The Ogoni people have expressed their support for ongoing discussions between Ogoni leaders and the Federal Government regarding the planned resumption of oil extraction in Ogoniland. This endorsement was contained in a communique issued following a congress attended by Ogoni sons and daughters in Bori, the headquarters of Khana...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has called for transparency and accountability in the allocation of the increased Budget of Restoration, which has risen to ₦54 trillion due to increased revenue. Obi expressed concern that while the sources of the revenue were detailed,...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The immediate past Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has lauded President Bola Tinubu for approving and signing into law the bill for the establishment of North Central Development Commission (NCDC). A statement by the media aide to the former Governor, Terver Akase...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Personal Assistant Domestic (Northeast), office of the Vice -President Kashim Shettima, Comrade Mahmud Muhammad, has expressed commendation to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for graciously approving the sum of N80 billion for the immediate reconstruction and expansion of the Alau Dam, Konduga local government...
Commandant-General (CG), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ahmed Audi, has urged Nigerians to be patient with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s reforms. Audi said this on Tuesday during the opening ceremony of a five-day training for senior officers of the NSCDC in Abuja. The training was tagged...
Nigerian Youths For Atiku (NYFA), a support group of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, has advised President Bola Tinubu to direct total attention on economy in 2025. The group’s Director of Communications (Nigeria and Diaspora), Mr Dare Dada, gave the counsel in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos, after the...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved 1.07 billion dollars for healthcare sector reforms under the Human Capital Opportunities for Prosperity and Equity (HOPE) programme. The Federal Government also approved a N4.8 billion allocation for HIV treatment, Mr Wale Edun, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the...
A former Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in South Africa, Mr Bola Babarinde, has urged Nigerian government and other African countries, to leverage on President Donald Trump’s perceived harsh policies to accelerate development in the continental. This is contained in a statement signed by Babarinde and made available...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has sounded the alarm on what he calls a systematic campaign by President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to harass, intimidate, and dismantle opposition figures in Nigeria. Atiku in a statement post on his X handle...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has fired back at critics, particularly Daniel Bwala, who questioned his stance on President Tinubu’s government. In a scathing response, El-Rufai in a tweet on Thursday, clarified that he had explicitly declined any position in Tinubu’s government 22...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Nigeria under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is fully committed to partner the Governors of the Lake Chad Basin Forum and other stakeholders to bring a lasting peace and stabilization in the region which was hitherto ravaged by over decade atrocities posed...
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Nentawe Yilwatda, says some politicians are trying to influence poor Nigerians who make the social register to enjoy the government’s conditional cash transfer. The minister, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Monday, said some persons want...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has been requested to restrain President Bola Tinubu, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, and other officials from using the Police and the Department of State Services (DSS) to impede the activities of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), particularly its Chairman, Justice Danladi Yakubu...
President Bola Tinubu and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday, held a closed-door meeting with a delegation of Ogoni leaders led by Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State. Also present at the meeting was the Chief of staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila;...
A coalition of 21 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the Niger Delta has condemned the Federal Government’s proposed resumption of crude oil extraction in Ogoniland. The extraction activities had ceased in 1993 due to unrest, and despite several attempts, oil production has remained dormant in the area Executive Director...
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has advocated that the Value Added Tax rate remains at 7.5 per cent as any increase will place additional financial burden on Nigerians. TUC President, Mr Festus Osifo, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, many Nigerians are already...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Coalition of Northern Groups has kicked against the planned increase of the Value Added Tax by the Federal Government as a way of revenue generation. They instead, called for a downward reduction of the VAT from the current 7.5% to 3% in view...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has announced that the Federal Government has directed the immediate transfer of victims of the recent tanker explosion from Suleija General Hospital to tertiary health facilities to ensure they receive prompt and enhanced medical care....
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Founder and General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministry, Apostle Johnson Suleiman, has said that for the next 15 years, Nigeria may not recover from the damage the President Hola Tinubu administration is doing to the oil sector. He also said that the suffering...
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, says the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano dual carriage way will be ready for use in 14 months. Idris made this known at the inauguration of the rehabilitation of section 1 of the road (Abuja to Kaduna) rigid pavement on Thursday. The News...