House of Representatives, yesterday, mandated its Committee on Appropriations to make provisions for N200 billion in the 2023 budget before the National Assembly for the Ecological Project Office in the Presidency for flood preparedness, mitigation, response, recovery and relief packages. It also urged the Federal Government to immediately release N5 billion into the already created … [Read more…]
The United States has allocated $50 million for 2023 general elections. The US Consul General, Mr Will Stevens made this disclosure on Monday in Ibadan capital of Oyo State during an open session of election reporting workshop for journalists organised by West Africa Broadcast & Media Academy (WABMA). According to Stevens, the budget will cover … [Read more…]
Ahead of the official kick-off of the the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari, late Sunday night, met with the party’s flag bearer, Bola Tinubu and National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. After a two-week medical visit to London, the President had flown into Abuja Sunday evening. While in … [Read more…]
The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has pronounced an indefinite adjournment in the trial of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. The adjournment made by Justice Binta Nyako is to await the decision of the Supreme Court on appeals that were lodged by both the Federal Government … [Read more…]
By Reuben Onyishi (Ugoachataberu) Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, the Enugu State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, has swept through the Enugu political landscape so wildly beyond the utmost bounds of acceptance, thereby ferociously demolishing within a short while every make-believe Satanic stronghold of vile but mischievous castigation. The message of hope Peter preaches has … [Read more…]
Bureau de change operators in Adamawa State are rejecting foreign currencies from customers due to growing uncertainty in the parallel market. Some of the money changers interviewed at Jimeta Modern Market in Yola said they were apprehensive over the sudden and continued crash of the dollar which destabilized the parallel market. The chairman, bureau de … [Read more…]
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has summoned 63 institutions of the federal government for implementing illegal budgets, leading to expenditure of over N2 trillion without statutory approval. Chairman of the committee, Oluwole Oke, also wrote a letter to Director General, Budget Office of the Federation, Ben Akabueze, to demand evidence of appropriation … [Read more…]
The Peoples Democratic Party has said that it has every option to challenge the candidacy of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, including his eligibility to contest the 2023 general elections having been allegedly indicted and subjected to criminal forfeiture judgement for a narcotic related offence by a United States … [Read more…]
Data obtained from the website of the Central Bank of Nigeria on Sunday revealed that Nigeria’s educational sector suffered massive capital flight during the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd). Specifically, using the CBN’s balance of payment statistics, Nigerians have spent a hefty sum of $3.5bn on foreign education in the past seven … [Read more…]
Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers have attacked a bullion van conveying cash at Ufuma, Orumba North local government area of Anambra State. The gunmen allegedly trailed the bullion van and opened fire on the truck and security men accompanying it. An eye witness said there was heavy shooting in the area, adding that residents … [Read more…]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has expressed optimism that the crisis rocking the party will be resolved before the general elections. Abubakar, who spoke in Minna on Friday shortly after about a meeting with the former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, said the party would overcome the current disagreement with … [Read more…]
The Federal Government has filed an amended seven-count terrorism charge against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The amended charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015, bothered on allegations against the IPOB leader that were earlier sustained by the trial court. The charge alleged that Kanu, who belonged to an unlawful group, had … [Read more…]