The Senate on Wednesday passed the Federal Capital Territory Development Commission (FCTDC) bill through the second reading. The bill aims to create a specialized commission tasked with managing the development of satellite towns within a 60-kilometer radius of the FCT’s borders.
The former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has honored the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged misappropriation of funds. Bello went to the anti-graft agency office on Tuesday morning in the company of his lawyers following the Supreme Court judgment which dismissed states’ case on the constitutionality of the anti-graft agency.
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”.
