Politics

President Buhari The Federal Government has said it wants more micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to participate in its N75 billion economic recovery and stimulus programme in order to grow their respective businesses. Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Adeniyi Adebayo who made the request on Monday, called on …

Publisher of the Leadership newspaper, Sam Ndah Isaiah is dead. He was aged 58. He died on Friday after a brief illness, according to multiple sources. The pharmacist turned newspaperman attended a meeting of the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria in Lagos early this week. After studying pharmacy, he worked …

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has backed the call for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari. The PDP Caucus in the House of Representatives, had, at the weekend, called for Buhari’s impeachment, citing the failure of the President to protect Nigerians against killings, kidnappings, banditry, and other violent crimes across …

  The House of Representatives is making moves to stop Federal Government officials from entering into commercial agreements that tend to enslave the country or compel her to forfeit part of her sovereignty. The House, on Thursday, passed for second reading, ‘A Bill for an Act to Repeal Treaties (Making …

A former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has said President Muhammadu Buhari needs to seek forgiveness from God because he has failed Nigerians. Lamido stated this during an interview with BBC Hausa. He lamented the killing of farmers in Borno State by Boko Haram and insisted “something is wrong …

  The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described calls on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign every time there is a setback in the war against terror as a needless distraction and cheap politicking. Mohammed also dismissed claims that Boko Haram fighters are collecting taxes from the …

The Nigeria Police on Thursday extradited Abdulrashid Abdullahi Maina, former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), to Nigeria from Niamey, Niger Republic. He was arrested in Niger having been declared wanted by a court of competent jurisdiction over a pending criminal trial against him. Maina was arrested on …

SENATOR Rochas Okorocha Wednesday called for the overhaul of security architecture to make it more responsive to the yearnings of Nigerians and the security of the country. Senator Okorocha who spoke when he paid condolence to the government of Niger State and family over the murder of the APC Chairman, …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said he had no quarrel with the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams. The former president said he had refused to grant Adams’ request to visit him when he was president and after he left the office. Obasanjo said he had a reservation for Adams’ …

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Pius Anyim, has narrated how David Umahi, governor of Ebonyi state, allegedly begged him to join the All Progressives Congress (APC). Anyim accused Umahi of making “utterly senseless” allegations against him after the governor failed to persuade him to join him in …