Supporters of Dr Ifeanyi Odii, the Ebonyi Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate for the 2023 election have hailed the Supreme Court judgment affirming his victory as the validly elected candidate of the party. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Apex court on Wednesday in Abuja in a unanimous …

A former vice president who is presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said the call made by the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, that the National Chairman of the party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu must resign is possible if the PDP constitution is amended. Makinde and …

The proposed N19.76trillion budget for 2023 would have a deficit of N12.43trillion as a result of projected N6trillion tax and import duty waivers as well as fuel subsidy of over N6tn. The Nigerian Senate, through its Committee on Finance, has expressed dissatisfaction with the projected N12.41trillion budget deficit contained in …

Chairman, Senate Committee on Industry, Senator Tokunbo Abiru has commended Dangote Sinotruk West Africa for its impressive commitment to Nigeria’s economic development through investment in a vehicle assembly plant in the country. According to him, with Dangote Sinotruk West Africa, Nigeria’s path to self-reliance in vehicle assembling has begun. “We …

EndSARS protesters The Independent Investigative Panel on human right violations by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), on Wednesday, awarded compensations to 74 victims of police brutality, to the tune of about N289million. The panel, led by a retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Suleiman Galadima, awarded compensations after it …

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has raised alarm over an alleged plot to compromise the integrity of the forthcoming 2023 general elections with the upload of fake registrants into the voter register. The spokesperson of the coalition, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, made the allegation in a press conference on …

Aminu Tambuwal Aminu Tambuwal, Sokoto State governor, has denied resigning from his position as chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors forum. The denial is contained in a press statement signed by the Director General of the forum, CID Maduabum, and made available to newsmen on Friday. “This is to inform …

Atiku Abubakar Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says he plans to expend $10 billion as an economic palliative fund within the first 100 days of his presidency if elected president in 2023. The former vice president said he would extend his assistance to private …

The spokesman of the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, Daniel Bwala, has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, of playing ethnic politics to the detriment of national interests. Bwala, who was a legal aide to the Deputy Senate President, Ovie …

Fashola Nigeria’s federal government has said protesting students who blocked a busy section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway were “violating” the law. Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing, said this while briefing State House correspondents shortly after this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at …