Atiku Abubakar Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says he plans to expend $10 billion as an economic palliative fund within the first 100 days of his presidency if elected president in 2023. The former vice president said he would extend his assistance to private …
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The spokesman of the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, Daniel Bwala, has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, of playing ethnic politics to the detriment of national interests. Bwala, who was a legal aide to the Deputy Senate President, Ovie …
Read More »ASUU strike: Blocking Lagos-Ibadan Expressway illegal, FG to NANS
Fashola Nigeria’s federal government has said protesting students who blocked a busy section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway were “violating” the law. Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing, said this while briefing State House correspondents shortly after this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at …
Read More »Iyorcha Ayu must go, Seyi Makinde tells Atiku
Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party The Peoples Democratic Party in the South West has called for the resignation of the National Chairman of the PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu. Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, spoke on behalf of the PDP South-West region at a meeting with the Presidential candidate of …
Read More »JUST IN: Ebonyi PDP Legal Battle Ends As Supreme Court Affirms Odii Guber Candidate
The Supreme Court has affirmed Dr Ifeanyi Chuks Odii as the authentic gubernatorial candidate of Peoples Democratic Party in Ebonyi State. Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association, Section on Public Interest and Development Law, (SPIDEL), Barrister Ubani Monday Onyekachi disclosed the apex court’s verdict via his Facebook page on Wednesday, praying for …
Read More »FG recovered N2.6trn revenue from oil companies – NEITI
Orji The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) says the federal government recovered N2.6 trillion in revenue from oil firms due to the intervention of the national assembly. NEITI executive secretary, Ogbonnaya Orji, disclosed this on Tuesday at the civil society organisations (CSO) and media engagement on Extractive Industries Transparency …
Read More »Tinubu healthy, Peter Obi an incurable liar – APC
Peter Obi and Bola Tinubu The Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday accused Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party of being an ‘incurable liar,’ noting that contrary to speculations, its presidential flag bearer, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is hale and hearty. The camp of …
Read More »FIRSTBANK: THE EMBODIMENT OF CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY
Who should corporate responsibility and sustainability lessons be taken from? Some companies are still unclear about the concept but latching onto the sustainability mantra anyway, because it has become a marketing buzzword for business? Or a company through whose creed and deeds, over the many decades it has been around, …
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Peter Obi hits Tinubu — says ‘Presidency isn’t turn by turn’
Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), says Nigerians will elect a leader that they trust as it is not the turn of anyone to govern the country. Obi appears to be taking a jibe at Bola Tinubu, standard bearer of the …
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