By Stephen Angbulu The Presidency has said despite alleged irregularities and harsh criticism of the Independent National Electoral Commission, the results of the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections still stand until otherwise proven in court. It also ruled out ...
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Fayose dumps PDP, says Atiku rejected one term offer
Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Wednesday, announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party and also quit partisan politics.This is coming hours after his party, the PDP lost the presidential election to the All Progressives Congress.Fayose, who announced ...
Read More »FG orders filling stations to accept bank transfer, POS payments, threatens to sanction defaulters
The Federal Government has ordered filling station operators of filling stations across the country to start accepting the use of Point of Sales (POS) machines and bank transfers for the purchase of petroleum products, threatening to sanction them for non-compliance. ...
Read More »2023 elections: How we’ll tackle petrol, cash scarcities – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says that it has found solutions to some of the impediments capable of hampering the general elections expected to start with the presidential polls on February 25. The commission for the umpteenth time also ...
Read More »Zainab Ahmed says Nigeria disagrees with ‘surprise’ Moody’s downgrade
Nigeria’s finance minister, Zainab Ahmed, said on Thursday that she disagreed with what she called a “surprise” downgrade of the country’s credit rating by Moody’s. She insisted that the government was already addressing the agency’s concerns. Last week, Moody’s downgraded ...
Read More »Magnus Aircraft: Nigeria Begins Aircraft Production
Funding for the low-rate production of Hungarian Magnus Sentinel training and surveillance aircraft has been allocated by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of N2.3 billion for the commencement of the local ...
Read More »PDP loses suit seeking to disqualify LP, YPP candidates
The Federal High Court, Abuja has struck out the suit by the Peoples Democratic Party seeking disqualification of governorship and National Assembly candidates of the Labour Party and Young Progressives Party, in the 2023 general elections. The suit was on ...
Read More »EFCC records 19 sales Monday as bidding ends
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday, recorded 19 successful bids as the curtain was drawn on the sales of forfeited landed properties, in Abuja. The properties, located in different parts of the country, were forfeited to the federal ...
Read More »Boko Haram designed to destroy Nigeria — Buhari
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday, described the Boko Haram group and its attendant ideology — which abhors Western education — as a “fraudulent plot” designed to “destroy Nigeria.”Buhari’s comments come barely 48 hours after he alleged ...
Read More »DSS DG Yusuf Bichi: Opposition Parties Summon Emergency Meeting
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has summoned an emergency meeting in Abuja to deliberate and reach a decision on the continued stay of the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, in office in view ...
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