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Tinubu Manifesto Review 2023: Civic Hive Lauds Commitment to infrastructure
Civichive, an innovation hub of BudgIT, committed to the principles of open data and governance, citizen participation, and data transparency, has released a policy review of Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s manifesto.…
Buhari flags off oil exploration in Bauchi, Gombe tomorrow
Barring any last-minute change of plan, President Muhammadu Buhari will tomorrow flag off oil exploration activities in Bauchi and Gombe States. Specifically, the president will conduct the ground-breaking ceremony of…
Campaign billboards: Soludo gives political parties 2 weeks to pay or be defaced
Soludo Anambra State Signage and Advertising Agency, (ANSAA) has given the various political parties and their candidates for the 2023 elections two weeks to pay for the billboards mounted across…
Ohanaeze carpets Soludo over anti-Peter Obi’s comment
The apex socio-cultural organisation in Igbo land, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has lashed out at Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, over his comment on a former Governor of the state and…
FG eyes over 6% unemployment rate, economic growth
The Federal Government is targeting per cent rate, 7 per cent economic growth and per cent poverty rate by 2050. This was disclosed by the Minister of Budget and National…
FG earmarks $7bn for poverty reduction
The Federal Government says it has earmarked about $7 billion within the last seven years in its efforts to pull 100 million Nigerians out of poverty through its National Social…
2023 Budget: FG to probe padded salaries in MDAs
The Federal Government is investigating the circumstances that led to the trillion wage bill of its Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the 2023 Budget. The amount which is about…
Gombe Governor appoints Salihu Alkali as chairman, Board Of Internal Revenue Service
Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, (Dan Majen Gombe) has approved the appointment of Salihu Baba Alkali, FCA, FCIT, FNIN as the Executive Chairman, Gombe State Board of Internal Revenue…
Buhari signs Nigeria Startups Bill into law
Buhari With the signing into law of the Nigeria Startups Bill, the Federal Government has assured that its legal framework would protect youths in the innovative sector against harassment and…
Buhari budgets N248bn for Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, roads
The Federal Government has earmarked for the construction, maintenance and rehabilitation of ongoing road projects nationwide. This was revealed after an analysis of the 2023 appropriation bill presented by…