Maj-Gen Barry Ndiomu (retd.) The Federal Government has injected N1.5 billion to support a cooperative scheme for 30,000 ex-agitators in the Niger Delta region, the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Program, Major General Barry Ndiomu (retd.), said on Wednesday. The PAP targeted about 30,000 Niger Delta ex-agitators aimed to …
Read More »Labour Party Appeals Kano Court Judgement On Abia, Others, Says Trial Judge Erred
Labour party Logo The Labour Party has appealed the judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano, presided over by Justice M N Yunusa, which declared all the votes cast for LP candidates in Kano and Abia States as wasted votes. Recall that one Mr Ibrahim Haruna Ibrahim had …
Read More »Nigerian Navy: Buhari sets agenda for Tinubu
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari Monday expressed confidence that the incoming administration of President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu would continue to provide crucial support to the Nigerian Navy, maintaining the positive trajectory achieved during his own tenure. Speaking at the Presidential Fleet Review held at the Naval Dockyard Limited, …
Read More »LP rejects Alex Otti, other Abia, Kano candidates’ elections nullification
Dr Alex Otti The leadership of Labour Party has rejected the nullification of the candidature of Abia State Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti, and some other party representatives. The reaction is coming hours after a Federal High Court sitting in Kano State dismissed the governor-elect and other candidates. Aside from Otti, …
Read More »Buhari Appoints Oluwatoyin Madein As First Female Accountant General For The Federation
President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Oluwatoyin Sakirat Madein as the new Accountant General of the Federation. The appointment was announced in a statement signed by the President’s Director of Communication, Mohammed Ahmed on Friday, 19th May 2022. Madein, alongside 19 other candidates was shortlisted …
Read More »No negative social media posts during Tinubu’s inauguration until foreign leaders leave: National Security Adviser
President-elect Bola Tinubu The National Security Adviser(NSA), retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, has appealed to Nigerians to use social media positively during the inauguration of Bola Tinubu on May 29. Monguno made the appeal on Thursday in Abuja, at a World Press Conference organised to mark commencement of activities for the …
Read More »Programmes for inauguration of Nigeria’s President-Elect Tinubu unveiled
The Nigerian Government on Thursday released schedule of events that will culminate in inauguration of President-elect, Bola Tinubu on 27 , May, 2023. In the schedule of activities for the 2023 Presidential Inauguration released by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, the President -Elect …
Read More »Delta: Lawmakers approve N71bn supplementary budget for Okowa 12 days to handover
The Delta State House of Assembly has passed N71 billion supplementary appropriation bill proposed by Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, the state governor, 12 days to the expiration of his tenure as governor. Okowa, whose tenure as governor ends on May 29th, had on Tuesday, forwarded a letter to the house, requesting …
Read More »FG incurs N36.8trn deficit in 8yrs under Buhari
•Records N32trn revenue, spends N68tn The Federal Government has incurred a deficit spending of N36.8 trillion in eight years under the administration of President Mohammadu Buhari from 2015 to 2022. Vanguard analysis of data from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, on Federal Government finances from 2015 to 2022 revealed …
Read More »Lagos LP declares support for Abure, says infiltrators will be shown way out
Dayo Ekong: Lagos Chairman of Labour Party (LP) The Chairman of Lagos chapter of the Labour Party (LP) Pastor Dayo Ekong has said the leadership challenges rocking the party will fizzle out very soon. Ekong who said this while addressing candidates and other critical stakeholders at the party’s Secretariat in …
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