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On Wednesday, Barrister Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) went to the National Assembly to defend the FCT’s N1.78 trillion 2025 statutory budget.President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had earlier presented the budget through a letter he sent to the two chambers of the National Assembly. In the letter, the president had proposed N1.78 trillion as 2025 statutory budget for the nation’s capital, earmarking N1,289,690,124,77, which represents 72.30 per cent of the budget for capital expenditure, while the remaining 27.70 per cent, totalling N494,133,583,616 was for recurrent expenditure.SPONSOR AD  FCDA, infrastructure take lion’s shareWhile defending the budget before…

At the moment, one of the largest pieces of land prominently located in the Central Area Phase I, whose vision is yet to be actualised, is that of the National Mall. That is the empty land across the Ahmadu Bello Way from Eagle Square.The Final Detailed Urban Design of the Central Area by Kenzo Tange with a proposal for the National Mall was presented to the FCDA on April 30, 1981. It has by far predated the inauguration of Dubai Mall, which was on November 4, 2008. Perhaps, the Dubai Mall planning was done at the same time as that…

Football is widely regarded as one of the most popular sports in the world, which has allowed some of the biggest footballers to not only become household names, but also gather huge popularity across social media. One of the biggest metrics of success on the internet for a footballer is his popularity on the social media platform Instagram, which translates into immense wealth generation for them as well. In this article, SportsTiger looks at the top five most followed football players on Instagram as of May 21, 2025.Most followed football players on Instagram David Beckham (88 million)David Beckham is a…

The League of Northern Democrats (LND) has declared its support for the emerging coalition of opposition leaders aiming to unseat President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 general election.In a communiqué issued at the end of its expanded general assembly held on Thursday in Abuja, the group resolved to align with the National Opposition Coalition Group, chaired by former Senate President David Mark, to drive what it described as a “transitional political process” ahead of the next election cycle. The meeting, chaired by LND chairman and former Kano State governor, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, had 147 leaders and members in attendance.SPONSOR…

The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, says the effective employment of air power across Africa hinges on trusted partnerships, rooted in shared values and strategic interests.Abubakar said this at the Fourth African Air Forces Forum, held at Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, on Thursday in Lagos. The CAS noted that the continent’s vibrant cultural heritage and shared aspirations should drive collective efforts to tackle common security challenges.SPONSOR AD The forum, which had the theme, ‘Strengthening Collaborations to Advance Aerospace Technologies for Enhanced National and International Security’, drew participants from across Africa and beyond.Abubakar stressed the…

The management of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has assured on complete refund to students who paid their obligatory fees prior to the university’s receipt of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFund) loan.The institution’s Head, Communication Unit, Adejoke R. Alaga-Ibraheem, stated this in a statement, explaining that the university has refunded beneficiaries from the first two batches out of the three tranches of the loans released by NELFund. “So far, three tranches of NELFund loans have been received by the university and beneficiaries across the first two batches have been successfully reimbursed,” she said.SPONSOR AD She said the university received…

A cross section of Nigerian voters yesterday, criticised the endorsement of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the sole candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2027 presidential election as insensitive and an act of self-preservation by politicians within the ruling party.On Thursday, the APC’s 22 governors, all its members in the National Assembly, and its National Working Committee (NWC), alongside zonal leaderships, endorsed and adopted President Tinubu as the party’s sole candidate — barely two years into his administration and despite the fact that the president is yet to formally announce his intention to seek re-election. Reacting to…

Brazilian Hugo Calderano ended Quadri Aruna’s fine run at the ongoing ITTF World Championship in Doha with an emphatic 4-0 victory yesterday.The highly anticipated match between the two continental giants; Africa’s Aruna and South America’s Calderano saw the dominance of the latter over the former on Table 1 in Lusail sports hall. The Brazilian dominated the rhythm of the game, outclassing Aruna to reach a double-digit in the results when it ended 4-11, 4-11, 4-11 and 6-11.SPONSOR AD The African champion maintained a permanent 4 points scoreline in the first three rounds before assailing to grab 6 points in the…

In other words, two types of speeches were delivered on the 14th of May, 2025 by the Registrar and Chief Executive Officer (C.E.O) of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB}, Emeritus Prof Is-haq Oloyede, during a media briefing. Indeed, aside from the members of the press that had hitherto been invited to the event, none of us had a prior knowledge of the pendency of that event that day. Again, nobody could ever have predicted or had any inputs into the other ‘speech’ that his eyes were destined to ‘deliver’ that fateful day to men and women imbued with…

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, says Nigeria is better secure than it was before the Tinubu-led administration came into power.Ribadu noted that while other countries are literally on their knees, Nigeria is standing strong “and confronting the evil”, adding that the recent Boko Haram attacks in Borno State was due to the resurgence of Jihadi activists in the Sahel region. The NSA stated this at Banquet Hall, State House, Abuja, during a one-day All Progressives Congress (APC) summit with the theme “Renewed Hope Agenda: The Journey So Far”.SPONSOR AD He clarified that the Sahel region is under severe…