Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has reacted to insinuations in certain quarters that he’s in support of Atiku Abubakar’s 2019 presidential ambition. Reacting to the insinuations, Tinubu’s spokesperson, Tunde Rahman dismissed the claim, saying both Tinubu and the former Vice President belong to different …
Read More »Southern, Middle Belt Leaders Disagree with Buhari, Insist on Restructuring
John Nwodo The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum as well as the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. John Nwodo, have disagreed with President Muhammadu Buhari’s stance on the restructuring of the country, saying that the only way to go is for the federal government to restructure the federation …
Read More »FG to Release Another N750bn Capital Vote for 2017 Budget
Kemi Adeosun The federal government is set to release another N750 billion to its ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) as part of the capital component of the 2017 budget. It had earlier released N450 billion for capital projects since the budget was signed into law last June. Should it make …
Read More »PDP S’West crisis: A’court stops orders recognising Kashamu’s group
The Court of Appeal, Ado Ekiti, on Monday stayed the execution of the judgement of the Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti, recognising the Chief Makanjuola Ogundipe-led South-West zonal executive of the Peoples Democratic Party. The appellate court also stayed the execution of the judgement restraining Dr. Eddy Olafeso-led South-West Zonal …
Read More »2019: Atiku is a political opportunist, shouldn’t be taken seriously – Junaid Mohammed
A Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has described former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as an opportunist. Mohammed said Atiku’s return to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, does not portend any threat to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The former Vice President had last weekend made his return …
Read More »Why senators are bitter with Buhari’s N8.612 trillion 2018 Budget
Indications have emerged on why several senators are bitter with President Muhammadu Buhari on N8.612 trillion 2018 Budget proposal. It was reliably gathered that senators are angry as result of the failure of Buhari’s administration to implement the constituency projects in the 2017 budget, two months to the expiration of …
Read More »2019 election: Atiku speaks on reconciling with Obasanjo
Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar has said he is open to reconciliation with his former boss, President Olusegun Obasanjo, in pursuit of his ambition of becoming President in 2019. This development was disclosed by Atiku’s Media Adviser, Mazi Paul Ibe, when he spoke on behalf of his principal in Abuja on …
Read More »Breaking: Atiku Abubakar resigns from APC [Full letter]
Atiku Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has resigned from the All Progressives Congress. Abubakar confirmed this in a statement he personally signed on Friday. He also gave reasons for quitting the party. However, he did not state which party he intends to join, but said he is pondering on …
Read More »Budget won’t be ready before March – Reps
FILE PHOTO: President Muhammadu Buhari at the budget presentation in November The leadership of the House of Representatives has urged the citizenry not to expect the final budget in less than three months. Chairman, House Committee on Media, Abdulrazak Namdas hinted while speaking with journalists in Abuja that the …
Read More »Reps to investigate $20billion spent on maintenance of refineries
House of Reps Speaker, Yakubu Dogara The House of Representatives has ordered a probe into over $20billion spent on Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of Kaduna, Warri and Port Harcourt refineries by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The decision to probe the expenditure followed a motion raised by Ibrahim Isiaka (APC, …
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