A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and member of the Governance Advisory Council, GAC, in Lagos State, Prince Tajudeen Olusi, has called on lawmakers, people’s representatives and politicians to prioritise empowerment of their constituents as part of grassroots development to their basic legislative duty. Olusi made the call at an empowerment programme sponsored […]

By Onozure Dania, Benin A coalition of leaders and elders in Owan and Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, yesterday, faulted the senatorial ambition of former Governor Adams Oshiomhole,  saying it was the rotational arrangement that has been the hallmark of Edo North senatorial district. In an open letter, National Coordinators of the group, […]

By Samuel Oyadongha, YENAGOA Bayelsa State government has directed the chairmen of the eight local government areas to immediately set up sub-committees to work with its Anti-Open Grazing Law Implementation Committee to check the activities of errant herdsmen in the state. Aggrieved women from the agrarian settlement of Otuasega in Ogbia LGA of the state […]

*Scarcity persists as NNPC, IPMAN differ over availability of product *Queues persist in Abuja, Lagos, Osun, Kaduna, Kano, others *We have over 1.8 billion litres of PMS, no plan to raise pump price —Kyari *There is short supply in the system –IPMAN *Subsidy: Senate President Urges Buhari to transmit bill to amend PIA By Dayo […]

Dangote Cement Plc has sustained its position as a leading contributor to Nigeria’s economy with a tax charge of N173.93 billion for the financial year ended 31st December 2021

As the race to Akwa Ibom State Government House gathers momentum, a frontline Peoples Democratic Party gubernatorial aspirant, Pastor Umo Eno, has been unanimously endorsed by delegates from Uyo Senatorial District.

By Henry Umoru, Abuja A  bill seeking to amend the 2022 Appropriation Act, Wednesday, got a boost as it scaled second reading in the Senate. The bill sponsored by the Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi (APC, Kebbi North), seeks to amend the 2022 budget by making provision in the sum of N106,161,499,052 for Capital Expenditures and N43,870,592,044 […]

By Ikechukwu Amaechi THE usual refrain on the lips of Nigerian leaders, particularly those who successfully prosecuted the brutal civil war against the breakaway Biafran Republic is the indivisibility of the country. One of them, General Ibrahim Babangida, in an interview with Arise Television on August 7, 2021 to mark his 80th birthday anniversary, put […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja The Federal Executive Council, FEC, Wednesday, approved N3,523,592,079 for projects under the Ministry of Aviation. Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the virtual council meeting chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja. Sirika, represented by […]

By Henry Ojelu& Onozure Dania  The 1999 Constitution under chapter two makes elaborate provisions for the socio-economic rights of the citizens. These include the right to education, welfare, security, health, employment etc. The chapter particularly states that the fundamental objectives and directive principles of government policies shall be the provision of those rights. Ironically, chapter […]