Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has told former President Olusegun Obasanjo to stop blaming former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for failures in his administration. Frank who launched a blistering attack on the former President, accusing him of turning the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate into an election-year scapegoat every four years. The activist said it was shameful that Obasanjo, despite serving as President between 1999 and...

Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, disclosed this on Wednesday at the seventh Africa Emerging Markets Forum in Abuja while responding to questions on whether Nigerians were beginning to feel the impact of the economic reforms introduced by President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Oyedele admitted that many Nigerians have repeatedly demanded an explanation on the utilisation of the subsidy savings, describing the concern as justified. “Where has the money...

The Abia State Government has announced a new political campaign advertising permit that will require presidential candidates seeking to use billboards and posters in the state to pay ₦200 million. The new charges were unveiled on Wednesday by the Head of the Abia State Structures for Signages and Advertising Agency (ABSSAA), Ndubuisi Nwaogwugwu, during a stakeholders’ forum on political campaign advertising charges held in Aba. Under the approved schedule, governorship candidates will pay ₦150 million, senatorial...