Politics

The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has given a 60-day ultimatum to the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun and the Accountant General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein, to deploy the automation of foreign currency collection in Nigeria’s foreign missions. The Chairman of the Committee, Bamidele Salam, gave the charge …

President Bola Tinubu The presidency has disowned a statement circulating on social media purporting President Bola Tinubu as announcing a 50% reduction in his salary and scrapping the First Lady’s office, among other measures. Bayo Onanuga, the Senior Special Adviser on Media and Strategy to President Tinubu, issued a statement …

The Energy Transparency Initiative (ETI) has expressed dismay over the recent statements made by the Deputy Spokesman of the Federal House of Representatives, Philip Agbese, concerning the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). The group in a statement by its …

He denied the allegations against him and said that he was fully prepared to cooperate with any investigations to clear his name. The former candidate of the Delta State House of Assembly for Aniocha South State Constituency on the platform of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Harrison …

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, on Tuesday told journalists that President Bola Tinubu has appealed to Nigerian youths to shelve their planned nationwide protest. Idris disclosed this to journalists after a meeting with President Tinubu at Aso Rock presidential villa. The Minister said Tinubu does …

The Kogi State Government on Sunday advised residents of the state to shun any violent protest against President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, gave the advice in a statement he issued in Lokoja on Sunday. He urged the residents to rather join the Not+My-State Movement Against …

The Ebonyi State Independent Electoral Commission on Sunday declared the All Progressives Congress as the winner of Saturday’s local council poll in the state. The Chairman of the Commission, Jossey Eze, announced the results of the poll in the state capital, Abakaliki. He said the APC won all the 13 …

L-R: Mrs. Josephine ‘Nene’ Ifeanyichukwu and Mr Femi Gbajabiamila On November 19, 2020, Shehu Shagari Way, a stone’s throw from the National Assembly, was the stage for a tragedy that would forever alter the lives of Josephine ‘Nene’ Ifeanyichukwu, her daughter and seven-day-old baby. Ifeanyichukwu Okereke, a hardworking newspaper vendor from …

The Peoples Democratic Party or PDP, has mocked Comrade Philip Shaibu, who’s the deputy governor in Edo State, for returning to the All Progressives Congress or APC describing him as a saboteur who was sent to derail its party’s governorship candidate, Mr Asue Ighodalo. Shaibu had knelt before ex-governor of …

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, (CNPP) has rejected the planned sale of nomination forms by the Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission, (KOSIEC) ahead of the October 19th Local Government election. The Kogi State CNPP Chairman, Mohammed Kabir Abdullahi in a statement on Thursday, condemned in totality the alleged purported …