Politics

Senate President Ahmed Lawan has assured Nigerians that subsidy on Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) will not be removed for now as being reported by some social and conventional media. Lawan stated this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday …

The Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, has said although Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is his political leader, he will not support him to be president of Nigeria. Ojudu, who represented Ekiti Central Senatorial District at the 8th Senate, said his position did not amount to …

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has released the timetable for the conduct of 2022 concurrent legislative bye-elections across four states in the country. The party’s approved timetable and schedule of activities for the election was signed by the National Secretary, APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC, Mr John James Akpanudoedehe. …

Adamu Adamu Federal tertiary institutions in Nigeria are likely to increase fees following an appeal to their governing councils to think outside the box and endeavor to generate more revenue. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, made the appeal while inaugurating the governing councils of 14 newly established tertiary institutions …

L-R: Muhammadu Buhari and Anyim Pius Anyim Former Senate President and 2023 presidential aspirant, Anyim Pius Anyim, has revealed some of the things that will differentiate his administration from that of President Muhammadu Buhari if he is elected president. According to Anyim, Nigeria has continued to suffer setbacks in many …

Nine communities in Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State were asked by bandits to pay a compulsory tax of the sum of N24 million or be attacked. The communities would pay from N500,000 to N5m, according to the bandits. Journalists were told that the communities have started mobilizing to …

  2023 Presidency: Northern Elders list conditions for backing candidates Reject zoning, call for postponement of census Lament harm caused education in North by abductions The North, it said, “should vote for the best leader,” while also encouraging key northern groups to “engage groups from the South to improve understanding, …

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Iyorchia Ayu, on Thursday, told former presidential candidate of the National Conscience Party, NCP, Mr Dele Momodu, that the party leaders have no preferred candidate for the 2023. Momodu had earlier declared his interest to run for president on the ticket …

Muhammadu Buhari (right) and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala The Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has disowned a statement in circulation on social media purporting her as scoring President Muhammadu Buhari high on performance. Okonjo-Iweala described as “fake news,” the report which quoted her as saying President Buhari was doing …

Interviews with President Muhammadu Buhari will be aired on Channels TV and the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) on Wednesday, January 5 and Thursday, January 6 respectively, the Presidency announced on Wednesday. The president’s spokesman Femi Adesina in a statement said that of Channels TV will be aired at 7 pm, …