Politics

Kemi Adeosun The federal government is set to release another N750 billion to its ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) as part of the capital component of the 2017 budget. It had earlier released N450 billion for capital projects since the budget was signed into law last June. Should it make …

The Court of Appeal, Ado Ekiti, on Monday stayed the execution of the judgement of the Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti, recognising the Chief Makanjuola Ogundipe-led South-West zonal executive of the Peoples Democratic Party. The appellate court also stayed the execution of the judgement restraining Dr. Eddy Olafeso-led South-West Zonal …

A Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has described former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as an opportunist. Mohammed said Atiku’s return to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, does not portend any threat to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The former Vice President had last weekend made his return …

Indications have emerged on why several senators are bitter with President Muhammadu Buhari on N8.612 trillion 2018 Budget proposal. It was reliably gathered that senators are angry as result of the failure of Buhari’s administration to implement the constituency projects in the 2017 budget, two months to the expiration of …

Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar has said he is open to reconciliation with his former boss, President Olusegun Obasanjo, in pursuit of his ambition of becoming President in 2019. This development was disclosed by Atiku’s Media Adviser, Mazi Paul Ibe, when he spoke on behalf of his principal in Abuja on …

Atiku Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has resigned from the All Progressives Congress. Abubakar confirmed this in a statement he personally signed on Friday. He also gave reasons for quitting the party. However, he did not state which party he intends to join, but said he is pondering on …

  FILE PHOTO: President Muhammadu Buhari at the budget presentation in November The leadership of the House of Representatives has urged the citizenry not to expect the final budget in less than three months. Chairman, House Committee on Media, Abdulrazak Namdas hinted while speaking with journalists in Abuja that the …

House of Reps Speaker, Yakubu Dogara The House of Representatives has ordered a probe into over $20billion spent on Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of Kaduna, Warri and Port Harcourt refineries by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The decision to probe the expenditure followed a motion raised by Ibrahim Isiaka (APC, …

  The National Coordinator APGA Media Worriors Forum, Evang Chinedu Obigwe, Thursday said that President Muhammadu Buhari has again proved that ‘he is for nobody and he is for everybody’, a rhetoric he first opined in 2015, during his swearing in speech as the president of Nigeria. He made the …

House of Reps Speaker, Yakubu Dogara The House of Representatives has ordered a probe into alleged misappropriation, duplication and mismanagement of multi-million naira contracts in the Ministry of Defence.  The House resolved that its Committees on Defence, Army, Finance, Public Procurement and Financial Crimes should carry out a comprehensive investigation …