National Convention: Buhari commends APC leaders, urges them to avoid distractions, keeps eyes on the ball

The President, Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday urged leaders and members of  the All Progressives Congress (APC), to channel their energies into improving fortunes of the party in the forthcoming elections, and avoid squabbling that easily distract and create disharmony. Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement, said […]

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Nigeria now has 197 million telecom subscribers

The Nigerian telecommunication industry has posted an impressive growth after subscribers hit a record 197.49 million as at January 2022. The industrial statistics released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), disclosed that the industry had 195,463,898 telecom subscribers in December 2021. But year on year, the NCC revealed that subscribers fell by 2.71 million compared […]

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National Convention: Details of Buhari’s directive to APC Governors emerge, orders refund of monies to chairmanship candidates who embrace concensus

As the National Convention of the All Progressives Congress, APC draws near, the President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, met with governors of the party. Buhari, during the meeting urged the APC leadership to refund aspirants who were dropped immediately. He urged them not to allow the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to take over power in […]

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APC convention: Governors to align with Buhari’s choice of candidate as chairman

As the All Progressive Congress national convention dress near, a good number of governors from the party met with President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday. The Governors, however, pledged to align with any candidate of Buhari’s choice, especially for the chairmanship position which will be keenly contested this weekend. Recall that despite initial scepticism that greeted […]

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2023: Atiku officially declares Presidential bid

The Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has officially declared his intention to run for the presidency in 2023. He made this declaration on Wednesday at the International Conference Centre in Abuja. Atiku promised to focus on unity, security, economy, education and devolving more resources and powers to the federating units if elected president. […]

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FEC approves N14.3bn for training of 50,00 N-Power beneficiaries

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved over N14.3 billion for the training of non-graduate beneficiaries of the N-Power programme, one of the components of the country’s Social Investment Programme. Sadiya Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, stated this while briefing newsmen after Wednesday’s cabinet meeting presided over by President Muhammadu […]

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