The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia has dismissed the petition filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last election, Chinenye Anyim, against the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and governor of Abia state, Okezie Ikpeazu, for negligence in prosecution on the part of the petitioners. Counsels to the respondents to the petition, ... Read More »
Kola Popson The former Lagos State governor and National leader of All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has finally debunked the insinuation spreading around that he is not in good term with President Muhammad Buhari by affirming his firm support and loyalty to the president.Asiwaju Tinubu made this known on his twitter handle when he wrote, @AsiwajuTinubu Firmly ... Read More »
The attention of the Media Office of the Senate President has been drawn to a story making the rounds to the effect that the Senate does not need to screen or confirm the new Service Chiefs appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari. However, we want to make it abundantly clear that based on inquiries made to the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar ... Read More »
Courtesies. I have watched with keen interest the Government of Rivers State led by Chief Nyesom Ezebunwon Wike for sometime, acknowledging that they were imposed on our people by the sheer pleasure of a lady, mindless impunity and brute force. I had hoped that the government would chart the path of peace, unity and progress with the aim of earning ... Read More »
There is every danger that addressing a topic like this might yield another exercise in vain lamentation when what our country needs to do is take and give effect to rational decisions about the oil sector. For instance, the discourse around the resource curse has had a deep resonance for many Nigerians because it vividly sums up the paradox between ... Read More »
The presidency has denied reports in sections of the media that funds will be drawn from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) for the relief package approved by President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari approved a N400 billion bailout on Monday to clear the backlog of salaries in states and local governments. Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, ... Read More »
Senator Danjuma Goje, a former governor of Gombe State, who is currently representing Gombe Central Senatorial District in the Senate has been expelled from All Progressives Congress (APC) by the Gombe state chapter of the ruling party. Making this disclosure at the party’s secretariat in Gombe on Monday, the Gombe APC State Chairman, Magaji Doho said Goje was expelled with ... Read More »
The Kaduna state governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai on Monday formally abolished ‘joint account’ and announced that his government would be remitting 10 percent of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) to local government councils in the state. The Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the governor, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement shortly after the governor swore in chairmen of ... Read More »
The federal government and the 36 states have agreed to share $1.7billion of the $2billion balance in the Excess Crude Account. After the amount, which is about N391billion,is shared, there will be just about $.3billion remaining in the account which was created to help the two tiers of government save for raining days. The Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomole, had ... Read More »
Bayelsa State legislators have summoned local officials to discover why some government employees have gone unpaid. The lawmakers also expressed their concern over the employees’ livelihoods, calling these unpaid salaries their lifeline. The Bayelsa State House of Assembly summoned the Council Chairmen and other officials of the state’s eight Local Government Areas (LGA) this weekend over issues of non-payment of ... Read More »
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