Politics
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All things being equal, the number of political parties participating in elections in the country would be reduced from ninety one to five through legislation. This was the position of the 9th Senate in yesterday’s plenary at a meeting with the leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission, led by its chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu. […]
Akwa Ibom State Government has proposed 597.800 billion Naira budget size for 2020, as against the 672.985 billion Naira budget of 2019. Governor Udom Emmanuel, who today presented the 2020 Appropriation Bill tagged the Budget of Industrialization for Poverty Alleviation Phase Two before the State House of Assembly, said the budget is predicated on an […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has raised dobts of a Brexit deal between the United Kingdom and the European Union in the coming days. Merkel who spoke with Prime Minister Johnson today sees a Brexit deal as ‘overwhelmingly unlikely’ unless Northern Ireland stays in the customs union. According reports the Brexit negotiations are close to ‘breaking down’ […]
Towards deepening transparency in Plateau State, Governor Simon Lalong has approved the setting up of a Liquidity Management Committee to infuse budgetary provisions and approvals into governance. The Committee is also expected to ensure that efficient financial and adequate project financing are built into governance to ensure prudent management of scarce resources. Governor Lalong who […]
Impressed by his outstanding performance at the international level, President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated the incumbent President of African Development Bank, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, for re-election. Adesina, who confirmed this in Lagos after receiving an Award for outstanding performance, thanked President Buhari for reposing trust in him. The AfDB president, who in 2015 became the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has joined his Zambian and Ethiopian counterparts in calling for unity among African countries to demand unconditional repatriation of assets stolen from the continent. The call was made at an event on Illicit Financial Flows held on the sidelines of the ongoing 74th United Nations General Assembly in New York. According to […]
Barely one month after the swearing in of President Buhari’s second term ministers, two junior ministers have already been directed to swap positions. They are Festus Keyamo who moves from the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs as a Minister of State to Ministry of Labour in the same capacity, while his contemporary in that ministry, […]
The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate in the February 23 election, Atiku Abubakar, have formally filed sixty-six grounds of appeal against the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal at the Supreme Court. A senior lawyer in the legal team of Atiku and PDP, Mike Ozekhome, who confirmed this, said the appeal was […]
After weeks of speculation and uncertainty, the embattled Head of Civil Service, Winifred Oyo-Ita, has been sent on an indefinite leave, pending the conclusion of investigation by the anti-graft agency. President Muhammadu Buhari, who gave the directive, also approved the appointment of Dr. Folashade Yemi-Esan as acting Head of Civil Service. Yemi-Esan, was before her […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re-appointment of Segun Adeyemi and Williams Adeleye as his Special Assistants on Media, attached to the Office of the Minister of Information and Culture. Joe Mutah, the Chief Press Secretary to Information and Culture Minister, Lai Mohammed, made this known in a statement issued in Abuja today. He said […]
