•Ask President, ECOWAS to tread with care The Senate and the Jama’atu Nasril Islam, JNI, led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, have asked the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, and President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, and other leaders of the region to …
Read More »Abia to establish commission on Ease of doing Business – Otti
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has hinted his administration would soon establish a Commission on the Ease of Doing Business. The Governor who disclosed this when he received in the audience a team from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), led by the Abia State Branch Controller, Mr …
Read More »APC crisis: Anxiety over possible dissolution of NWC
•As Osinbajo sends apologies ahead of caucus meeting A wave of apprehension, yesterday, enveloped the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, APC, following concerns about the possible dissolution of the party’s National Working Committee, NWC, at today’s meeting of its National Executive Committee NEC. As the NWC led by …
Read More »Presidential election court reserves judgment in Obi, LP’s petition
The Presidential Election Petition Court on Tuesday reserved judgment in a petition filed by Mr Peter Obi and Labour Party (LP) challenging the election of President Bola Tinubu into power. Obi and LP are petitioners in the petition marked CA/PEPC/03/2023 are challenging the election which brought president Bola Tinubu into …
Read More »INEC’s refusal to upload results jeopardized 2023 elections — Catholic Groups
AS different reactions continue to trail the conduct of the February 25 presidential election, the Catholic Church and Society Department, has said the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to upload results of the 2023 presidential election to the IReV portal in real-time from polling units, was a …
Read More »Fuel Subsidy Removal: Palliatives can’t cure our pains — Nigerians cry out
By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South; Dayo Johnson, Regional Editor, South-West;Sam Oyadonagha; Jimitota Onoyume; Egufe Yafugborhi; Steve Oko; Marie-Therese Nanlong; Rotimi Ojomoyela; Peter Duru; Emma Una; Shina Abubakar; Emem Idio and Chioma Onuegbu CITIZENS, including lawyers, human rights activists, academics, and artisans have faulted the palliative measures put in place …
Read More »Peter Obi speaks on alleged photo with Simon Ekpa
The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi has denied taking a picture with self-acclaimed Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa. Peter Obi issued the denial in response to a viral ‘photoshopped image with Ekpa’. Speaking through the Head of Obi-Datti Media Office, Diran Onifade, Obi said those determined to cast his image in bad light were …
Read More »We won’t tolerate coup, Tinubu warns Niger soldiers
President Bola Tinubu has said the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, would not tolerate actions that incapacitate democratically-elected government in the sub-region, a direct message to soldiers who have held Niger Republic’s President, Mohamed Bazoum, hostage at the palace. President Tinubu gave the warning in his capacity a the …
Read More »Don’t Duplicate Projects Like NDDC, Senate Warns North East Dev Commission
Nigerian Senate Logo The Senate on Wednesday warned members of the North East Development Commission, NEDC, not to tow the line of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, in duplicating projects it intends to undertake across the zone. This warning was handed down by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio during confirmation …
Read More »Imo ADP gov candidate slams Uzodimma over N54m billboard fee
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma The governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Party, Dr. Kachi Nwoga, has knocked the Imo State Advertisement and Signage Agency for demanding N54 million from political parties planning to erect campaign billboards ahead of the November 11 election. While sarcastically calling on Imo Governor, Hope …
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