Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has disclosed his biggest joy is that his preferred successor, Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, who is the governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will perform better than him in office if elected. He said the recent actualisation of his administration’s struggle for Enugu State to join the league of states enjoying oil … [Read more…]
Long vehicular queues may soon return to petrol stations across the country as the Petroleum Tanker Drivers’ Branch of National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, (PTD– NUPENG) has threatened strike over alleged illegal activities and high-handedness of security agents, particularly the Military Task Force operating in the Port Harcourt zone of the Union. … [Read more…]
President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday it would cost the federal government N1.8 trillion in interest, if the National Assembly failed to approve N23.7 trillion in extra-budgetary spending. The President also said his government had made adequate provisions in the 2023 budget for the successful conduct of the forthcoming general elections and the transition programme. Recall … [Read more…]
The Obi of Onitisha, Prof. Nnaemeka Achebe, has denied claims by President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesperson, that he queried former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the Second Niger Bridge. President Buhari through his spokesperson, Garba Shehu had claimed that when Obasanjo sought re-election for his second term in office, he returned to the site of the Second … [Read more…]
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, signed the 2023 budget of N21.83 trillion along with the 2022 supplementary Appropriation Bill into law in the council chambers of the State House. It is the 8th and final budget of the president and has as its themed: ‘Budget of Fiscal Sustainability and Transition.’ The President also asked the lawmakers … [Read more…]
The World Bank has said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) financing of the fiscal deficit has continued to fuel inflation by increasing liquidity in the money market. The Bank also noted that interest payments on the Nigerian government’s borrowing from the CBN will gulp over 62 percent of its total revenue by 2027. The … [Read more…]
The Presidential Campaign Council of the Labour Party has welcomed the decision of foremost Ijaw leader and Nigerian statesman Chief Edwin Clark. Chief Spokesman for the LP PCC, Dr. Yunusa Tanko said this in a telephone interview with Vanguard in Abuja, on Tuesday. He said the LP campaign was delighted that statesmen were speaking up … [Read more…]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disassociated itself from a fake website/blog advertising recruitment of ad hoc staff for next month’s general election. INEC further warned that the genuine portal used to advertise the recruitment of ad hoc staff was shot down on December 14, 2022, emphasising that it is no longer recruiting such … [Read more…]
The Management of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has notified the public to stop the purchase and use of a product named Weight Rapid Loss Capsule, manufactured by Ingi Oman, A notification signed by the management on the Agency’s website, dated December 20, 2022, and titled Public Alert No. … [Read more…]
Four policemen were killed yesterday as the convoy of a former governor of Imo state, Mr. Ikedi Ohakim was attacked by gunmen. Ohakim escaped death by whiskers as the vehicle the four policemen were in was burnt by the assailants of the former governor. The gunmen were said to have targeted the former governor but … [Read more…]
The Presidency yesterday attacked former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the latter’s New Year open letter where he openly endorsed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, for the February 25 election. Obasanjo had in the letter, told Nigerian youths that the forthcoming election was their turn to take their destiny in … [Read more…]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has vowed to apprehend underage voters and their parents if they attempt to vote during the 2023 elections. Its National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, stated this, yesterday, during an interview on a live television programme monitored in Lagos. He decried the issue of underage voters … [Read more…]