Dirisu Yakubu

Abuja

Senior Correspondent at The Punch

Journalist/ Speech Writer, Quality Education Advocate. Founder, The Book Gang (TBG).

Articles

Tinubu, NASS face fresh criticism over 2024 budget extension

3 days ago | punchng.com | Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis |Dirisu Yakubu |Oluwakemi Abimbola |Sami Tunji |Aina Damilola |Josephine Ogundeji

The Senate and the House of Representatives have, for the second time, extended the implementation of the capital component of the 2024 budget to December 31, 2025, sparking renewed criticism against President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly. Economists, financial experts, and the Organised Private Sector have described the repeated extensions as evidence of poor execution capacity by Ministries, Departments, and Agencies.
59 die in Borno, Kano, Kebbi, Pleteau attacks

6 days ago | punchng.com | Olufemi Adediran |Dirisu Yakubu |James Abraham |Isah Ojo |Animasahun Salman |Tukur Muntari

NO fewer than 59 people were killed in four separate attacks in Borno, Kano, Kebbi and Plateau states on Friday and Saturday. While 30 people were killed in Kebbi State, 12 persons, who were identified as wedding guests were murdered in Plateau State. In Borno State, 12 persons died in a suicide bombing carried out in a fish market by a woman, while in Kano State, a military mortar bomb went off along the Eastern Bypass in Kano, the State capital, on Saturday, killing five persons in the process.
Reps clear Togo, probe fake degree syndicate in Benin Republic

1 week ago | punchng.com | Dirisu Yakubu

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LG fund: APC Rep warns Adeleke as Osun Assembly fumes

1 week ago | punchng.com | Bola Bamigbola |Dirisu Yakubu |Hiradat Hassan

The Osun State House of Assembly has said it would resist attempts to substitute authorised signatories to local government accounts in the state. This was part of the resolutions reached at the plenary by the lawmakers on Thursday, as they vowed to resist, report, and reverse any lawful substitution with unauthorised persons, saying such would constitute an attempt to divert public funds.
Tinubu has no rival in Kaduna for 2027 — Speaker Abbas

1 week ago | punchng.com | Dirisu Yakubu

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has declared that the people of Kaduna State have no alternative to President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. This is just as he noted that the president has given a lot to the North Western State “In very practical terms”, through the initiation of “A wide range of federal infrastructure projects that directly impact, ” the people of the state.
Osun LG crisis: Stop blaming Tinubu, lawmaker advises Adeleke

1 week ago | punchng.com | Dirisu Yakubu

The Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke. Photo: State House The member representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency, Osun State in the House of Representatives, Oluwole Oke, has called on the state governor, Ademola Adeleke, to immediately comply with the recent ruling of the Court of Appeal, which reinstated elected local government officials from the All Progressives Congress in the state.
$457m unremitted funds: Reps tackle 13 oil firms, recover N86m

1 week ago | punchng.com | Dirisu Yakubu

The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee, on Wednesday, warned 13 non-compliant oil companies to appear before it to answer questions in the ongoing probe of non-remittance of money due to the Federal Government, or face sanctions. The companies allegedly owe the Federal Government about $456.95m (N731.12bn) in unremitted revenues.
Reps threaten to sanction 13 oil firms over $456m unpaid revenue

1 week ago | punchng.com | Dirisu Yakubu

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Reps probe N1.12tn Anchor Borrowers fund diversion

1 week ago | punchng.com | Dirisu Yakubu

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas The House of Representatives Committee on Nutrition and Food Security, on Tuesday, commenced a probe into how the N1.12tn meant for the execution of the Anchors Borrowers Programme was allegedly diverted by Ministries, Departments and Agencies.
PDP crisis: Chair, Govs, INEC hold emergency talks

1 week ago | punchng.com | Dirisu Yakubu |Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Gift Habib

In a bid to resolve the threat hovering around the 99th National Executive Committee meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party scheduled for June 30, Acting National Chairman of the party, Umar Damagum, governors elected on the party’s platform and other stakeholders will on Wednesday (today) meet with the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu.