Suleiman Kawu (NNPP-Kano) on Urgent Call on the President to Resuscitate Local Government System in Nigeria, at Wednesday’s plenary. “The challenges we face, persistent security threats, rural-urban migration, decaying infrastructure and widespread unemployment, demand bold action. “And we believe that empowering local government areas holds the key to unlocking a brighter future for all Nigerians ..read more

Nigeria’s headline inflation rate has increased to 33.69 per cent in April 2024 up from 33.20 per cent recorded in March 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics has said. This represents a month-over-month increase of 0.49 per cent points in the headline inflation rate, according to the Consumer Price Index report, the NBS stated in a report on Wednesday. Comparing year-on-year data, the inflation rate in April 2024 was 11.47 percentage points higher than in April 2023, where it stood at 22.22 per cent. This indicates that the headline inflation rate has risen significantly over the past year ..read more

The All Progressives Congress in Igbotako Ward II, Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State has suspended the senator representing Ondo South, Jimoh Ibrahim. The senator was alleged to have involved in anti-party party activities. This was contained in a statement signed on Wednesday by 29 executive members of the party, including the chairman and secretary in the ward, Mr Adetokunbo Adetola and Sola Omotoye respectively. The excos, in a statement titled ‘APC suspends Senator Jimoh Ibrahim Folorunso over insubordination and anti-party activities’, said the decision was taken during the me ..read more

Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico was battling life-threatening wounds Wednesday after officials said he was shot multiple times in an assassination attempt condemned by European leaders. The Dennik N daily said its reporter in the central town of Handlova heard several shots fired and then saw security guards rushing to lift the premier off the ground and into a car. The newspaper also reported that police had detained the suspected gunman. “Today, after the government meeting in Handlova, there was an assassination attempt on the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic, Robert Fico”, the g ..read more

The Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress on Wednesday expressed deep disappointment as negotiations resumed at the Tripartite National Minimum Wage meeting. Unfortunately, discussions hit an impasse due to what Organised Labour described as “the government’s apparent lack of seriousness in engaging in fair negotiations with Nigerian workers.” Addressing a joint press conference in Abuja, the National President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero said, “Despite earnest efforts to reach an equitable agreement, the less than reasonable action of the Government and the Organised Private Sector &nbs ..read more

The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Comrade Julius Abure, has pleaded with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its leadership to let bygones be bygones, join hands with the LP end the collective misery of Nigerians occasioned by bad governance. Abure made the plea at a press conference, at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja, on Wednesday. He noted that it would be in the collective interest of LP, the NLC and elected members of the party in the National Assembly for the party to be at peace in order to chart a new course for the nation. Abure said, “We must create an enabl ..read more

Imo State governor, Hope Uzodimma has appointed sole administrators for the 27 local government areas in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Information, Public Orientation, and Strategy, Declan Emelumba announced this in a statement made available to journalists in Owerri on Tuesday. According to the statement, the sole administrators will assume their roles for a tenure of 60 days, after which Governor Uzodimma plans to conduct elections into the local governments. Emelumba reiterated the Governor’s commitment to ensuring the credibility and transparency of the electoral process in Imo S ..read more

A yet-to-be-identified man has been apprehended for possessing a bomb on the premises of a bank in Dadin Kowa town in the Jos South area of Plateau State. Pointblanknews.com gathered that immediately it was discovered that a bomb was in the suspect’s possession, an alarm was raised, and he was quickly pinned down to avert a tragedy. According to a post by security analyst Zagazola Makama on X on Tuesday, the vigilante security at the bank prevented the attack when they spotted the suspect. Upset by the development, an angry mob descended on the suspect and reportedly demanded that he should be ..read more