The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) withheld 12 percent more money in six months under President Muhammadu Buhari than it did with his predecessor from 2013 to 2014. According to a report by the National Resource Governance Institute (NGRI), an international non-profit policy institute with focus on oil, gas and minerals, NNPC withheld more in the last six […]
Continue ReadingBY REUBEN ABATI This commentary is inspired by Olusegun Adeniyi’s “Of wailers, counterwailers and Buharideens” (ThisDay, March 31). In that piece, the ace journalist and public affairs commentator successfully defines the tri-polarities governing public responses to the Muhammadu Buhari administration. The take-away is that the biggest challenge that Nigeria faces at the moment is political […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the immediate family, friends, professional colleagues and political allies of elder statesman and pro-democracy activist, Tunji Braithwaite, who passed away on Monday. The President believes the passing away of the lawyer, author and politician came at a time that his wisdom, intellectual depth, vast knowledge and experience were […]
Continue ReadingThe Senate on Wednesday passed the 2016 Appropriation Bill of N6.06 trillion, reducing it by N17 billion from N6.07 trillion proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari. The passage of the bill followed the consideration of the report of the Committee on Appropriation presented at plenary on Tuesday. Before approving the budget through a vote, the senators […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, while addressing the National Economic Council Retreat, on Monday said his administration has set a target of delivering 10,000 megawatts of electricity generation in the next three years. The president stated categorically that his administration would add 2000 megawatts to the national grid. He said, “Nigerians’ favourite talking point and butt […]
Continue ReadingADDRESS BY PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI AT THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL RETREAT ON THE ECONOMY HELD AT THE STATE HOUSE CONFERENCE CENTRE, PRESIDENTIAL VILLA, ABUJA, MONDAY 21ST, MARCH 2016 I am delighted to have the opportunity to address this distinguished and all-important retreat on the Nigerian economy. The purpose of this retreat as outlined in the […]
Continue ReadingFormer President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has lashed out at those asking him to account for recovered Abacha loot, describing them as illiterates and stupid people. He also reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s frequent trips as, according to him, Nigeria needs to be in touch with important centres of the world. Obasanjo, who stated […]
Continue Reading“The most critical challenge for Nigeria today is the curtailment of food importation to conserve foreign exchange and wheat is a strategic crop owing to the huge economic value for the country”, President Muhammadu Buhari has stated. He lamented that currently, the country spends about $4.6 billion per annum on importation of food stuff, despite […]
Continue ReadingThe outspoken Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to pay more attention to security and economic issues affecting Nigeria, instead of focusing on those of other countries and persecuting perceived political enemies, describing the President’s condemnation of Sunday’s terrorist attack on the Grand Bassam Resort in Cote D’Ivoire as hypocritical […]
Continue ReadingEkiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has restated his resolve to continuously criticise the Buhari-led government’s bad policies despite the recent clampdown on state officials by operatives of the Department of State Security Service (SSS). Fayose’s Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, in a statement, said Mr. Fayose, was reacting to the SSS raid for the first […]
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