Government

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has revealed that the Upper Legislative Chamber will turn the heat on various revenue-generating agencies for adequate revenue to fund the implementation of the N21.83tn 2023 budget.   Lawan made this known in Abuja during his 64th birthday celebration, where he emphasised that it would …

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has denied collaboration with the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2023 election. The party urged its followers and members of the public to disregard the “false claim”. National Publicity Secretary, Rufus Aiyenigba addressed a media briefing in Abuja on Thursday. Aiyenigba reacted to …

Nigeria’s embattled Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, quietly returned to the country on Wednesday, sources in the apex bank and the presidency have told NEWSEXTRA24. Mr Emefiele has been out of the country for several weeks amidst fears he would be arrested by operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) …

President Muhammadu Buhari receives Letter of Credence from the Ambassador of Switzerland to NIGERIA, H.E. Mr Nicolas Lang in State House on 12th Jan 2023 in State House on 12th Jan 2023 President Buhari receives Letter of Credence from Ambassador of Sweden to NIGERIA H.E. Mrs Annika Hann-England in State …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said it will remove the former Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Dr. Doyin Okupe, from its watchlist following his arrest by the Department of State Security Service at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Thursday. An impeccable source …

Ahead of the February 25 presidential election, the Labour Party has raised alarm over the slow distribution of Permanent Voter Cards by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The party is insisting that the electoral body must immediately and speedily deliver PVCs to Nigerians to enable them to vote in the …

Bola Tinubu, the APC candidate in the February 25 presidential election, has told Igbos in Enugu that when they vote for him, he will allow them to have a share in the “national cake,” a euphemism for the national coffer. Mr Tinubu urged Enugu residents and Igbos, in general, to …

Less than two months to the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the total number of registered voters for the elections to the 18 registered political parties in Nigeria.   The registered voters’ list was handed over to the representatives of all the political parties …

President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan has lambasted the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for stopping the statutory allocations of local governments in the insurgency-affected states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa for 18 months during the party’s reign. Lawan who spoke at the Presidential Campaign Rally of the ruling APC …

The face-off between the five governors of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) also known as G-5, led by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and the Presidential candidate of the party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, over the refusal of its national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, to step down has polarised members of PDP …