Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim The Federal Government will cut down the N7bn budget earmarked for the delegates to the national conference, SUNDAY PUNCH learnt on Saturday. A source in the Presidency told SUNDAY PUNCH that the reduction became necessary because the amount was an estimate for 571 delegates […]
El-Rufai and Asari-Dokubo The Interim Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Nasir El-Rufai, on Saturday referred to ex-Niger Delta militant leader, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo as a thug, saying there was no basis for comparing both of them. El-Rufai said this during an interview with Sahara TV, while responding to a question on his […]
BY CHIMA NWAFO This reaction is intended to correct widespread misinformation about the office of the Senate president in the First Republic and malicious distortion of facts on the January 15, 1966 coup that ushered the military into power. First, it is important to state, in unequivocal terms, that Dr. Abyssinia Akweke Nwafor-Orizu was the […]
WHAT looks like a disagreement over the modalities for the proposed national conference released by the federal government, may have erupted among leaders of the Southeast geo-political zone. While the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, praised the modalities, saying it is partly in line with their submissions to the Senator Femi Okunrounmi Committee, the […]
Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | credits: blogs.cfr.org The debate on the 2014 Appropriation bill entered the second day in the Senate on Wednesday with some Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress senators describing the document as anti-people. They chided the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for the way the bill was […]
Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the purchase of 44 locally-made IVM G5 Jeeps for the 37 chairmen of the state and Federal Capital Territory coordinators of the Subsidy Reinvestment Programme. The council also approved the draft of the Nigerian Metallurgical Industry Bill, 2014 meant to […]
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Atiku | credits: File copy The invitation extended to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, by the All Progressives Congress and the appointment of Adamu Mu’azu as national chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, appears to have put the famed political strategist in a fix, writes OLUSOLA FABIYI. A former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, is not […]
Jeremiah Useni The Chairman, Board of Trustees, Arewa Consultative Forum, and former FCT Minister, Lt.Gen Jeremiah Useni (retd.) tells ADELANI ADEPEGBA that the proposed national conference is a waste of time and that northern agitators should allow President Goodluck Jonathan contest in 2015 It’s been some time since we heard your voice in the […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described critics of its directive to its National Assembly members to block all legislative proposals as those who are either ignorant of the workings of democracy or those who have chosen to play to the gallery for pecuniary gains. APC Interim Spokesperson, Lai Mohammed ”Ether […]
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