The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to swing into action immediately to unravel the allegations N1.3 billion fraud levelled against the Chairman of the All Progressives Peoples Congress (APC) in Enugu State, Chief Ugochukwu Agballah, and the party’s governorship candidate, Chief Uche Nnaji, by … [Read more…]
The Federal Government, FG, has proposed to spend over N30 billion on the installation of Acoustal Sensing Security surveillance system for the Abuja (IDU)-Kaduna railway, including other items in the 2023 budget. Other items include: completion of the Abuja-Kaduna railway; completion of the Lagos-Ibadan and its associated additional works; rehabilitation of Itakpe-Ajaokuta rail line and … [Read more…]
THE Federal Ministry of Water Resources to spend N12, 905, 656 on implementation of Water Resource Master Plan out of N179,873,461,012 allocated to the Ministry’s headquarters from the 2023 budgetary allocation of N242, 221, 862, 674 for the entire Ministry, Departments and Agencies, MDAs. Also the Ministry is to spend N15 million for identification of … [Read more…]
The Nigerian passport has fallen by 38 places in a global passport ranking in the last 17 years. This is according to the Henley Passport Index reports between 2006 and 2022 collated by The reporters The Henley Passport Index ranks passports according to the number of countries their holders can access visa-free or with a … [Read more…]
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has said that to address the brain drain in the sector, the federal government is setting up a mechanism to engage Nigerian doctors and nurses in the diaspora and connect them with universities and hospitals in the country. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday at the 17th edition of the … [Read more…]
The African Bar Association, AFBA, yesterday flayed plot by the Department of State Service, DSS, to arrest governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, for alleged terrorism financing. The regional legal body, in a statement, said though it does not meddle or interfere in the local governance and political issues of … [Read more…]
Sen.Walid Jibrin, the Chairman, Atiku/Ombugadu Campaign Council in Nasarawa State, says the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) is a solution to election rigging in 2023. Jibrin, who is a former Chairman, BOT PDP, stated this during the party’s campaign in Akwanga Local Government Area of the state. He said that BVAS would curtail electoral fraud … [Read more…]
Frank Nweke Jr, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Gubernatorial Candidate for Enugu state, celebrated the official opening of the newly renovated exam hall at Ozalla High School, delivered by Ozalla Union, USA, on Tuesday, January 10, 2023. The hall is to serve as a learning center and a more conducive environment for students taking … [Read more…]
TEXT OF PRESS CONFERENCE ADDRESSED BY THE ENUGU PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP) CAMPAIGN COUNCIL AT THE CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS AT INDEPENDENCE LAYOUT ENUGU ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2023 Gentlemen of the press, It is no longer news that some members of the Enugu State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), staged a massive protest against … [Read more…]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited is selling Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, at a loss because of its mandate from the Federal Government as regards PMS subsidy, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, said on Monday. Sylva’s remarks came as oil marketers stated that the supply hitches in the … [Read more…]
An aide to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Terver Akase, has debunked reports which claimed that the G-5 governors has endorsed the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, in the 2023 elections. Akase, Ortom’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, made this known in a statement on Tuesday. The PDP G-5 governors … [Read more…]
The Federal Government has insisted that no threat from any quarter can stop the conduct of the 2023 general election, which is just over a month away. The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the government position clear while responding to claim by the Independent National Electoral Commission that the elections might not be … [Read more…]