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***Oyi/Ayamelum 2023: Reasons PDP Should Pick Barr. Ifeyinwa Morah at the Primaries. The people of Oyi/Ayamelum Federal Constituency are bitterly complaining, feeling shortchanged by the previous unreliable representatives. Hardly does anyone see any bold constituency projects in the zone. This has left many questions in the minds of the constituents: …

For the past few months, commuters living near the Ajah axis in Lagos have had to deal with horrendous traffic in their daily commute. The traffic typically builds up as early as 5am and those who left home by then often complain of being stuck in the traffic up until …

Weeks after snapping up discounted Russian crude, India is setting for a major increase in its purchases of coal from the sanctioned country. The world’s sixth biggest economy is focused on its energy security, disregarding attempts by the US and its allies to isolate Moscow. In March, India’s coal imports …

HE political difference between Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obaseki seems not to be over as Wike on Thursday shunned the Edo State government house while in the state as part of his meetings with delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead …

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has advanced reasons why All Progressives Congress critical stakeholders, particularly lawmakers must buy into the ambition of the APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu, to become Nigeria’s president in 2023. He said Tinubu’s antecedents, and ability to transform vision and ideas into a reality positioned him …

AHEAD of the 2023 Presidential election, the eldest son of late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, acclaimed winner of the June 12 presidential election, Kola Abiola has declared to contest for the most exalted position in the country under the platform of the People’s Redemption Party, PRP. According to him yesterday …

PRESIDENT BUHARI RECONSTITUTES BOARD OF FEDERAL MORTGAGE BANK President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the Board of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria. This is with a view to repositioning the bank as a core banking institution with core competence in mortgage finance. Recall that the President had, …

The National Assembly has passed amendments to the 2022 Appropriation Act and 2022 Fiscal Framework, which raised the deficit in the Federal Government’s budget by N965.42 billion to N7.35 trillion. The Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, considered and adopted reports on the amendment bills at the plenary on …

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday be meeting with the Service Chiefs. The meeting comes amid the increased security challenges in the country.

Nyame was the governor of Taraba State from 1999 to 2007. The Council of States after a meeting on Thursday in Abuja agreed to free former Taraba State governor, Rev Jolly Nyame, who has been serving a jail term at the Kuje prison for misappropriation of funds while he was …