21st Century Chronicle

07/11/2025

https://21stcenturychronicle.com/buni-presents-n515-6-billion-budget-for-2026-to-yobe-assembly/

Damaturu, Nov. 6, 2025 (NAN) Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe on Thursday presented a budget proposal of N515.58 billion for the 2026 fiscal year to the state House of Assembly. Presenting the appropriation bill in Damaturu, Buni said the budget, tagged: “Budget of Economic Growth and Infrastructural Tr...

07/11/2025

https://21stcenturychronicle.com/market-records-4th-consecutive-loss-investors-lose-n348-billion/

The Nigerian equities market recorded its fourth consecutive negative performance on Thursday as investors lost N348 billion. Selloffs in Legend Internet, Champion Breweries, Tantalizer, Sovereign Trust Insurance, Linkage Assurance, and 34 other declining stocks dragged the market performance down.....

07/11/2025

https://21stcenturychronicle.com/98-8-pvcs-collected-for-anambra-guber-election-inec/

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 2,769,137 out of 2,802,790 registered voters in Anambra, representing 98.8 per cent collected their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) ahead of the Saturday governorship election in the state. INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, at a news conferen...

07/11/2025

Vice President Kashim Shettima, has tasked global leaders on taking “reasonable action” and moving from pledges to performance in tackling climate change.

Shettima made the call at the opening of the Heads of State Summit at the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP 30), on Thursday in Belém, Brazil.

Vice President Kashim Shettima, has tasked global leaders on taking “reasonable action” and moving from pledges to performance in tackling climate change. Shettima made the call at the opening of the Heads of State Summit at the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP 30), on Thursday in Belém, ...

07/11/2025

‎The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Thursday approved major road contracts and project reviews valued at over N400 billion to enhance road infrastructure across the country.
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‎Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after the FEC meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

READ ALSO 98.8% PVCs collected for Anambra guber election — INEC COP 30: Shettima tasks global leaders on reasonable action against climate change ‎The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Thursday approved major road contracts and project reviews valued at over N400 billion to enhance road infras...

07/11/2025

Tuesday, November 4th, 2025. On this our last day in Jeddah, the Red Sea Saudi Arabian costal city, I decided to get a hair cut from the Brazilian barbing outfit adjacent to our Ibis Hotel, in the central business district of this sprawling city. My barber was a young man called David. As is my wont, I engaged him in a general discussion. David told me that he arrived in Saudi Arabia over a year ago. He was born in one of the Favellas of Sao Paulo. It took 16 flying hours to arrive in Jeddah, and, surprisingly, David confirmed that it was within the past year that he learned to speak the English language that he spoke quite competently.

Tuesday, November 4th, 2025. On this our last day in Jeddah, the Red Sea Saudi Arabian costal city, I decided to get a hair cut from the Brazilian barbing outfit adjacent to our Ibis Hotel, in the central business district of this sprawling city. My barber was a young man called David. As is my […...

06/11/2025

The Kogi State Executive Council presided over by Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo has approved the sum of eight hundred and twenty billion, four hundred and ninety million, five hundred and eighty five thousand four hundred and forty three Naira (₦820,490,585,443) as the draft budget estimates for the ...

06/11/2025

The BBC has expressed faulted the data President Donald Trump of America used to designate Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern after concluding that Christians are being persecuted in Nigeria. The allegations attracted attention following the address of Vice President Kashim Shettima at the l...

06/11/2025

The Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) conversion and training centre located in Calabar, capital of Cross river State and inaugurated by the state Gov. Bassey Otu on Oct. 18, 2024 was yet to commence operation. The CNG conversion centre was part of the presidential initiative aimed at promoting an afford...

06/11/2025

I was looking today at the New York Times’ report on the memo drawn up by US military’s Africa Command based in Stuttgart, Germany, which has [imperialist] responsibility for Africa. The plan that it sent to the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, DC was in compliance with President Donald Trump’s demand, viasocial media, for a military plan to attack Nigeria, ostensibly to end “massacre of our cherished Christians” by Islamist insurgent groups.

READ ALSO BBC: Trump used faulty data to designate Nigeria as CPC We’re committed to defeating terrorists, strengthen diplomatic ties – Tinubu I was looking today at the New York Times’ report on the memo drawn up by US military’s Africa Command based in Stuttgart, Germany, which has [imperi...

06/11/2025

A report by Fitch Ratings has revealed that Nigeria is leading the charge in banking sector recapitalisation across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). According to the report titled ‘Sub-Saharan African Banks’ New Paid-In Capital Rules’, Nigeria’s aggressive capital reforms is the most consequential ...

06/11/2025

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, fixed Nov. 11 for ruling on an application filed by former Gov. Sule Lamido of Jigawa, seeking to restrain the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from holding its National Convention. Justice Peter Lifu fixed the date for ruling after the defence lawyers adop...