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   The Federal Government and ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar have traded words over the cost of the Lagos-Calabar Highway Project.   In a statement on Tuesday, Atiku, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), dared President Bola Tinubu to disclose the full cost of the project. The former Vice President said the […]

The Nigerian Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has allayed the fear of job losses in the implementation of the Oronsaye Report, which seeks to rationalise government agencies and parastatals.   Idris made the remarks in Abuja on Wednesday at the fourth edition of the Ministerial Press Briefing Series.   “The whole idea […]

… assures sustained measures to ease suffering, hardship   The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has empathised with people of the State and Nigerians over the incessant rise in prices of goods and services and overall cost of living in the Country, which has inflicted pain and suffering on the people, reassuring that his […]

Edo State Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu has stormed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s national headquarters in Abuja, demanding the party’s certificate of return for the governorship election.    Shaibu was declared the winner of a parallel PDP governorship candidate for the state while Asue Ighodalo won the main election. Although the PDP had presented a […]

The Defence headquarters on Monday debunked allegations in an online media organization claiming that the Presidential Guards Brigade has been put on high alert following suspicious movements around the seat of power, indicating fears of coup plot.   A statement by the Acting Director of Defence Information, Brigadier Gen Tukur Gusau said, “The attention of […]

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the full implementation of the Stephen Oronsaye Panel report to merge some parastatals, agencies, and some commissions, while others will be subsumed, scrapped or relocated. The decision was made at the FEC meeting chaired by President Bola Tinubu on Monday. This, according to the Special Adviser to the […]

…. Recover N110m, $8,368   Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, in conjunction with a Joint Task Force comprising five teams from the Nigeria Police Force and three teams from the Nigeria Customs Service on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, arrested 115 (One hundred and fifteen) suspected currency racketeers […]

Renowned businessman Asue Ighodalo has won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary for Edo State, beating other aspirants including Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu in the election held in Benin City on Thursday.   In the exercise at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in the Edo State capital, Ighodalo polled 577 votes to emerge as the […]

When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was sworn in on May 29, 2023, he made far-reaching statements regarding his economic vision for Nigeria. Two policy statements stood out in this regard.    First, he announced an immediate end to the petrol subsidy regime, because it could no longer justify its ever-increasing costs in the wake of […]

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Ms. Hafsat Abubakar Bakari to serve as the Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), pending her confirmation by the Senate.   Ms. Bakari is a lawyer and financial intelligence expert with years of experience in anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, and counter-proliferation financing (AML/CFT/CPF). […]

The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, has been arrested by policemen in Benin City, the Edo State capital.   Abure was arrested on Wednesday afternoon, it was gathered. The spokesperson for the Nigeria Police Force Zone 5, Tijani Momoh, confirmed the development to Channels Television. Momoh, however, did not disclose details […]

The Presidency says attempt by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to rubbish the foreign exchange policy has failed, saying the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is currently implementing policies to stabilise the naira.   Atiku had said the Forex policy of the present administration failed because it was hurriedly put together without consulting relevant stakeholders.   […]