Government

The Senate has received a formal request from President Muhammadu Buhari to confirm the nomination of Umar Yahaya as co-chairman of the Governing Council of Unclaimed Funds. The request was contained in a letter dated 3rd June 2022. The letter was read by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, at the …

Senator representing Abia South Senatorial District, Eyinnaya Abaribe, has officially left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). This is contained in a letter read by the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, during Wednesday’s plenary. Until his resignation, Abaribe was the Minority Leader in the …

Ebonyi State Governor Chief David Umahi has suspended indefinitely the state Commissioner for Finance, Orlando Nweze. In a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Kenneth Ugbala, Mr Nweze was suspended for his alleged inability to effectively discharge his duties. The statement further directed Mr Nweze to …

The Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu, says the pragmatic and logical thing for  the All Progressives Congress, APC, to do to retain the presidency in 2023 is to field a Muslim-Muslim ticket in 2023. Kalu made his position known while addressing newsmen at the National Assembly on Tuesday. Kalu …

The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has finally broken silence on the impasse that has plagued his search for running mate. There are speculation that the former Lagos governor is mulling a Muslim as his running mate in his bid to endear himself to the vote-rich northwest …

The Nigerian Army has disclosed the dates for the recruitment screening exercise for applicants of the 83 Regular Intake 2022 for Non-Tradesmen and Women. It also instructed applicants to visit its recruitment portal at https://recruitment.army.mil.ng to check the lists of shortlisted candidates. The Army disclosed this in a public announcement, …

As part of its efforts to fully enforce the ban on Okada operations in some parts of the state, the Lagos State Government has inaugurated an Anti-Okada Squad. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde made this known statement on Tuesday in Lagos. He noted that the ban was in …

The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, in the 2023 general elections, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called on electorates in Ekiti State to vote for APC in exchange for money. Tinubu stated this on Tuesday during a political rally in Ekiti State to campaign for the APC governorship candidate, …

Dumebi Kachikwu, presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), says Kingsley Moghalu, former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has smeared his (Kachikwu) reputation and that of the party. Speaking on Tuesday during an interview with Channels Television, Kachikwu said Moghalu induced party stakeholders financially during …

Eight northern Christian groups led by the Jukun Development Association of Nigeria have asked the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu to pick a northern Christian as his running mate. According to the group, there are a lot of qualified northern Christians who could be Tinubu’s running mate …