The President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, confers the prestigious and meritorious National Honours award of the Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) on the Governor of Enugu State and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Enugu North Senatorial District in…
Some Senators have said the National Assembly would resist President Muhammadu Buhari’s proposal to end oil subsidy in June next year. They said discontinuing with the policy in June would create a serious crisis for the new administration that would take over from Buhari. The 2023 – 2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy…
Dear President Muhammadu Buhari,I hope this mail finds you in good spirits…I must not fail to thank you once again for helping to deepen our democracy by leading the change movement that saw an opposition party capture power at the centre for the first time in Nigerian history. We did so at a time when…
FROM CUPPFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE7TH OCTOBER 2022 …OPPOSITION COALITION CUPP SAYS THE 2023 BUDGET IS AN END TO EIGHT YEARS OF FINANCIAL RECKLESSNESS, BORROWING, VISIONLESS, WASTEFUL, AND NON-IMPLEMENTABLE BUDGETING PROCESS. BUHARI’S BUDGET IS A CONSUMPTION AND BORROWING DOCUMENT THAT LACKS THE SUBSTANCE THAT CAN LIFT NIGERIA OUT OF POVERTY, BUT, AN ASSURED DOCUMENT TO FINAL ECONOMIC…
The Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has denied the allegations that he is working against the ambition of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi. The governor’s reaction is coming following reports that he ordered members of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in Anambra to work against Obi at the polls. According to the…
A former Chairman of Nigeria’s electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, has said that no amount of disagreement can change the fact that Nigeria has been globally recognised as one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Jega made the assertion while speaking on the topic, “Corruption and the…
At least four members of the Peoples Democratic Party’s National Working Committee on the 29th of September, 2022, returned over a hundred million Naira which was wrongly paid into their respective bank accounts by the party’s leadership. Several Nigerians have slammed the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party for organizing such a high-profile corruption, which…
Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) has condemned the recent plea by the presidential candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP) for Igbos to wait for him to be president before he handover to Igbos. According to the youth council, it is an insult for Atiku to make such a statement since Igbos have waited for more…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged Nigerians to vote correctly for leaders needed to ensure the country’s future, by paying closer attention to the manifestos of the political parties ahead of the upcoming 2023 elections. This was disclosed recently by the INEC Assistant Director (Planning and Programming) in the Department of Voter Education,…
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, recently said that its support for the Labour Party, LP for the 2023 general election has not changed its position on petrol subsidy. The NLC has opposed attempts by the government to remove subsidies without first of all repairing the nation’s refineries to work effectively. The Labour Party presidential candidate,…
