Ex-President of the Senate, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu has emerged as consensus candidate for the National Chairmanship of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi Zoning Committee had zoned the position to the North ahead of the opposition party’s convention on October 30-31. Ayu, ex-Minister of Internal Affairs from Benue …
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Obiano Presents ₦141.9 Billion As 2022 Budget
Governor Willie Obiano, yesterday, presented a budget estimate of N141.9 billion for the 2022 fiscal year to the Anambra State House of Assembly for approval. Tagged: “Continuity, Sustainability and Development of a New Anambra,” the governor said the financial document was to consolidate performances in the last seven years and …
Read More »Enugu Assembly Commends Onoh’s Job As ECTDA Chair
The Enugu State House of Assembly, on Thursday, described as ‘great’ the enormous job being executed by the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, ECTDA, and commended it’s Chairman, Dr Josef Onoh for his brave leadership of the agency. The House made the commendation when it invited Onoh to appeared before …
Read More »COVID-19: Vaccination Not Compulsory For Civil Servants – FG
Federal Government has explained that taking COVID-19 vaccine is a choice and not a compulsory exercise, even though it is expected that every Nigerian should get vaccinated against the dreaded COVID-19 virus. The explanation came against the backdrop of criticisms that followed media reports that effective December 1 2021, federal …
Read More »Anambra Poll: Nigeria’s Electoral Body, INEC Rules Out Dialogue With IPOB, ESN
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has ruled out the possibility of engaging the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Eastern Security Network, ESN ahead of the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State. The commission noted that it wouldn’t go out of its way to engage IPOB and …
Read More »Recruit Your Kids – Nigerians Slam Fayemi Over Call For NYSC Members To Fight
Recruit your kids – Nigerians slam Fayemi over call for NYSC members to fight Boko Haram Governor Kayode Fayemi has come under attack for urging President Muhammadu Buhari to turn National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camps into security training grounds and recruit “willing and able” graduates to join the military …
Read More »Buhari’s N20b Budget For President’s Medical Unit Exceeds 14 Teaching Hospitals
President Muhammadu Buhari plans to pump over N20 billion into the construction of a new presidential wing at the State House Clinic which he rarely uses, an amount that far outstrips allocations for new and ongoing projects in 14 federal teaching hospitals, an analysis of the 2022 budget shows. The …
Read More »2022 Budget: Reps Panel Demands Extra N500b For Rehabilitation Of Nigerian Roads
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Works, Abubakar Kabir (APC, Kano), has described the allocation to the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing as “inadequate.” N450.02 billion is proposed as capital expenditure for the ministry, N15,05 billion for personnel costs, and N16.5 billion for overheads. The lawmaker, …
Read More »Femi Fani-Kayode Blasts Governor Wike, Calls Him A Tyrant & Bully (Video)
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Read More »Boko Haram, Bandits Moving To Dislodge Buhari From Aso Rock: Afenifere
The ongoing rampage by armed bandits and Boko Haram insurgents, especially against police stations and military bases across the country, has overwhelmed the Buhari administration, Afenifere said on Wednesday. The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group cited how Boko Haram terrorists set up camps in villages in Kuje, Abuja, and took over about 500 …
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