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Between January and July 2024, Nigeria lost an average of 437,000 barrels of crude oil daily, worth about $10bn due to theft, vandalism, and other criminal activities, the House of Representatives declared on Thursday. As a result, the House of Representatives Special Committee on Oil Theft and Losses commenced investigations into the illegal lifting of […]
The proposed creation of 47 new federal universities by the National Assembly has drawn strong objections from the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Union leaders, represented by Ayo Akinwole, chairman of the University of Ibadan chapter, argue that this initiative risks further exacerbating the existing funding challenges faced by current universities. Akinwole expressed concerns […]
In a move raising eyebrows across the nation, the National Assembly has allocated an extra N30 billion for the ongoing renovation of its complex within the 2024 budget. This comes on top of the already inflated N344.85 billion budget for the legislature, itself a significant 74% increase from the initial proposal. President Bola Tinubu signed […]
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