Politics

An entrepreneur, Mike Emerah, has slammed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, for opposing the purchase of a new presidential jet for President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. Reacting to the development, Emerah described Obi’s utterances as extremely negative. …

The Federal Government on Monday rolled out measures to crash high food prices in the country, one of which is to grant a 150-day duty-free import window for food commodities. Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari unveiled the measures at a news conference in Abuja on Monday. …

The Ebonyi State chapter of the Labour Party has adopted its presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, as the party’s national leader. The party stakeholders also adopted Fidelis Nwankwo as the leader of the party in the state. The endorsement was part of the six-point communique …

A former presidential spokesperson, Dr Doyin Okupe, has described the political crisis in Rivers as a “total misfortune”, saying that it requires a political solution. Okupe, a former Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in …

A group, the Nigeria Youths For Atiku (NYFA) has urged Nigerians to embrace former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and rally round him for the 2027 presidency. “The call is premised on the believe that he remains the only candidate who can wrestle power from APC-led government,” NYFA, a support group of …

Nigerian State Governors on the platform of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) are currently in a closed-door meeting in Abuja to discuss the proposed new national minimum wage and other national issues. At the last meeting of the tripartite committee on Minimum wage, the Government representative and organised private sector …

Many state governors have spent billions of naira to purchase exotic vehicles of different foreign brands for members of the state houses of assembly despite the economic downturn in the country, Daily Trust can report. Analyses by Daily Trust indicated that nine states have expended over N15bn on different brands …

  VP Kashim Shettima at MSMEs Clinic in Ekiti State   Vice-President Kashim Shettima said President Bola Tinubu has approved a grant of N150,000 grant to each participant of the Expanded National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Clinic. “I am pleased to share that Mr President has directed me …

The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has said that most people he helped to power during the 2023 general elections now avoid him. Umahi said this in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State on Thursday while speaking with newsmen. The minister said that even National Assembly members whom he helped to power were …

  Dr Abdullahi Ganduje A Kano State High Court on Wednesday granted an order seeking to serve the Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, who is charged with alleged bribery and misappropriation. The Kano State Government dragged Ganduje, his wife, Hafsat Umar and his Son, Umar Abdullahi …