The minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed, says the executive has met its promises and obligations to Nigerians. Lai Mohammed said this while reacting to a comment Senate President Bukola Saraki made on the 2019 budget. On Wednesday, President Muhammadu Buhari presented a N8.83 billion budget to a joint session of the national assembly. […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has accused the national assembly of inflating the debt of the federal government to states. The national assembly had approved the refund of N488.7 billion to state governments for projects they executed on behalf of the federal government. But in a letter read on the floor of the upper legislative chamber by […]
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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday officially endorsed the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, saying that the duo were prepared for the campaign and ready to take on the task of moving the State to greater heights. The […]
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Adedapo Abiodun, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Ogun State, has been caught in a messy scandal that could see him disqualified as the flag-bearer of the ruling party in the February 2019 gubernatorial election. Mr Abiodun, a renowned oil and gas executive from Ijebu Remo, is facing allegations that he evaded national […]
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The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has described the Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Peter Obi as a politician with a penchant for cooking up figures and twisting facts This according to BMO was clear from the series of half truths the former Anambra state governor reeled out during the Vice Presidential […]
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Former military ruler, Ibrahim Babangida, on Sunday heaped praises on President Muhammadu Buhari, acknowledging that the man he toppled in a coup d’etat in 1985 has remained focused and shown tremendous energy and vibrancy in running the affairs of Nigeria since 2015. Mr Babangida also acknowledged Mr Buhari’s patriotism and commitment to serving the nation […]
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Fact checkers went to work Friday night to puncture some of the statistics quoted by Peter Obi, the vice-presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party at the live TV debate at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja. In arguing that petrol subsidy that he estimated to be a trillion naira a year was a […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) there is no provision made for any Nigerian outside the country to vote in the general elections in 2019. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, made the clarification in a statement on Thursday. He said, “The commission wishes to state unequivocally […]
Continue ReadingNigerian political parties on Tuesday signed a peace accord committing to a peaceful poll in 2019. Although some key candidates were absent at the event, which held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, others including President Muhammad Buhari, signed. There are 91 registered political parties in the country, but it was not immediately clear how […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says there was no time it went after the sons of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. It said this in a series of tweets on Monday, hours after a report emerged that EFCC operatives raided a building occupied by two sons of […]
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