…list security, infrastructure among 7 key priority areas…insist a new Nigeria is possible BY EFE MODESTUSThe Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, and his running mate, Dr. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed have in conjunction with the party, released a 62-paged manifesto titled “Pact with Nigeria” in which theyContinue Reading
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo In Vietnam BY GODWIN OBI Vice President Yemi Osinbajo departs Abuja this Saturday to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for high-level bilateral engagementswith the President of Vietnam, President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc; the Vice President, Vo Thi Aah xuan, the Prime Minister, Pham Minh Chinh, other governmentContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA The governors of the 36 states of the federation have said they are surprised by the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Mr. Clement Agba over his accusation against them for Nigeria’s poverty index. The Federal Government, through the National Bureau of Statistics, in November,Continue Reading
By Efe Modestus Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the National Security Adviser, NSA, Major General Babagana Monguno (retd) on Thursday warned state governors using thugs to prevent opposition from mounting campaign materials in their domains that security agencies will soon descend on them. The NSA gave the warning whenContinue Reading
By James Akinola The Ogun State Executive Council of the Labour Party on Thursday expelled the Director-General of Peter Obi- Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Dr. Doyin Okupe, and 11 others for refusing to pay their membership dues. According to the SEC, which made the pronouncement after a meeting in Abeokuta,Continue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has again knocked governors, accusing them of stealing local government funds and stifling development of rural communities. The criticism came barely 24 hours after the Minister for State Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba had blamed the state executives for the high rate of poverty in theContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA Vice presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Dr. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed has said he holds nothing against the alleged ill health of the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. He said it was the same view held by Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi.Continue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA Ohanaeze Ndigbo has insisted it is backing the Peter Obi presidency as a way of ensuring equity, fairness and justice to the people of the South East. This is even as the apex Igbo socio-cultural group decried the renewed killings in several parts of the South East,Continue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA The Federal Government said state governors were responsible for the rising rate of poverty in the country. The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba, made this assertion at a press briefing in the State House in Abuja on Wednesday, shortly after thisContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA Despite the economic headwinds, the Federal Government, FG, received N2.01 trillion in indirect taxes in the third quarter of 2022, Q3’22, up 16.6 per cent from the N1.72 trillion collected in the corresponding period of 2021, according to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS. IndirectContinue Reading