The meeting which is coming about five weeks before the presidential election is to discuss areas of future potential collaboration between both countries. Less than two months to the February 25 presidential election, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday held a strategic meeting with the British government. Atiku, … [Read more…]
THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared its determination to proceed with the conduct of the February/March general elections, two days after it expressed fears about the wave of general insecurity across the country. INEC had lamented, on Monday, that if not tamed, the ugly trend of pre-election violence could precipitate a constitutional crisis … [Read more…]
…as Tinubu takes a swipe at Obasanjo, Atiku Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, yesterday, asked the people of the South East to work with APC and vote for him as he was ready to make the zone the industrial hub of the nation. This is as he called former President … [Read more…]
…as first class traditional ruler reiterates support Communities in Oji River South and Mmam River Development Centres in Oji River local government area of Enugu State have presented a list of their priority needs to the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, Dr. Peter Mbah, urging him to give serious … [Read more…]
The presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has chided his opponents in other political parties, saying Nigeria’s presidency was neither a retirement home nor a place where people wait for turns. Obi also maintained that there was nothing wrong with Nigeria having a stingy president. The candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), … [Read more…]
President Muhammadu Buhari has given an assurance that he will reposition the nation’s economy as well as improve on security across the nation before the end of his eight-year tenure. According to him, the gains recorded in security will be further consolidated, and more attention will be given to the economy, before handing over on … [Read more…]
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…]