Timipre Sylva receives a traditional title In Buhari’s hometown of Daura

22 Dec 2022

Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum, will receive the traditional title of “Sarkin Kudun Hausa” from the Daura Emirate Council. The Emir of Daura, HRH Umar Farouk Umar, bestowed the honor.  Through his spokesperson Garba Shehu, President Muhammadu Buhari, a native of Daura in Katsina State, responded to the news on Friday.  According to […]

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Governor Matawalle calls on the military to step up efforts to combat bandits in Zamfara

22 Dec 2022

The persistent military assault against bandits in the Dansadau region of Zamfara State, according to the state’s governor, Bello Mohammed Matawalle, will eventually drive the terrorists out of the region.  The state’s governor praised the military for defeating bandits in the Malele and Matunji communities of the Dansadau Emirate in the Maru Local Government Area […]

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President transmits supplementary Appropriation bill of 819.5 billion to NASS

22 Dec 2022

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has transmitted a supplementary 2023 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, read out the content of the cover letter on the bill to members on Wednesday. Buhari, in the cover letter, said the additional demand for N819,536,937,813 for next year […]

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Ogun state workers laments non payment of November salaries with Christmas fast approaching

22 Dec 2022

The aggrieved workers, in a statement issued through the organized labour in the state, decried the recently introduced staggered salary payment model, noting that they are yet to receive their November pay in December. With bare four days to Christmas, many civil servants in Ogun State are presently lamenting over the non-payment of their November […]

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Doyin Okube resigns as Peter Obi’s presidential campaign DG

20 Dec 2022

The Director-General of the Labour Party Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe has resigned his position. The development was contained in a letter he addressed to the LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi on Tuesday. Sharing the letter on his official Twitter handle, Okupe wrote, “It’s time to step aside. But I am with PO and the Obidients […]

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Ashiru, a PDP candidate for governor of Kaduna, condemns the Kaura attack

20 Dec 2022

Isa Mohammed Ashiru, the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate for governor in Kaduna State, denounced the attack in the Kaura Local Government Area on Tuesday In separate attacks on Sunday night in the Malagum 1 and Sokwong communities of the Kagoro chiefdom in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State, terrorists are said to have […]

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Atiku promises to restore peace, open all borders if elected

20 Dec 2022

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday in Katsina promised to restore peace and security as well as open all the borders in the country if elected to lead the country in 2023. The former Nigeria Vice President, also promised to restore the country’s wealth and also ensure that […]

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Gov. Uzodinma presents the Imo Assembly with the N447 billion 2023 budget

20 Dec 2022

Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma presented an N447.4 billion budget to the Imo State House of Assembly on Tuesday for approval. The “Budget of Wealth Expansion” consisted of N373.5 billion in capital expenditure and N150.4 billion in recurrent expenditure, or 22 and 78 percent, respectively. According to Uzodinma, the budget’s goal was to fulfill the […]

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How money destroys our election- INEC

20 Dec 2022

The chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu has decried the negative role of money in elections, saying its deployment destroys the basis of democratic elections. Yakubu raised this concern at a “Stakeholders’ Summit on Addressing the Influence of Money in the 2023 General Elections” held in Abuja on Monday. The INEC […]

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