The World Bank Group has stated that Nigeria would have entered a fiscal crisis worse than the current situation if the federal government had not taken the bold steps of removing fuel subsidies, floating the currency, and adjusting electricity tariffs, Read more…
Category: Politics
The Senate has officially expressed its unwavering support for Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the entire Senate leadership by passing a vote of confidence on them. During the Thursday plenary, a motion for the vote was introduced by Senator Abdul Read more…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced the date for the Anambra governorship election. This was made known by the INEC national chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu on Thursday while addressing representatives of political parties at the INEC headquarters in Read more…
The World Bank has urged the federal government not to reverse the ongoing economic reforms, warning that such a move could have negative implications for Nigeria. Recall that the President Bola Tinubu-led administration implemented significant policies, including the removal of Read more…
The echoes of the separation of the Yoruba Nation from Nigeria, again, reverberated as the visible proponents of the call, Professor Adebanji Akintoye and Chief Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho have submitted a petition to the United Kingdom Read more…
The Presidency on Wednesday assured that despite President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima being out of the country simultaneously, there is no vacuum in the administration of the country. The president is on a two-week leave which has Read more…
Rumours of a planned impeachment of Senate President Godswill Akpabio have unsettled lawmakers, prompting the establishment of an investigative committee. Various online platforms have suggested that some lawmakers aim to initiate a leadership change in the Senate, but this has been dismissed Read more…
After two days of deliberation on the leadership crisis rocking their party, governors of the Peoples Democratic (PDP) yesterday asked the warring camps within the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) to return to the status quo and squash the suspension Read more…
The Victor Oko-Jumbo-led Rivers State House of Assembly has reaffirmed its stance that the legislative seats of factional Speaker Martin Amaewhule and 24 others remain vacant following their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, Read more…
Moscow’s ultimate goal is to divide NATO and change the existing world order, Bruno Kahl, the head of the German foreign intelligence service (BND), has said. Russia has surpassed European states in terms of military spending during its conflict with Ukraine, Kahl Read more…
The office of the Senate President has denied a viral online video depicting Senate President Godswill Akpabio talking about free food and hard times as a malicious news item from a doctored video which was from a joke between the Read more…
As the crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party persists, new factional acting National Chairman Yayari Mohammed has challenged the rival National Working Committee led by Umar Damagum to act on their security threats. The acting National Publicity Secretary, Ibrahim Abdullahi Read more…