Author: Vardiafrica

President Donald Trump is ordering a pause on shipments of US military aid to Ukraine after his heated Oval Office argument with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last week, a White House official told CNN Monday. The halt in aid, which came after Trump held a series of meetings with top national security officials at the White House, could have dire effect on Ukraine’s war-fighting abilities, officials and analysts said. It will remain in place until Trump determines Zelensky has made a commitment to seeking peace talks, one official said, essentially forcing Ukraine to a negotiating table by threatening further losses on the battlefield. “The…

The Federal Government will today, March 4, 2025, unveil a new payment platform to replace REMITA, which has been used for revenue collection. This was revealed in a memo from the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, dated February 28, 2025, and obtained by The PUNCH on Monday. The new platform, named Treasury Management & Revenue Assurance System, is designed to streamline and manage federal revenue collections and payments across ministries, departments, and agencies, including those benefiting from donor funds, trust funds, social security funds, and special funds. “The system would go live on March 4, 2025, as…

Amid the leadership tussle that has assailed the Lagos State House of Assembly in the last seven weeks, a lawmaker, who represents Agege Constituency I, Mudashiru Obasa, has been re-elected as the Speaker of the 40-member Assembly. Obasa was re-elected on Monday after the resignation of Mojisola Meranda who stepped down as the Speaker of the Hous .https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fchannelsforum%2Fvideos%2F3512148472424482%2F&show_text=false&width=560&t=0#amp=1 His re-election followed the nomination by a former Majority Leader of the House, Noheem Adams, who represents Eti-Osa Constituency 1. Obasa subsequently took the oath of office as the new Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly seven weeks after his…

Mojisola Meranda has been reelected as the Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly. Meranda, who just resigned on Monday afternoon as Speaker of the House, accepted the role of the deputy speaker pledging to serve the state in good faith. “This is a notice of resignation as Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly,” Meranda earlier read her resignation letter out at the plenary Monday afternoon. The House is expected to decide on the next Speaker and Mudashiru Obasa has been nomination Following the resignation, the House quickly reconstituted its leadership with new nominations. David Setonji was reinstated…

Mojisola Meranda, speaker of the Lagos state house of assembly, has resigned from her position just 49 days after assuming office. Meranda resigned after a meeting with Mudashiru Obasa, the embattled former speaker, Cornelius Ojelabi, chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos; and Lawal Pedro, the attorney-general of Lagos state. Announcing her decision, Meranda said she was stepping down to uphold the integrity of the legislature. She added that she remains committed to serving her constituency, Apapa 1, and described her brief tenure as historic, having being the first female speaker of the Lagos assembly. “I will never stray…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has reduced the retail price of premium motor spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, at its filling stations to N880 per litre in Abuja. NNPC dropped the price of the product from N965 per litre in Abuja. TheCable observed that the petrol price dropped by N85 per litre at NNPC retail outlet in Federal Housing, Kubwa. A pump attendant at Kubwa told TheCable that the petrol price was reduced on Monday afternoon. More so, at the NNPC retail branch at Irawo, Ransco bus stop, Ikorodu road, the price of the product stood at…

 Gabon’s military leader General Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a 2023 coup to end 55 years of Bongo dynasty rule, announced Monday that he would run for president in April. Oligui had pledged to hand power back to civilians in the oil-rich central African nation after an interim period following the ousting of president Ali Bongo Ondimba in August 2023. But a new electoral code approved by the transitional parliament at the end of January paved the way for members of the military and magistrates to stand for election. “After careful reflection and in response to your many appeals, I’ve…

The award was presented to Ogbuku by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs,Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu, during the Sun 2024 Awards held at the Convention Centre, Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.  She observed that the event was designed to celebrate Nigeria’s finest. Speaking at the ceremony, the NDDC Chief Executive Officer expressed joy over the award and remarked that it showed that Nigerians and Niger Delta people appreciated the development efforts of the Commission. “The credit also goes to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who is committed to ensuring the rapid development of the Niger Delta region,” Ogbuku said.…

The House of Representatives has initiated a series of investigative hearings aimed at addressing the significant outstanding debts owed by oil companies to the Federation Account. The hearings, spearheaded by the Committee on Public Accounts, will scrutinize unpaid royalties, concession rentals, and gas flare penalties, among other obligations, amounting to approximately ₦9.4 trillion, the spokesman for the House of Representatives, Rep. Akin Rotimi, Jr., said in a statement on Sunday. The investigation is being conducted in line with Sections 85, 88, and 89 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Order XX – Rule 6 of the House of Representatives…

President Bola Tinubu on Monday received the President of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio, at the State House in Abuja. Bio was received on arrival by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila. The Sierra Leonean President who is in the country for a private engagement arrived at the State House around noon for a courtesy visit to the chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). See photos from the visit below: