Politics

Newsextra24 captured pictures of His Excellency Gov. Umar Ganduje with his Imo State counterpart, Gov. Hope Uzodinma at the residence of the former National Chairman of the APC Comrade Adams Oshiomhole in Benin City. See pictures below.

It was a Carnival Like atmosphere today as HE Rabiu Kwankwanso was all out campaigning among the Hausa Community dor Obaseki Second term

INEC, Police, DSS to Monitor Niger PDP State Congresses Today Following the crisis that trailed the Local government congress of the PDP In Niger state, owing to the disappearance of the electoral Commitee and subsequent declaration of false results. The National leadership of the People’s Democratic Party has decided to …

Members of the Peoples Democratic Party caucus in the House of Representatives have sued the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN; Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; and the National Broadcasting Commission over the 6th National Broadcast Code recently released by the National …

Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has revealed that the Federal Government’s N2.3 trillion stimulus package was designed to mitigate the shock, tackle the vulnerabilities, create and protect jobs, as well as rescue businesses and reposition the economy. The Vice President stated this in his keynote at the 61st annual conference …

Tola Johnson, Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Micro Small and Medium and Medium Enterprises(MSMEs), says 100,000 small businesses will get N50,000 each. Newsextra24 reports that the gesture is part of COVID-19 economic stimulus. The presidential aide made the announcement at the inauguration of the Implementation of Survival Fund …

Lawmakers Seek Open Debate On Contentious National Issues As it resumes from a two-month end of session recess on Tuesday, September 15, the Senate is under immense pressure to demonstrate its parliamentary role of representation, particularly on critical issues that pitch the Federal Government against the people. Agitations against the …

The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami, has predicted that the Nigerian economy would be 21 per cent digital come 2021, because digitalisation is becoming the most adopted economy globally. The minister, while speaking at the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria’s (CIBN) 2020 Graduates’ Induction …

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday regretted that some public commentators make baseless assertions on the economy. He, therefore, stressed the need for academics to be more involved in conversations that would deepen public knowledge and understanding of the economy. According to a statement by his spokesman, Laolu Akande, the Vice …

The political quagmire between the former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari and Senator Kabiru Marafa has taken a new twist as the latter has taken a swipe at the former, saying that Yari was misleading the All Progressives Congress, APC Caretaker Committee chaired by the Yobe State governor, Mai …