…Buhari should inaugurate NDDC board- Mudiaga-Odje A FORMER presidential aspirant under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Mumakai Unagha, Saturday said the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government has failed Nigerians. Unagha in a statement on his expectation in 2022, said: “Absolutely I am not expecting nothing …
Read More »Makinde has become role model for other govs — Rita Orji
. By Adeola Badru A former member of the House of Representatives in the 8th assembly, for Ajeromi Ifelodun, Lagos State, Hon. Rita Orji, yesterday, said the input of Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State during the COVID-19 Pandemic has made him be a role model to many state governors …
Read More »Why we can’t remove dead persons from voter register – INEC
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it is unable to remove the names of dead persons from the voter register due to the absence of reliable data of births and deaths to rely on in expunging the names of such persons. This implies …
Read More »Buhari signs N17.127trn 2022 budget into law, issues fresh directive to MDAs
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2022 Appropriation Bill of N17.126 trillion into law. The President signed the budget presented to him by his Senior Special Assistant (Senate) on National Assembly, Senator Babajide Omoworare, on Friday at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory …
Read More »UTME: Underage candidates not required to produce vaccination card -JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, has clarified that candidates and visitors below the age of 18 years are not required to present COVID-19 vaccination cards before being granted access into JAMB examination halls and facilities. A statement issued on Tuesday and signed by the head of JAMB’s media and …
Read More »Why Buhari rejected electoral bill – Presidency
Buhari The presidency says the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to reject the electoral act amendment bill is to protect Nigerians. According to the presidency, the proposed amendments “entail significant legal, financial, economic and security consequences”. In a statement on Tuesday, Garba Shehu, presidential spokesperson, said the bill did not …
Read More »Buhari’s aide, Garba Shehu, recovers from COVID-19
President Muhammadu Buhari’s senior media assistant, Garba Shehu, has recovered from the COVID-19 disease. The presidential aide who is fully vaccinated against COVID-19 had confirmed his positive status at the weekend but said that he was feeling mild symptoms of the disease. Shehu took to his Facebook page on Wednesday …
Read More »Okorocha’s son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, in our custody – Police
Uche Nwosu The Imo State Police Command has confirmed that the Special Force from the office of the Inspector General of Police arrested Uche Nwosu, the son-in-law of a former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, THE WITNESS reports. Nwosu was arrested on Sunday at St Peter’s Anglican church at …
Read More »SERAP seeks probe of ‘missing N3.1bn in Ministry of Finance’
Share on FacebookShare On WhatsappShare On Twitter Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged the President Muhammadu Buhari, to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to investigate allegations that over N3bn of public funds are missing, mismanaged …
Read More »Avuru responds to Seplat – “My purported sack is mischievous”
Lagos. 26/12/2021: Austin Avuru has responded to the purported termination of his appointment as a Non-Executive director on the board of Seplat Energy, a company he co-founded and was pioneer CEO at. The widely circulated statement published a few days to Christmas in which Seplat Energy alleged that its immediate …
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