Sen Abubakar Bagudu, the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, has said the N4.5 trillion additional revenue in the 2025 budget would support the diversification programme of the President Bola Tinubu administration. The minister said this while speaking to State House Correspondents on Wednesday in Abuja. Bagudu said the N4.5 trillion additional revenue would be…
Dr Mariya Mahmoud, Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), says the FCT Administration is leaving no one behind in the fight against cancer. Mahmoud stated this in Abuja on Wednesday, at an event organised by the National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT) to commemorate the 2025 World Cancer Day. The minister, who…
Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, Minister of Women Affairs, on Wednesday said Nigeria is one of the main source, transit and destination for human trafficking in Africa. Sulaiman-Ibrahim stated this at the 2025 annual academic summit organised by the University of Abuja Faculty of Social Sciences in Abuja. The theme of the summit is, “Illegal Migration and…
Botswana’s Vice President Ndaba Gaolathe will double as finance minister, new President Duma Boko said on Monday, announcing the first ministerial positions in his cabinet. In a shock election result earlier this month, Boko’s Umbrella for Democratic Change coalition ousted the party that had ruled the southern African country for nearly six decades. Analysts said…
Germany’s Development Minister Svenja Schulze arrived in Lebanon on Monday for a short visit to pledge further aid to the country. This has been severely affected by the war between Israel and Hezbollah. In mid-October, the Bundestag provided her ministry with an additional 60 million euros (65.4 million dollars) to be used to provide health…
