The house of representatives has summoned President Muhammadu Buhari for the second time in less than a month, over the insecurity in the country. The lawmakers summoned the president while deliberating on a motion on insecurity raised by Ahmed Safana from Katsina state. The president, who is currently away on a private trip to the […]
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Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has declined assent to the controversial bill passed by the state house of assembly seeking life pension for lawmakers. Last week, the house had passed a bill that would grant life pensions to speakers, deputy speakers and other members. Under the bill, which was proposed by Peter Akpe, leader of the house, former speakers […]
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says there is the need for states to explore ways of improving their Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in the next few years. Osinbajo said this on Monday at the opening of the Induction of New and Returning Governors at the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja. The induction was organised by the […]
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The chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Abdulaziz Yari, has warned incoming governors to be prepared for another cycle of recession in 2020. Yari, Zamfara state governor who spoke at the opening the ceremony of an induction programme for newly-elected and returning governors in Abuja, said there is a possibility of a recession by the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday approved the donation of $500,000 to the government of Guinea Bissau to support the forthcoming election. According to a series of tweets on the verified Twitter handle of Presidency Nigeria @NGRPresident, Buhari made the donations in response to an urgent request for assistance by the government of Guinea Bissau towards […]
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The Nigerian senate has again postponed the passage of the 2019 budget-this time- till Tuesday, April 30th. Senator Bukola Saraki, the senate president announced the postponement at plenary on Wednesday, directing Nelson Ayewoh, clerk of the upper legislative chamber, to make copies of the budget report available to the lawmakers by Monday. Saraki’s directive came […]
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Bukola Saraki, President of the Senate, has challenged the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to provide proof that the National Assembly had padded the national budget for four years. Saraki, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, said he considers the allegation careless, irresponsible […]
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The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has accused the leadership of the 8th National Assembly of hijacking the national budget in the last fours. In a statement on Sunday, the former governor while noting that the National Assembly’s positions are important to the fulfillment of the President’s agenda, lamented […]
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The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, says his focus is to assist President Muhammadu Buhari develop, refine and implement a progressive agenda to flourish the economy and make Nigerians prosper. Tinubu said this in a statement titled ‘Tinubu Focusing on the Issues of Today: “Tomorrow is the Master of Itself”, […]
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Abubakar Atiku, the defeated presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party has debunked notions that he was Cameroonian by birth and thus not qualified to contest the election of 23 February, 2019. Atiku who was born in Jada in 1946, in present day Adamawa state, but then part of Northern Cameroon, said he was born […]
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