Politics

THE Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party and officials of the state government have disagreed over the propriety of collecting N35bn bond from the Central Bank of Nigeria. While the state government insisted that that it needed the funds for infrastructural development, the main opposition party argued that …

A High of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to go ahead with Saturday’s congresses in Imo State pending hearing of a suit brought before the Court by the Applicant, Okey Anyikwa. Anyikwa is APC chairman of Ideato South Local Government Area. The …

File: Yobe State Governor and Chairman Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the APC, Mai Mala Buni The judgment of the Supreme Court on the Ondo State governorship election is threatening the All Progressives Congress local and state congresses starting on Saturday. Our correspondent gathered on Wednesday that although …

Muhammadu Buhari and Matthew Kukah The Catholic Bishops of Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province have thrown their weight behind Bishop Mathew Kukah of the Sokoto Catholic Diocese on his recent statement to the United States Congress about the situation of things in the country. The bishops described as “patriotic” and “verifiable”, Kukah’s …

President Muhammadu Buhari; CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele; and Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed Everest Amaefule, Temitayo Jaiyeola, Amarachi Orjiude and Sami Tunji 15 July 2021 • Debt servicing to revenue ratio jumped from 54.66% in 2019 to 72% in 2020 The Federal Government made a total of N3.25tn in 2020, …

Treasurer of the Lagos State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, Mrs Sumbo Ajose is dead. Recall that this came about four days ago when Nigeria lost another prominent citizen, popular hip hop artist, Olarenwaju Fasasi, otherwise known as “Sound Sultan,” who also died in the USA after months of …

FILE: Members of the House of Representatives at plenary The Committee on Electoral Matters of the House of Representatives has laid its report on the Electoral Act 2010 (Amendment) Bill. Chairman of the committee, Aisha Dukku, at the plenary on Wednesday, prayed the House to receive the report on ‘A …

Abubakar Malami, SAN/Internet The Director of Finance and Administration in the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) Brigadier General Jafaru Mohammed has written a petition to the Attorney General of the Federal and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami alleging persecution and victimisation by operatives of the Economic and Financial …

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum says the platform will help the party return to power at the federal level in 2023. The Chairman and Sokoto Governor, Aminu Tambuwal spoke on Sunday at a banquet organised by the Akwa lbom government, ahead of the forum meeting in Uyo. Tambuwal assured …

The Chairman, Senate Committee on the Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has advised the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), against spending foreign loans which the nation is getting from international lending agencies on recurrent expenditure like salaries and overhead. The former senate leader, who is representing Borno …