Politics

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 …

SUPPORTERS of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, have flooded streets of the Federal Capital Territory, with his campaign posters. Several posters bearing colorful images of the former Lagos State governor were seen pasted in strategic locations within Abuja, on Sunday. Some of the areas …

President-General, Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) Worldwide, Olorogun Moses Taiga, in this interview with Okungbowa Aiwerie, bares his mind on restructuring, state police, power rotation and the forthcoming Delta State gubernatorial elections. Excerpts DESPITE agitation by stakeholders in the Niger-Delta region, the issue of sole administrator for the NDDC appears to …

  × Some aggrieved aspirants and members of the All Progressives Congress on Sunday visited the State secretariat of the All Progressives Congress to express their displeasure over the local government primary elections held on Saturday. The aspirants, who visited the State secretariat accompanied by their supporters, lamented how the …