ABUJA — Speculations of a third term ticket for President Muhammed Buhari has been dismissed by the All Progressive Congress (APC) as merely an assumption by the opposition party. The senior special adviser to the president, Garba Shehu had on boasted of Buhari’s popularity and feasible influence on the 2023 election. Garba Shehu trivialized the chances of the opposition party saying ” the PDP and other opposition parties are nursing false hopes of taking power...
Communications manager of Ilana Omo Oodua, Maxwell Adeleye has disclosed that Nigeria did not file any charge against Sunday Igboho before he was arraigned at Cour De’appal De Cotonou, the Republic of Benin on Thursday. The Yoruba activist was arraigned at the court following his arrest at the Cardinal Bernardin International Airport, Cotonou on Monday night. He was arrested with his wife on their way to Germany. A statement issued by Adeleye on behalf of ...
ABUJA — Concerns about the sudden spread of Cholera is beginning to grow among the authorities as the numbers of suspected cases and death continue to rise. 604 suspected cases alongside 54 deaths caused by the infection have been recorded within six area councils in Abuja. Cholera is an acute diarrheal infection caused by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with bacterium. Ramatu Aliyu, the minister of state for the federal capital territory, who...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has demanded that the directive by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) warning journalists and broadcast stations against ‘glamourising’ details on terrorism activities be withdrawn. This demand was contained in a series of tweets made by SERAP using its official Twitter handle on Sunday. SERAP stated that reports on terrorist attacks as a matter of public interest. The organization also stated that the directive, coupled with the likelihood of...
Zamfara state governor, Bello Matawelle has sent a warning to his deputy, Madhi Aliyu noting that he will not tolerate any disrespectful attitude. The governor’s warning came as a result of the recent political rally that the deputy governor held to reaffirm his loyalty to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Aliyu and other elected officials defected to APC in June although they came into government as candidates of PDP. Mr. Matawalle reprimanded the deputy...
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies known as OPEC+ have decided to boost oil production by 400,000 barrels per day. The group reached this agreement at the 19th OPEC and non-OPEC ministerial meeting on Sunday. In June, OPEC+ had agreed to increase output in July, in line with the group’s April decision to return 2.1 million barrels per day to the market between May and July. However, the deal which was meant...
LAGOS — Bola Tinubu’s presidential ambition has been a long-time agreement between the top-ranking members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) according to Rufai Hanga, pioneer national chairman of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC). As per his narration, Tinubu who was a two-time governor of Lagos state is meant to take over from President Muhammadu Buhari when he completes his second term in office in 2023. This Implied agreement was the reason Tinubu did...
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has said serving as the country’s finance minister came with “series of problems.” According to her, her life was threatened for saving Nigeria huge sums of money from oil subsidy scam. Okonjo-Iweala made this revelation during an interview organised by Atlantic Council, a United States think-tank on international affairs, on Tuesday. “And just by having an integrated financial management system, we were able to cut...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) has denied issuing a suspension letter to Rochas Okorocha, former Imo state governor. According to the secretary of the APC caretaker committee, the letter circulating on social media is fake as nothing of such has been done at the party. “It’s fake, it’s complete rubbish,” he said. “How can we do that when we are trying to resolve issues in the party? Those who did it just copied our signatures...
ABUJA —The federal executive council (FEC) awarded Dangote Industries, a contract to construct five roads of 274.9 kilometres on Wednesday. The contract which cost a sum of N309,917,717,251.35 is to be advanced by the company as a tax credit. The minister of works and housing, Babatunde Fashola indicated this during a briefing with the state house correspondents. A tax credit is an incentive given to taxpayers, usually subtracted directly from taxes owed or expected to...
