Category: Politics
PRESIDENT BUHARI promises to campaign for Tinubu and all APC candidates
22 Dec 2022
President Muhammadu Buhari assures the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidates in the elections next year that he is ready at all times to campaign for the Presidential Candidate and all party candidates with “full energy and conviction.” This is to dispel expressed concerns in certain quarters that the President has not featured in […]
Continue ReadingBuhari seeks fresh N819bn loan, domestic debt increases to 22.57 trillion
22 Dec 2022
Nigeria’s domestic debt rose to N22.57tn as the Federal Government on Wednesday proposed a last-minute supplementary budget for the 2022 fiscal year. The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is seeking the approval of the National Assembly for N819.54bn supplementary budget, which it planned to finance through domestic borrowing. Buhari on Wednesday forwarded to the […]
Continue ReadingHoodlums attack another INEC office in Imo
22 Dec 2022
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has suffered another attack in Imo State as hoodlums vandalised its office in Isu Local Government Area Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, who confirmed the incident in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, December 21, 2022, said that the attack was the […]
Continue ReadingFashola orders a project at the University of Ebonyi
22 Dec 2022
At the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo in Ebonyi State, Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and Housing, officially opened a 0.6-kilometer-long road that had been rebuilt. Fashola called the road “an important asset of the ministry reconstructed on behalf of the Federal Government.” He was represented at the inauguration by the Federal Controller of […]
Continue ReadingTimipre 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 […]
Continue ReadingGovernor 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 […]
Continue ReadingPresident 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 […]
Continue ReadingOgun 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 […]
Continue ReadingDoyin 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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