EDO: PDP ‘ll take over abandoned 14 assembly  seats, sack Obaseki —  Orbih

EDO: PDP ‘ll take over abandoned 14 assembly seats, sack Obaseki — Orbih

Outgoing Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, Chief Dan Orbih, who has been in the saddle for 12 years, and whose tenure will end this month spoke to Vanguard on Edo politics, chances of the PDP in the forthcoming governorship election and how the party would utilise the crisis in the […]
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Budget 2020 records N494bn revenue shortfall

Budget 2020 records N494bn revenue shortfall

The    Federal Government’s  budget 2020, yesterday, came under major threat with a loss of N494 billion in the projected oil revenue following the global crash in crude oil price, which saw the price of nation’s, Bonny light tumbling to $46 per barrel,    10.67 percent lower than the budget benchmark of $57 per barrel.

UPDATED: FG confirms another case of COVID-19

UPDATED: FG confirms another case of COVID-19

ABUJA—THE Federal Government yesterday confirmed another case of coronavirus in Nigeria, bringing to two the number of people who have tested positive to the disease.

Stop payment of 13% derivation through govs, HOSCO tells Buhari

Stop payment of 13% derivation through govs, HOSCO tells Buhari

NATIONAL leadership of  Host Communities of Nigeria, HOSCON, has told President Muhammadu Buhari to stop perceived illegal and unconstitutional payment of 13 percent derivation fund through state governors who are third line charge on the Federation Account and pay same directly to the host communities through the proposed Presidential Derivation Committee, PDC and State Implementation Committees, SIC.