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Amid Nigeria’s fiscal crisis, the Federal Government is compiling the list of assets that will be either sold or ‘concessioned’ to fund the 2023 budget deficit of N10.7tn. Sources at the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning told The PUNCH that the government was considering selling or concessioning the …

THE Vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed it is not far from the truth when Nigerians refer to the massive violation of human rights during the protest as “massacre”. Baba-Ahmed who made the assertion while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday noted that his …

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who was also the governorship aspirant of the party in Abia State, Sampson Orji, has declared his support for Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP. Orji revealed this in a statement he made available to the News Agency of …

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Samuel Yohanna, has alleged that every political party hires crowds for rallies. Yohanna disclosed this while fielding questions on the Channels Tv Sunrise Daily programme on Thursday. Recall that DAILY POST reported attacks on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s supporters by sponsored …

Youths in their numbers on Thursday morning showed up with dummy coffins and bloodstained Nigerian flags at Lekki toll gate in Lagos State to commemorate the second-year memorial of the EndSARS protest shooting. The procession passed through the Lekki Tollgate, the scene of the killings that took place on Tuesday, …

APC chairman, Abdullahi Adamu The Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led National Working Committee NWC of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC appeared to have made decisive inroads into the party’s Presidential Campaign Council PCC as it Wednesday night released a fresh list, naming Adamu as second in command of the council. APC …

A former Commissioner for Information and Orientation in Bayelsa, Daniel Iworiso-Markson on Thursday called on Governor Douye Diri to increase the flood relief funds allocated to communities affected by the disaster in the Ogbia Local Government Area of the state. According to him, the funds were grossly inadequate to cater …

Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi and Governor Samuel Ortom of Venue State Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has paid a visit to the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom o we the recent flood ravaging his state and states across the country. Obi shared photos of …

THE presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has called on his counterparts in other parties to suspend their campaigns and join him to help victims of floods across states of the federation. Obi made the call while addressing journalists after his visit to Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom at …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has threatened to expose some persons who had surreptitiously stopped the release of the loan from the Central Bank of Nigeria to Abia and Benue States. He stated that the motive was to punish Governor Samuel Ortom and Governor Okezie Ikpeazu for standing with him …