The two chambers of the National Assembly on Thursday, raised the N10.509 trillion budget proposed by the executive as revised budget for 2020 fiscal year by N301billion, passing N10.810 trillion as aggregate expenditure for the 2020 revised budget. The N301 billion added to the earlier proposal made by the executive arose from increases made on Capital expenditure proposal, which was raised from N2.230 trillion to N2.488 trillion, recurrent expenditure jerked up from the earlier proposed...
President Muhammadu Buhari will address Nigerians on Friday to mark the June 12 Democracy Day celebration. “To commemorate Nigeria’s Democracy Day, President Muhammadu Buhari will broadcast to the nation on Friday, June 12, 2020, at 7 a.m. “Television and radio stations as well as other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook up to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority and Radio Nigeria respectively for the broadcast,” Femi Adesina, Mr Buhari’s spokesperson, said....
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would not declare results of the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in Edo and Ondo if violence disrupts the electoral process. INEC Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this at a virtual workshop organised by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in partnership with the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), while speaking on the preparations for the polls, the Nation reports. “Where the election is disrupted and...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, said he was not sure he would get justice from the panel set up to screen him and other aspirants contesting for the ticket to represent the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the gubernatorial election. “The last time I came here, I asked that National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole should recuse himself from the process in the interest of peace and justice. But as a party man, I have had to...
The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has expressed fear of getting justice since the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, Adams Oshiomhole has turned the “judge” in the case. Obaseki said this while speaking to journalists shortly after he undergoes two hours screening at the party’s headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday. According to him, “The last time I came here, I asked that Oshiomhole recuse himself from the process in the interest of...
The Screening Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has begun the screening of aspirants for the June 22 Edo governorship primaries. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the seven-member screening committee, headed by Prof. Jonathan Ayuba, has so far screened five aspirants out of six. Those screened included Gov. Godwin Obaseki, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, Hon. Osaro Obaz, Dr Pius Odubu and Mr Chris Ogiemwonyi. However, the remaining aspirant, Mr Matthew Iduoriyekemwe, will...
President Buhari’s Special Adviser on Political Affairs, Senator Babafemi Ojudu has accused Kayode Fayemi, the Governor of Ekiti State of running the affairs of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state alone and performing below expectation. Mr Ojudu said according to the Nation that there were no better indications of Fayemi’s monumental failure than the moribund educational system, comatose health, deplorable roads across the state. “Where is the focus on the people now?...
The management of the University of Ibadan in a statement on Wednesday signed by its Registrar, Olubunmi Faluyi, says the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki graduated from the institution where he studied Classics. According Faluyi, “Obaseki gained admission to the University in 1976 and graduated in 1979 with a Second Class Honours, Lower Division. “Records of his Admission and Graduation are intact in the archives of the University,” The National Chairman of the All...
The National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in a statement by his media aide, Tunde Rahman, said there is no rift between him and the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola. He added that the decision to disband the factions was to promote discipline, harmony and cohesion and engender party supremacy. According to the statement, “The former governor of Osun State has been unswervingly and wholly committed to the progressive ideology...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) on Tuesday inaugurated screening and appeal committees for its Edo governorship aspirants. During the inauguration of the committees in Abuja, the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole expressed his doubt over the originality of the certificate of the current governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki. While expressing his doubt over Obaseki’s University of Ibadan certificate, the national chairman directed the screening committee to confirm the authenticity of...
