President Muhammadu Buhari has transmitted the 2022-2024 medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF) and fiscal strategy paper (FSP) to the national assembly. The announcement was made on Thursday July 8 by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. President Buhari in the letter accompanying the MTEF/FSP document, said the MTEF&FSP were transmitted early to allow…
The Special Assistant to President Buhari on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, today July 8, denied her membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) three times. President Muhammad Buhari had, on October 12, nominated Onochie (Delta), Professor Muhammad Sani Kallah (Katsina), Professor Kunle Cornelius Ajayi (Ekiti), Saidu Babura Ahmad (Jigawa), Prof. Sani Muhammad Adam (North Central)…
Governors of the Southern states in the country are currently in a meeting in Lagos state to discuss issues concerning the state of the nation. The meeting which is being hosted by Lagos Governor Bababjide Sanwo-Olu, has in attendance Governor Seyi Makinde (Oyo); Dapo Abiodun (Ogun); Gboyega Oyetola (Osun); Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti) and Nyesom Wike…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai has said that he is too old to become the country’s President. Speaking in an interview with BBC in Kaduna, the Governor also said that he is fed up with being linked with the presidency as has been the case in the last 15 years. El-Rufai said; “Governing Nigeria is a serious…
A native doctor has emerged as People’s Redemption Party (PRP) flagbearer in Anambra governorship election. Dr. Nnamdi Nwanwuo returned unopposed after his two co-aspirants, Chidebere Mba and Humphrey Anaso stepped down for him. National Secretary of the party, Babatunde Ali who announced Nwanwuo as the winner of the primaries, described the election as credible and peaceful. He…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has introduced its Voter Enrollment Device ahead of the 2023 general election. The Voter Enrollment Device which was designed by INEC engineers and produced overseas, enables eligible Nigerians to register as voters online before completing the exercise physically at designated centres nationwide. INEC Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu who noted that…
The Chairman of Gurara Local Government Council of Niger State, Hon. Yusuf Waili Gawu has been suspended by councillors for three months following allegations of financial impropriety and embezzlement. The suspension takes effect from Monday, June 21, 2021, and will elapse on September 21, 2021. According to the resolution passed by the 10…
Election of Stephen Odey of the Peoples Democratic Party as the senator representing Cross River North Senatorial district, has been upheld by the election Petition Tribunal seating in Calabar. Passing judgement in petition N0: EPT/CR/SEN/03/2020 filed by Joe Agi SAN and the All Progressive Congress against Stephen Odey, Jerigbe Agom Jerigbe, Peoples’ Democratic Party and the…
Former Emir of Kano and new caliph of the Tijaniyya sect in Nigeria, Muhammadu Sanusi II has reiterated that he has no intention of joining politics. Speaking on Thursday June 17 in Kaduna, the former monarch said he will continue to educate the public on the right candidates to vote for during elections. He…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has fired back at the Presidency, following claim of Governors elected on the platform of the opposition party being angry with the ban on the operation of Twitter in the country because it has curtailed its use in peddling fake news. In a statement released by PDP’s spokesperson Kola Ologbondiyan,…
