9th Senate: Kalu endorses Lawan

Aidoghie Paulinus, Abuja Senator-elect and former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has endorsed the candidature of the Senate Leader, Senator Ahmed Lawan, for the position of the Senate President of the 9th Senate. Kalu who traced his relationship with Lawan back to their school days as room mates at the University of Maiduguri, […]

9th Assembly Speaker: APC sue Clerk to Court

LAYI OLANREWAJU, Ilorin The Speakership tussle of the Kwara state House of Assembly has taken a new dimension as three chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) across the three senatorial districts in the state have dragged the Clerk of the House to court seeking to compel him to abide by the Order of the […]

Yoruba will succeed Buhari in 2023 –Robert Clarke (And the Igbos don’t exist)

Elder statesman and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Robert Clarke has said that the South West region is already well positioned to produce President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor in 2023. In this interview with CHRISTY ANYANWU, the legal luminary spoke on a wide range of issues. What should be Buhari’s priority as he goes into […]

Supreme Court ruling: INEC meets to take final decision on Zamfara

Romanus Ugwu, Abuja   The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said that although it met on Friday to deliberate on the ruling of the Supreme Court judgement on the general elections conducted in Zamfara state, the commission will however meet again to make its decision public on Monday. The statement signed by National Commissioner and Chairman […]

The unemployment time bomb

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, recently revealed that the nation’s unemployment rate may reach 33.5 per cent in 2020. The minister who disclosed this in Abuja at a workshop on “Breaking the Resilience of High unemployment rate in the country” described the nation’s unemployment rate as ‘alarming.’ Latest figures from the […]

28 states can’t fund 2019 budgets –NEITI

Data made available by the Nigeria Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has shown that 28 states would be unable to fund their 2019 budgets from revenue realised in 2018 and 2017. The data was made available in the NEITI Quarterly Review, signed by its spokesman, Dr. Orji Ogbonnaya Orji. The eight states that would be able […]

2023 Presidency: Nothing wrong with North ––Tony Momoh

Former Minister of Information, Prince Tony Momoh has said that nothing is wrong with  the North aspiring to contest the 2023 presidential election. In this interview with WILLY EYA, he made recommendations on what should be President Muhammadu Buhari’s priority in his second term in office. The talking point in Nigeria today is about the resurgence of killings; you […]

Saraki, others get N23.678n as severance package in 2019 budget

NASS jerks up 2019 budget by N90bn, approves N8.916 trn By Henry Umoru & Emman Ovuakporie ABUJA-THE National Assembly yesterday passed the 2019 budget, by jerking the revenue size by N90billion this came asSenate President, Bukola Saraki and others got N23.678n as severance package The chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Mustafa Dawakin, APC, […]

Buhari reshuffles staff ahead of second term inauguration

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the redepoyment of 71 staff of the State House Aso Villa, Abuja, ahead of his inauguration for a second term in office. A circular from the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (OHSOF), revealed that a total of 71 staff on SGL 07-14, both security and […]

Jonathan, others storm South-Africa to monitor elections

By Nwafor Sunday Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has arrived Johannesburg, South-Africa, to lead the election observation mission of the Electoral Institute for sustainable Democracy in Africa, EISA, to South Africa’s national and provincial elections. In his tweet, Jonathan said, “I arrived Johannesburg early this morning to lead the Election Observation Mission of the @EISAfrica […]

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