Ahead of 2023 general elections, Murtala Muhammed Foundation (MMF) has called on the need to have a decisive leader like Late Gen. Muritara Muhammed to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. The call was made in Lagos on Monday in commemoration of the 47th anniversary of the death of former Head of State, Late General Murtala Muhammed. The late Head of State, on the 13th of February, 1976, paid the highest price for service to the country...

Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA), an election monitoring group, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of not doing enough to educate voters about migration to other polling units. According to the group, such information was necessary in order not to create confusion on the day of the election proper. The group believes that lack of publicity and mobilisation was a major factor that contributed to the low turnout of voters during the exercise,...

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Business Facilitation Bill, also Omnibus Bill, into law so as to provide an enabling environment for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the country to thrive The new law also codifies Executive Order 001 on Transparency and Efficiency in Public Service Delivery, the Administration’s first executive order, aimed at strengthening ease of doing business reforms across the country. The Bill popularly referred to as the  Executive Bill was...

The gubernatorial candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance in Enugu, Chief Frank Nweke Jr. has described Peter Obi of Labour Party as the best among all the three leading presidential candidates for the 25 February election. Nweke whose party, APGA also has a presidential candidate, Peter Umeadi, said Obi is the best because he has character, capacity and integrity. He therefore urged the people of Enugu to vote for Obi in the Feb. 25 presidential...

…As supporters were stopped from accessing TBS venue of rally Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) has condemned the attack on supporters of his party in Lagos State on Saturday. Reports have it that suspected hoodlums attacked LP’s supporters who were said to be on their way to the venue of the party’s presidential campaign rally. While reacting to the development, Obi via his verified Instagram handle on Saturday, condemned the...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a presidential transition council to oversee the handing over of power by his government to his successor. The president also signed the executive order No. 14 of 2023 on the facilitation and management of presidential transitions to ensure the smooth transition of power from one administration to another. President Buhari disclosed this on his Twitter handle on Thursday, saying the presidential transition council would be chaired by...