Presidency, Atiku bicker over subsidy removal
ABUJA---Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has declared that no amount of resistance from President Bola Tinubu or “millions of his gang of economic jesters” could stop him from restoring a targeted fuel subsidy to Nigerians, accusing the administration of dressing up subsidy removal as reform while quietly extending fiscal concessions to oil investors.
Leave Orji alone, APGA tells PDP
All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, yesterday, condemned attempt by Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to ‘conscript’ Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State into its fold, saying the move was a violation of the governor’s fundamental right to freedom of association as enshrined in Nigeria’s constitution
FG ‘ll address influx of expatriate workers – Minister
MINISTER of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu has said the Federal Government is determined to address rising concerns of influx of foreigners to take over jobs meant for Nigerians
Soludo denies disrupting Akunyili’s sister’s burial
Former governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has said he would not join issues with Informations and Communication Minister, Prof. Dora Akunyili, over the ugly incident that trailed his mother-in-law’s burial in Anambra State penultimate weekend
Nwodo’ll resolve Edo PDP crisis, says Uyigue
THE Dr Samuel Ogbemudia/ Admiral Mike Akhigbe-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, has expressed optimism that the new national chairman of the party, Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo, will wade into the crisis in the state party with a view to finding a lasting solution to the problem.
Uduaghan backs ex-SSG for Senate
ASABA — DELTA State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has thrown his weight behind the candidacy of the immediate past Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, for the Senate in the 2011 general elections.
Okowa is contesting the Delta North Senatorial district race on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
