President Muhammadu Buhari has accused State Governors of misappropriation of Local Government Council allocations. Speaking Thursday while playing host to members of the Senior Executive Course 44 (2022) of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), at the State House, Abuja, the President frowned on governors’ unfair treatment of the administration at the local government level.He recalled an […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday, produced Form CF001, containing WAEC-GCE certificate and Secondary School Testimonial of Gov. Ademola Adeleke before the Osun Election Petitions Tribunal, sitting in Osogbo. This was in compliance with the order of Justice Tertsea Kume, the Tribunal Chairman, on Nov. 25 that INEC should produce Form CF001, after the commission in Osogbo office […]
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Usman Baba, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), has vowed that governors will no longer be allowed to prevent opposition political parties from holding rallies in their states. The IGP spoke on Wednesday at the 2022 political parties summit in Abuja. Represented by Dandaura Mustapha, deputy inspector-general of police (DIG) operations, the IGP said state commissioners have been directed to ensure […]
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Governor Nyesom Wike has taken a swipe at the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Mr. Clement Agba, saying that he the minister lacks understanding on how governors plan projects in their various states. Governor Wike was responding to the comment credited to the Agba, advising the governors to tackle poverty, stop building airports and flyovers in various […]
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AS Nigeria joined the rest of the world to mark this year’s World AIDS Day on 1st December, the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA, has reiterated its resolve and commitment to achieve control of the epidemic towards ending AIDS by 2030. In a call for action ahead of the WAD, the Director-General of the Agency, Dr Gambo […]
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The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, as part of the restructuring of the State Executive Council for greater efficiency, has approved the redeployment of Engr. Jonathan Lawani as Commissioner for Special Duties with immediate effect. In a statement, Secretary to the Edo State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., noted that Engr. Osasere Evboumwan, formerly Commissioner for Special Duties, has been […]
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The governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has told the governor of Bayelsa State, Diri, to be ready for the repercussions of daring to criticize his flyover constructions in Rivers State. Nyesom Wike stated that he saw Diri on television as he was saying that in Bayelsa State, the money spent on the construction of three kilometers of road can […]
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•Vote buyers, thugs won’t go scot-free, IG warns •EFCC: Diezani paid out $115m to compromise 2015 polls With 86 days to the February 25 presidential general election, the Independent National Electoral commission (INEC), yesterday, declared that there would be no voting by anybody without his or her Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC). Also, the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) chapter, has directed its members to withhold examination results of students in protest over eight months unpaid salaries by Federal Government. The university lecturers’ union also directed its members to boycott, forthwith, departmental, faculty and Senate council meetings, aimed at approving results of students until the salary issue […]
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The Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning has made clarification on its alleged padding of the 2023 appropriation bill, particularly the sum of N206 billion it reportedly inserted into the proposed budget of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. Humanitarian Affairs Minister, Sadiya Umar Farouq was alleged to have inserted N206,242,395,000 billion into its […]
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