By Yetunde Beecroft (Lagos State Correspondent)

Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, on Sunday, paid a Christmas visit to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at his private residence in Ikoyi, Lagos.

By Jude Ogechi Eze (NewsLeader Guest Columnist)

Lawmaker representing Udenu State Constituency in the Enugu State House of Assembly, Hon. Solomon Izuchukwu Onah, has assured the people of his constituency of brighter future under his parliamentary representation.

• * Harps On Peace, Unity

By Desmond Ukandu (Politics/Public Editor)

A Governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Edo state in 2024, Prince Kassim Afegbua, has said that the state will regain its pride of place if elected the governor.

• * Urges Them To Be Steadfast As Their Pains Will Not Go In Vain

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

As Christians celebrate Christmas across the world, President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, has called on Nigerians of brighter economic prospect and consequent better economic conditions in the President Bola Tinubu administration in the days ahead.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has denied the rumour that it is increasing the 2024 registration fee.

The Board’s Public Communication Advisor (PCA), Dr Fabian Benjamin, said this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, December 20, 2023, that the information was false as the cost of obtaining the Board’s UTME application documents remained N3,500.

By Nnanna Kalu (Abia State Correspondent, in Umuahia)

Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, says the people of Abia deserve all the dividends they are getting in terms of infrastructural development and prompt payment of salaries and pensions.

By Nnanna Kalu (Abia State Correspondent, in Umuahia)

Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, says his government will be introducing a special welfare package for health workers in the state in the new year, 2024.

The National Assembly Joint Committees on Petroleum Resources, Upstream, Downstream and Gas, has decried the 2024 budget of the Ministry of Petroleum, saying it lacks the capacity to meet the expectations of Nigerians.

• * Signs MoU For Establishment Of Coal-based Fertilizers

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has signed an agreement worth $21.7 million with eleven firms in Nigeria as beneficiaries for take-off of the Delta-2 Projects, being the outcome of the bilateral collaboration between the federal government of Nigeria and the Czech Republic.

* Says 'They Made Mind-blowing Offers To Me To Abdicate My Claim On Presidential Poll Victory's

Labour Party's Presidential Candidate in the 2023 general elections in Nigeria, Mr Peter Obi, has disclosed that some unnamed people have been making mind-blowing offers to him to renounce his claim and insistence that he won the Saturday, February 25th poll.

• * Sells TRUST Agenda To State Working Committee

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

Immediate past Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, on Thursday, informed the Edo State Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that if given the opportunity to be the candidate of the party in the 2024 Edo governorship election, and if eventually elected governor, his mission for the state would be to stop rural-urban dift through sustained rural development.

By Imó Etim

The Senate President of the 10th Senate in Nigeria, Senator Godswill Akpabio has eulogized his late mother, late Mrs Lucy Akpabio for instilling in him strong moral values which has shaped his character and helped him gainfully navigate through life.