A Bill to amend the constitution and provide for Diaspora voting has scaled 2nd reading in the House of Representatives. The bill, co-sponsored by the Speaker, Abbas Tajudeen and Sodeeq Abdullahi, seeks to amend the 2022 Electoral Act and provide opportunities for Nigerians in Diaspora to vote.
The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga has announced that the Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt. General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja has died at the age of 56 following an undisclosed illness.
On Thursday, a Sikorsky SK76 helicopter operated by East Wind Aviation crashed into the waterways near Bonny Finima in the Atlantic Ocean while en route from Port Harcourt Military Base (DNPM) to the FPSO – NUIMS ANTAN oil rig. The incident occurred at approximately 11:22 a.m., resulting in the recovery of three bodies out of eight individuals on board.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the scrapping of the Ministries of Niger Delta, and Sports Development. The decisions were recommended at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday in Abuja. The Special Adviser Information and Strategy to President, Bayo Onanuga disclosed this on his X handle. “There will now be a Ministry of Regional Development to oversee all the Regional Development Commissions, such as the Niger Delta Development Commission, North West Development Commission, South West Development Commission, and the North East Development Commission”.
The Attorney General and Minister of Justice Lateef Fagbemi said the Federal Government has implemented the 300% pay raise for judicial officers. Fagbemi said this on Monday at the 12th convocation ceremony of the Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) in Ekiti State. “I am again pleased to report that a major intervention of the Tinubu administration in the judiciary is the recent 300% upward review of the remuneration of judicial officers in Nigeria across board. To be true, I can confirm that the implementation of this has begun in earnest.”
The Super Eagles have arrived at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano State, after their ordeal in Libya ahead of the 2025 African Cup of Nations qualifier. It was reported that the Super Eagles, who departed Nigeria on Sunday, had their flight unexpectedly diverted to a remote airport far from the match venue, resulting in an additional three-hour road journey to their destination.
