Politics

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Following strong resistance from various stakeholders, President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate cancellation of a policy empowering the Federal Government to automatically deduct 40% from the internally generated revenues (IGR) of federal universities. The policy was scheduled to commence in November 2023. Critics had deemed …

Senators on the platform of the major opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, on Wednesday, held a crucial meeting at the National Assembly complex in Abuja. The agenda of the meeting held in the office of the Senator representing Kebbi South, Garba  Maidoki, was to seek replacement for the principal …

AAC in a statement issued on Wednesday said that APC in a desperate move to shop legitimacy for the electoral violence has mischievously listed the party as one of the parties endorsing the charade that took place on Saturday. The African Action Congress (AAC) has denied endorsing the “gross malfeasance …

President Bola Tinubu A Niger Delta rights activist, Ozobo Austin, has called on President Bola Tinubu to appropriate the $150m Gen. Sani Abacha loot to boost critical infrastructures in the Niger Delta region, saying “the money is part of the Niger Delta oil funds being stolen by Abacha.” Ozobo, in …

L-R: Peter Mbah, Chijioke Edeoga The Labour Party has described Monday’s ruling of the Abuja High Court regarding a discharge certificate which the Governor of Enugu state, Peter Mbah said was issued to him by the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC as bizarre, aimed at undermining democracy in the country. …

As Bye-election is expected to be held in Surulere Federal House of Representatives following the resignation of Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajamiala, for the appointment as a Chief of Staff to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Many aspirants have been eyeing the Green Chamber position, among them, the most experience, both in …

President Bola Tinubu Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, has expressed optimism that President Bola Tinubu will expand the nation’s economy and lift barriers to investment. Oyintiloye, a member of the defunct APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), expressed this optimism in an interview …

The Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) in the North East and Operation Hadarin Daji in North West has destroyed several terrorists’ enclaves in recent operations across the theatres. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, on Sunday in Abuja. Gabkwet said …

The Akwa Ibom State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has disputed claims that Etekamba Umoren, the state’s resident electoral commissioner, REC, is a registered member of the party just by donning the party’s regalia. Speaking on Sunday in Abuja at a press conference, Eseme Eyiboh, a chieftain of …

Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State, Aniekan Akpan, and the Secretary, Harrison Ekpo, have sued President Bola Tinubu and the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio at the Federal High Court, Abuja, over the appointment of Etekamba Umoren the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the state. In …