Audit query: Reps’ c’ttee drags ministers, heads of MDAs to Buhari
By Levinus Nwabughiogu, ABUJA The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has resolved to report some ministries and head of agencies to President Muhammadu Buhari for refusing to appear and answer to the audit queries from the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation. The committee also threatened to publish the report in national […]
Bad fuel: Petrol scarcity persists in Abuja, Lagos, others, despite govt’s assurances
•Sells at N400/litre at black-market •We’ve adequate supply —FG •NUPENG directs members to compile names of marketers hoarding PMS, increasing depot prices By Udeme Akpan, Energy Editor, Victor Ahiuma-Young & Obas Esiedesa Despite the Federal Government’s promises that petrol scarcity would be over weekend, the scarcity of the product continued, yesterday in Abuja, Lagos, Oyo and Ogun […]
RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR: Romania, Hungary offer free visa to fleeing Nigerians
•As Putin toys with nuclear warhead The Federal Government has announced that free visa arrangements are in place for Nigerians arriving from Ukraine through the borders in Romania and Hungary. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Gabriel Adudar, who made this known in a statement yesterday said due to the challenges faced by Nigerians crossing into […]
TUNDE ASHAOLU: We have lost a champion —Saraki
Former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki have expressed shock, disbelief and sadness over the sudden death of Mr. Tunde Ashaolu, the Publicity Secretary of Kwara State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Ashaolu, who celebrated his birthday on Saturday, slumped on Sunday evening and died. In a statement from the Abubakar Bukola Saraki Media Office in […]
APC CONVENTION: Plots to scuttle agreed zoning principle still on
By Clifford Ndujihe FOR critical blocs and stakeholders in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, the battle for the national chairmanship of the party is becoming a fight-to-finish. President Muhammadu Buhari, APC governors, and some critical leaders had early in the week agreed on the North and South swapping positions they have been holding in […]
National convention: APC constitutes 20 sub-committees
By Omeiza Ajayi Abuja—After weeks of political dilly dallying, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has constituted 20 sub-committees, ahead of its March 26 National Convention. According to a document by the National Secretary, Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC, of the party, most of the sub-committees are headed by state governors. READ ALSO:Cross River by-elections: […]
