Chief of Army Staff meets Olowu of Kuta, renews commitment to Nation’s security The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya has renewed his commitment to the country’s armed forces to sustain the peaceful co-existence of Nigerians irrespective of ethnic, religious, cultural and political differences. Yahaya stated this …
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Obasanjo Commissions Ikot Oku Ikono Flyover In Uyo
Obasanjo was the special guest during the commissioning of Ikot Oku Ikono Flyover on the outskirt of Uyo Metropoli. The One Kilometer long flyover constructed by Julius Berger. The project is part of the projects line up for commissioning by the Governor Udom Emmanuel led Administration. Night View
Read More »FG, States, LGs Share ₦733.09 Billion For June
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee shared to the three tiers of government a total of N733.09bn as federation allocation for the month of June. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Finance in Abuja on Friday night, this was disclosed a communiqué issued after FAAC’s virtual meeting for …
Read More »Stella Oduah: Why I Was Absent For Vote On E-transmission Of Election Results
Stella Oduah: Why I was absent during voting on e-transmission of election results Stella Oduah, senator representing Anambra north, says she abstained from voting on the electronic transmission of election results because she didn’t want to reject the work she was part of. Oduah, a member of the committee on …
Read More »Lagos Assembly Proposes 2- Year Jail Term For Assault On Firemen
Lagos House of Assembly has recommended two years’ imprisonment for a person or persons obstructing fire fighting or assaulting firefighters. The assembly made the recommendation in its proposed state fire service bill. The Chairman of the House Committee on Special Duties, Mr Raheem Kazeem (Ibeju Lekki II) made the disclosure …
Read More »Lawmakers Fight Over Electronic Transmission Of Results (Video)
House of Representatives Lawmakers Fight As They Debate Electronic Transmission of Election Results https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7KqBRTn52s
Read More »Northern Lawmakers Insist Region Must Retain Presidency In 2023
Northern state legislators have said the North deserves to retain the presidency in 2023 because the South had ruled for 14 years while the north would have ruled for 10 years at the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure. The lawmakers, who assembled in Abuja on the platform of an …
Read More »Anambra 2021: I Will Contest And Win Overwhelmingly – Soludo
Former Governor of the Central Bank, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has said despite not being listed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), he was sure of taking part in the governorship contest in Anambra State. INEC had published Hon Chuma Umeoji as a candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance …
Read More »Farooq Kperogi: Why APC Politicians Are Terrified By E-Transmission Of Votes
The political elites of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have chosen to regress to the stone age in matters of election at a time that Nigeria is relentlessly digitalizing in every other sphere. Banking is now almost entirely digitized, POS vendors have become ever-present fixtures in even the remotest …
Read More »Dangote Refinery: Bailing Out The Unbailable – Investment Or Bailout?
It was hailed as the best thing to happen in the oil and gas sector especially in Nigeria – a serial importer of crude products. The year was 2013 and in September of that year, Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, announced yet another of his gargantuan projects – the construction …
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