Coalition Of Northern Youths Drums Support For Osinbajo

PoliticsCoalition Of Northern Youths Drums Support For Osinbajo

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 18, 2021

KANO– As the political drum is gathering momentum daily ahead of 2023 general elections in Nigeria, a coalition of Northern Youths in Kano has launched an awareness campaign to galvanize support for Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo to contest for president. According to the group under the auspices of Osinbajo Awareness Campaign (OAC) it mobilizes 20 million youths across the 19 Northern states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in solidarity with the Vice President as...

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APC Chairmanship: Agballa’s Emergence In Enugu A New Dawn

PoliticsAPC Chairmanship: Agballa’s Emergence In Enugu A New Dawn

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)October 17, 2021

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State has described the emergence of Mr. Ugochukwu Agballa in Saturday’s APC State Congress as a new dawn for the party in the state. Mr. Micheal Ezeanyanwu, APC spokesperson in a statement released on Sunday in Enugu maintained that the emergence of Agballa as chairman would reposition their party as a formidable opposition in Enugu state. “The newly-elected APC state chairman is a man with a wealth of...

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Power Elongation By Leaders in West Africa Root Cause Of Political Instability- Akufo-Addo

PoliticsWest AfricaPower Elongation By Leaders in West Africa Root Cause Of Political Instability- Akufo-Addo

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 16, 2021

President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo and the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS has attributed political instability in West Africa to power elongation by leaders. President Akufo-Addo made the call during the opening of the High-level Parliamentary Seminar organized by the ECOWAS Parliament in Winneba, Ghana with the theme “Two Decades of Democratic Elections in ECOWAS Member States: Achievements, Challenges, and the...

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ASUU Asks NASS to Compel Public Officers to Enroll Their Children in Govt-Owned Schools

EducationPoliticsASUU Asks NASS to Compel Public Officers to Enroll Their Children in Govt-Owned Schools

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 14, 2021

ABUJA — The Academic Staff Union of Universities has asked the National Assembly to initiate a law that makes it mandatory for public officers to send their children to public schools in Nigeria. ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, said this at the reconvened meeting with the Federal Government, being conciliated by the Minister of Labour and Employment, in Abuja, on Thursday. Osodeke also commended the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige for “demonstrating...

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ECTDA Chairman Appears Before Enugu Assembly, Assures Full Cooperation

PoliticsSoutheastECTDA Chairman Appears Before Enugu Assembly, Assures Full Cooperation

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)October 14, 2021

ENUGU — The Speaker Enugu State House of Assembly, Edward Ubosi today expressed disappointment at the attitude and behavior of the Chairman Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, ECTDA, Dr. Josef Umunnakwe Onoh. Ubosi stated this at the Hallowed Chambers of the House of Assembly during the question and answer session organized to determine the reason behind the utter disregard of the institution by the Chairman ECTDA who failed to appear before a special committee on...

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Seven MDAs to Appear Before Senate Over Buhari’s N5.1trn Loan

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSeven MDAs to Appear Before Senate Over Buhari’s N5.1trn Loan

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 14, 2021

ABUJA — The Senate on Wednesday summoned the accounting officers of seven federal ministries, departments and agencies over their failure to defend their input in the N5.01trn loans proposed to fund the 2022 budget deficits. President of Senate, Ahmad Lawan, decried the non-appearance of the affected MDAs before the Senate Committee on Loan and Foreign Debts. Lawan, while issuing the summons at the close of plenary on Wednesday, said if the MDAs fail to appear,...

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BusinessPoliticsHon. Somto Udeze Empowers Constituents with Business Capital Among Other Support

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)October 14, 2021

AWKA — The member representing Ogbaru 11 constituency in Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Somto Udeze has empowered no fewer than one hundred and sixty constituents with business capital and work tools, to assist businessmen and women. Of the one hundred and sixty beneficiaries, no less than one hundred and forty are petty businesswomen in Ogbaru. About one hundred and thirty-seven of them were given the sum of twenty thousand Naira, to support their...

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Senate Commences Investigation of N19bn Illegal Payment Into Four Agencies by Budget Office

CorruptionPoliticsSenate Commences Investigation of N19bn Illegal Payment Into Four Agencies by Budget Office

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 13, 2021

The Senate on Tuesday commenced investigation into alleged illegal payment of N19bn to four federal agencies, by the Budget Office. Officials of the Budget Office did not appear before the Senate Public Accounts Committee. SPAC, relying on the 2016 report of the Auditor General for the Federation, alleged that the N19bn was paid to four agencies through a verbal directive by the Director-General of the Budget Office in 2015. The Chairman of the Senate panel,...

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2022 Budget: Kaduna Govt Targets N24.9 bn VAT, N67 bn IGR

EconomyRegions2022 Budget: Kaduna Govt Targets N24.9 bn VAT, N67 bn IGR

PilotnewsOctober 12, 2021

KADUNA — Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, says the state expects an internally generated revenue of N67.26 billion and N24.9 billion Value Added Tax (VAT) which will be used to partly finance the state’s 2022 budget of N233 billion. The governor made the disclosure while presenting the 2022 draft budget to the State House of Assembly on Tuesday. He indicated that the budget has a capital expenditure of N146 billion and recurrent spending of...

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PDP North/C Stakeholders to Sponsor Iyorchia Ayu as Party National Chairman

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPDP North/C Stakeholders to Sponsor Iyorchia Ayu as Party National Chairman

PilotnewsOctober 12, 2021

ABUJA —The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) North Central Stakeholders have adopted former President of the Senate, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu as its consensus candidate for the party national chairman. Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen after the stakeholders meeting on Tuesday night in Abuja. Ortom said that the part leaders from the geo-political zone, out of five people from the region aspiring for the position, unanimously endorsed Ayu to present him...

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