Buhari Accuses Governors of stealing LGs’ funds, remitting half of allocations, stifling rural development
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
Labour Party VP Candidate, Datti denies mocking Tinubu’s health condition
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
Ohanaeze insists on Obi, flays insecurity in South East
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
State Governors responsible for rising poverty in Nigeria – FG
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
FG rakes in N2trn from indirect taxes, as banks’ taxes rise 41.7% to N135bn
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
NIWA ENSURES SAFE MOVEMENT OF GOODS TO ONITSHA RIVER PORT
BY GODWIN OBI In a recent development, the West African Ceramic Limited a leading manufacturer of tiles in Nigeria under the brand name ‘Royal’ in Ajaokuta, Kogi state has successfully moved goods (tiles) that is worth Twenty-Two trailers to Onitsha River Port, Anambra state. According to Mr. Hassan Ilugbami theContinue Reading
NPA CEO, Bello-Koko Receives Commissioner of Police Eastern Port
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PORT SECURITY: NPA COMMITTED TO FURTHER COLLABORATING WITH THE NIGERIAN ARMY…. MD NPA
BY GODWIN OBI The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority Mohammed Bello Koko has again given firm assurances of the Authority’s commitment to collaborate with Stakeholders and the Nation’s Security apparatus especially the military High Command towards the protection of lives and property within Port facilities across the Nation.Continue Reading
Rural Devt: Buhari launches $575m RAAMP Project, vows to leave no Nigerian hungry
…As World Bank counsels FG, States to suspend N6trn subsidy, inject into Agriculture BY EFE MODESTUS As food prices remain unabated across the country President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday, launched $575 million Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project, RAAMP, to provide roads for farmers and boost rural economy Buhari who wasContinue Reading
ASUU calls for immediate sack of Ngige, Adamu over unpaid salaries
BY GODDY OBINWA Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Federal University Lokoja chapter on Tuesday called for the immediate sack of Ministers of Education and his Labour counterpart, Alh Adamu and Chris Ngige, respectively, saying the duo were the major problems of the union The lecturers whoContinue Reading