The leader of a coup that ousted Gabon’s President Ali Bongo was sworn in as interim president and cheered by jubilant supporters on Monday in a televised ceremony designed to cast the military as liberators of an oppressed society. In West and Central Africa’s eighth coup in three years, army officers led by General Brice Oligui … [Read more…]
The Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja has scheduled Wednesday for judgements on the three pending cases challenging the outcome of the 25 February presidential election. It is coming about a month after the court heard the closing arguments of parties to the petitions, and about two weeks to the expiration of the statutory 180-day … [Read more…]
Frank Nweke has called on the Enugu State government to adopt a policy of transparency, accountability, and inclusion as provided by the Open Government Partnership Initiative in the management of the state’s affairs. In a statement commemorating the 32nd anniversary of Enugu State and made available to Pacesetter, Nweke questioned what he described as the … [Read more…]
It became obvious yesterday that the crisis rocking the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) is far from abating, as the Dr Agbo Gilbert Major-led leadership of the party commenced investigation of its presidential candidate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, and other officials. Kwankwaso and the said officials are under probe over how the N1 billion naira raised … [Read more…]
Nigeria’s Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has stated that contractors to the ministry who insist on the use of asphalt in road construction, despite the new direction to use concrete, will face the consequences if the facilities fail in a short time. Umahi spoke while meeting with 46 contractors handling road projects in the … [Read more…]
With massive and strategic investment drive in focus, Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu departs Abuja, on Monday, in company with some ministers and industrialists, to attend the G-20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi, India, on the special invitation of Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. The president has also continued to consult widely on the benefits and … [Read more…]
President Bola Tinubu, on Friday in Abuja, declared his unwavering support for a partnership between the Federal Ministry of Health’s National Eye Health Programme and the Peek Vision Foundation to provide more than 5 million pairs of eyeglasses to Nigerians with sight impairments. The President recounted how close to home his first intervention in eye … [Read more…]
…To Meet With World Leaders, CEOs President Bola Tinubu will be attending the upcoming G-20 Summit in New Delhi, India, from September 9th to 10th. Addressing the State House correspondents on Friday, the Spokesman for the President, Ajuri Ngelale said the trip is expected to attract Foreign Direct Investment to the country. According to him, … [Read more…]
The Enugu State Government at the weekend took a bold step towards the actualisation of a $30 billion economy in the next four to eight years, as the state successfully hosted an inaugural Enugu State Investment and Economic Growth Stakeholders Roundtable. This was even as the administration of the state governor, Dr Peter Mbah used … [Read more…]
The Nigeria Labour Congres (NLC) has declared a two-day warning strike over the effect of petrol subsidy removal on Nigerians. The strike is to commence on Tuesday, September 5, 2023, according to the NLC. President Bola Tinubu had declared an end on subsidy within his first hour in office, tripling the price of petrol from … [Read more…]
The African Union’s Peace and Security Council said it has decided to “immediately suspend” Gabon following the military coup in the country this week. The body said on X, formerly Twitter, that it “strongly condemns the military takeover of power in the Republic of Gabon” and has decided “to immediately suspend the participation of Gabon … [Read more…]
A former spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Council in the 2023 presidential poll, Daniel Bwala, has said the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, will be expelled from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the appropriate time. Bwala stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme yesterday, a day after … [Read more…]