The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered Nigeria’s economic growth projection for 2022 from 3.4 percent to 3.2 percent. The downgrade is 0.2 percentage points lower than the 3.4 percent projected in its July 2022 report. The Washington-based institution disclosed this on Tuesday in its World Economic Outlook (WEO) for October 2022 titled, “Countering the … [Read more…]
Branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities will commence traditional voting today (Tuesday)and tomorrow (Wednesday) over the ongoing strike by the union, The reporter gathered. The decision of the various branches will be transmitted to the National Executive Council for final decision. A highly-placed source within the NEC disclosed this in a chat with … [Read more…]
our gunmen on Sunday, allegedly disrupted Labour Party meeting at Umuida, Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State. The report gathered that the gunmen arrived on two motorcycles and started shooting sporadically into the air, dispersing party members and setting a car, tricycles and motorcycles ablaze in the process. A source who pleaded for … [Read more…]
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday, described former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and the APC Northern Christian Leaders as impostors, having left the ruling party few weeks ago. Tinubu claimed that Dogara, particularly, has apparently lost his mind since failing to actualise his self-imposed ambition to be … [Read more…]
Gunmen have reportedly shot four soldiers dead in Iyiachi community in Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu State. The attack is coming 24 hours after a police station was attacked and set ablaze in the same local government. Two people, including a policeman and a civilian who had gone to the station to lodge … [Read more…]
This act is condemnable in its entirety. Nothing can ever justify this cowardly and brutal behaviour.” Ejike Eze, Enugu North senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has expressed shock over the murder of Lucky Idoko, the APC youth leader in the Igboeze-South local government area. Mr Eze, in a statement issued on Monday, … [Read more…]
The apex-Yoruba group said Peter Obi’s “verifiable records as a two-term Governor of Anambra State” makes him the most competent and suitable candidate. The Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has reiterated its endorsement of the Labour Party’s candidate for the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi. The apex-Yoruba group said it considered Mr Obi based on its … [Read more…]
As endorsements of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State’s bid to represent Enugu North Senatorial District in the National Assembly on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) continue to gather momentum, youths of Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of the state, under the umbrella of Great-16, have thrown their weight behind the governor … [Read more…]
The women wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are set to inaugurate the Tinubu-Shettim Women Presidential Campaign Team. The event, which is happening at the State House Conference Center, Abuja, has assembled bigwigs of the party from across the country, including President Muhammadu Buhari, who is being represented by his Chief of Staff, Professor … [Read more…]
The leading opposition party People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has commenced th flag-off its presidential campaign in Akwa Ibom State. The event is taking place at the Nest of Champions Stadium in Uyo, the state capital, barely four months before the February 25 presidential election. Dignitaries in the South-South State include the party’s presidential candidate and … [Read more…]
A senior human rights lawyer and counsel for the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Femi Falana, on Monday stated that his clients were ready to call off its nearly eight-month strike. He revealed this at a book launch ‘Breaking Coconut With Your Head’ by Lanre Arogundade on Monday in Lagos. He hinted that the industrial … [Read more…]
The fight over the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) took a twist, yesterday, as northern Christian leaders resolved to work with their Muslim counterparts in the north to adopt one of the presidential candidates . The group led by former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and former Secretary to the Government … [Read more…]