Ndubuisi Francis in Abuja and Nume Ekeghe in Lagos The federal government has expressed optimism that the implementation of the Finance Act, 2020 and Strategic Revenue Growth Initiative (SRGI) will stimulate the economic recovery process through initiatives capable of growing fiscal revenues, improve Ease of Doing Business (EoDB), counteract the impact of oil price fluctuations […]

Iyobosa Uwugiaren, Chuks Okocha in Abuja, Chiemelie Ezeobi, Segun James, Abiodun Eromosele and Dike Onwuamaeze in Lagos The federal government yesterday squared up to organisers of a fresh protest at Lekki Tollgate, the epicentre of last October #EndSARS protests, with a warning that they should jettison the idea. It said security agents had been mobilised […]

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West has taken a turn for the worse as leaders of a former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, have directed their members to steer clear of a peace meeting convened by ex-Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola of Osun State. Fayose’s supporters are also said to have started mobilising […]

The Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Grand Alliance have criticised the state House of Assembly for approving Governor Hope Uzodinma’s loan request. The Speaker, Paul Emezim, had during plenary on Tuesday, announced that the loan request by the executive was approved by the legislature in an executive session. […]

Barely three days after delivering a keynote address at the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) retreat in Calabar, immediate past Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside is to mount the podium again for another thought-provoking discourse. Peterside, will on Friday, February 12, 2020, deliver a paper titled […]

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has warned politicians and ethic champions against making unguarded comments capable escalating the spate of insecurity including the herdsmen crisis rocking parts of the country. According to a statement by Lawan’s Special Assistant on Press, Ezrel Tabiowo, the Senate President made this known during plenary on Wednesday. He said, […]

The House of Representatives at the plenary yesterday directed its Committee on Public Procurement to investigate allegations of procurement deception, staff victimisation and the ongoing management problem in Project Development Institute (PRODA) Enugu, which is under the Federal Ministry of Technology. This is as the contractors, who said they executed various projects amounting to N8 […]

The Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, has stated that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will take decision ‘as a family’ on the clamouring for Igbo presidency in 2023. Umahi stated this yesterday after meeting with the Caretaker Chairman of APC and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, at the party secretariat. On clamour […]

Alex Enumah in Abuja, Victor Ogunje in Ado Ekiti, Igbawase Ukumba in Lafia and Onuminya Innocent in Sokoto Governors Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State, as well as the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, have revalidated their membership […]

In continuation of its consultative talks on the need to expand and increase the number of polling units in the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday met with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and informed them that the need to improve voter participation necessitated the exercise. In his speech, INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, […]