Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq hardly grants interviews. In this rare chat with a select group of journalists, he speaks on the challenges of governing Kwara, how insecurity in North-West and ban of open-grazing in Southern Nigeria is affecting Kwara, his problem with Senator Bukola Saraki; and relations with Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, … [Read more…]
Socio–Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over his failure to probe allegations that over 880 billion of public funds are missing from 367 ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), to ensure the prosecution of those suspected to be responsible, and the recovery of any missing or diverted public … [Read more…]
In its bid to reverse the nation’s over-reliance in imports by creating a platform that supports right companies and projects with potential to immediately transform and jumpstart the productive base of the economy, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has unveiled the criteria for participating in its 100 for 100 policy on Production and Productivity … [Read more…]
Former Senate President, Chief Pius Anyim, has said that he will contest for the Presidency in 2023 whether the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) zoned it to the South-East zone or not. Anyim made the declaration on Saturday in Abuja on the sideline of the ongoing PDP national convention. The Former Secretary to the Government of … [Read more…]
2023: Convention beginning of our rescue mission – PDP The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that its 2021 convention is the beginning of its quest to rescue the country. The chairman of the PDPNational Convention Organizing Committee, Ahmadu Fintiri, started this,on Saturday, while declaring open the PDP 2021 National Convention, holding at the Eagle … [Read more…]
I’ll leave office in May 2023, Buhari assures President Muhammadu Buhari has warned those campaigning for tenure elongation on his behalf, stressing that he would leave office in May 2023. According to a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari gave the warning at a meeting in … [Read more…]
Convention: PDP working towards consensus, says Tambuwal The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum and Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwual, has said he and his colleagues were working towards ensuring that all members of the new National Working Committee emerge via consensus. He said this after a meeting of the PDP-GF in Abuja, … [Read more…]
Dele Momodu joins PDP, gives reasons – Dele Momodu A former presidential candidate, publisher, and journalist, Dele Momodu, has joined Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party. Momodu announced this in a statement on Friday. He explained that his decision was to contribute meaningfully to the development of the country. The former presidential candidate … [Read more…]
10 Years of Marriage: The Stunning Journey of Rt. Hon. Kizito Awalu’s Beautiful Marriage By Prince Ejeh Josh, Esq In the undying words of Burton Howards, President of Madrid Spain Temple and an all times General Authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “If you want something to last forever, you treat … [Read more…]
A trigger-happy police officer attached to the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), Benin, yesterday, allegedly shot a 400-level student of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, at the gate of the oil firm. The student of the Department of Mass Communication, Miss Juliana Martins, is a participant in the ongoing workshop of the Petroleum … [Read more…]
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has decried the difficult state of Nigeria’s international travel portal. This followed his failure to obtain a COVID-19 travel permit during a recent trip from France to Nigeria. Soyinka, who addressed reporters yesterday at Esther’s Revenge of Freedom Park in Lagos, recounted how he was to stay … [Read more…]
The Central Bank of Nigeria has said its newly launched e-Naira project is secure and dependable. The Director of Corporate Communications, Mr Osita Nwanisobi, stated this while speaking at the ongoing CBN-Fair in Abakaliki on Thursday. According to the apex bank, the security and dependability of the e-Naira stem from the fact … [Read more…]