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The 1.1 trillion naira Federal Capital Territory Appropriation Bill, 2024 has scaled second reading at the Senate.Leading the debate on Thursday, the sponsor of the bill and Senate leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, noted that the appropriation bill took into cognizance the FCT administration’s revenue and expenditure forecasts which are in tandem with fiscal and developmental policies of the Federal Government.It also contemplates the consideration of the 2024-2026 Economic Recovery Growth.During the debate, senate President Godswill Akpabio, assured that the bill presented...

The Spokesman for the Senate, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, has berated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for calling for the resignation of Senate President Godswill Akpabio over what he described as unfounded claim of 3.7 trillion naira budget padding allegations by the suspended Senator representing Bauchi Central, Abdul Ningi.Adaramodu, in a statement on Thursday, declared that “the PDP has fatally failed in their sordid attempt to hoodwink the unsuspecting public on the ineffectual but spurious allegations of budget padding”.“The party’s ludicrous...

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr. Temitope Ilori to serve as the Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) for an initial term of four years.The appointment was announced in a statement signed by President Tinubu’s media aide, Ajuri Ngelale, on Thursday.Dr. Ilori is a senior lecturer in the Department of Community Medicine at the University of Ibadan, and a consultant family physician at the University College Hospital, Ibadan.She obtained her MBBS degree from the University...