By Kayode Oseni It is a new year, and most of us wish for new things. Most of us aspire to keep enjoying or have back a vibrant health. But most of us still want to keep doing exactly what we have been doing in the past, things that are having negative impact on […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari has vowed not to disappoint Nigerians in appreciation for the confidence reposed in him by people from different walks of life. The President spoke on Thursday at State House, Abuja, as he was decorated Grand Patron of the Nigerian Media Merit Award by the Board of Trustees of the prime media awards organisation […]
Continue ReadingThe opposition People’s Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organization (PPCO) said the Independent National Electoral Commission’s quick response to its allegations of plotting with President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) to rig the forthcoming general elections is “suspicious” “The haste by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to haul insults at the PDP […]
Continue ReadingVice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Peter Obi, has disclosed how the party (would make the country work again. He said the problem with Nigeria was more because of the inefficiency in programme implementation, rather than policy formulation. Obi stated this during a live interview on Channels Television. According to him: […]
Continue ReadingExecutive Director, Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Olusegun Awolowo Despite having a backlog of unpaid incentives for non-oil exporters hovering at about N1.2 trillion, the Federal Government will this year, honour only N5.12 billion of such debts based on provisions made in the 2019 budget. Indeed, there were expectations last year that some of the backlogs […]
Continue Reading
PDP condemns alleged plot to reintroduce incident forms ‘Why commission is not obligated to consult parties’ The decision by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to unilaterally draft guidelines for conduct of the general elections has raised questions about the agency’s credibility.The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) described the move as illegal and unacceptable as well […]
Continue Reading
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it has not been briefed on the alleged payment of N15.89 billion to universities by the Federal Government, two months after it embarked on strike. The union’s National President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in […]
Continue Reading
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has debunked allegations by Nigeria’s leading opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that it plots to rig the 2019 elections in connivance with the Presidency as falsehood. In fact, the comission through the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, dismissed the allegations and urged the […]
Continue ReadingLawyers and senators have kicked against the continued siege to Senator Dino Melaye’s Abuja home, even as the police insisted on their actions, saying “We will not retreat until Sen. Dino Melaye surrenders himself for arrest and investigation.” The siege to the residence of the Senator, representing Kogi West in the National Assembly, entered its […]
Continue Reading
Nigeria’s main opposition party, People’s Democratic Party on Wednesday claimed that the ruling All Progressives Congress plans to rig the 2019 general elections. The party made this known in a press conference by the Presidential Campaign Organisation’s director of media and publicity, Kola Ologbodiyan. Ologbodiyan claimed there is “a fresh plot by the Muhammadu Buhari […]
Continue Reading
