Nigeria’s Philanthropist and Academician, Professor Christopher Imumolen on Wednesday, joined the presidential race under the platform of the Accord party Professor Imumolen who owns three universities in Africa, South America and North America gave the indication in Abuja on Wednesday after picking the expression of interest form from the party secretariat in Abuja. Imumolen expressed worry over the deplorable state of the country; saying neither the road, air nor railway is safe anymore due to rising insecurity.He decried the recent killing and abduction of Nigerians in the Kaduna train attack, the abduction of school children in Adamawa amongst others According…
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At a special valedictory session to mark the exit of three members of the Senate on Wednesday, the newly elected All Progressive Congress chairman, senator Abdullahi Adamu offered the Senate Minority leader Enyinnaya Abaribe APC Governorship ticket for Abia State if he will join the party. The valedictory session was in honour of new Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the Deputy National Chairman (North), Abubakar Kyari, and Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Senator Hassan Muhammad Nasiha. The APC chairman in his brief remark had capitalised on the hiccup in the Governorship ambition of the minority leader…
Senators James Manager representing Delta South and Ali Ndume representing Borno North have begged the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Abdullahi Adamu to protect colleagues senators by ensuring they get return ticketsThis came as the senate organised valedictory session in honour of new Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the Deputy National Chairman (North), Abubakar Kyari, and Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Senator Hassan Muhammad Nasiha. The appeal came against the backdrop that many of the senators who have fallen out with their Governors may not get the return ticket.Senator James Manager having…
The Federal Government has set up an online youth initiative code named the Nigeria Youth Online Assembly (NOYA), to empower the youth through timely dissemination of Information on career enhancing, trainings, job and employment placement opportunities via a unified platform so as to boost youth employment in the country. Director Press and Public Relations Mohammed Manga in a statement quoted Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, to have initiative in line with the present Administration’s avowed determination to lifting of 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in the next 10 years.The minister spoke while was declaring…
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has accused the APC-led Federal Government of paying no attention to the incessant killings of innocent Nigerians.Chief Press Secretary, Nathaniel Ikyur in a statement quoted the Governor to have bared his mind in an interview with reporters Tuesday, at the Benue Peoples House following the attack on two communities in the state where more than 24 persons were killed in their sleep by militia Fulani herdsmen said, “enough is enough.”The statement explained that Suspected Fulani herdsmen invaded and killed 8 persons in Mbadwem in Guma local government and 16 in Tiortyu, a sprawling settlement in…
By John Akubo, Abuja The Senate,,on Tuesday received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari to approve adjustments to the 2022 fiscal framework. The request was contained in a letter dated April 5, 2022. The letter was read during plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. Buhari, in the letter, explained that an adjustment to the 2022 fiscal framework became imperative in view of new developments in both the global and domestic economies. According to him, the developments were occasioned by spikes in the market price of crude oil, which were fallout of the Russian-Ukraine war. “As you are aware, there…
By Yusuf Idris Gusau Within the last few days, there have been what seems to be an orchestrated campaign to incite the Zamfara public against the personality and administration of Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle by certain elements in the society. The elements who have been apparently waiting in the wing for quite a while, where they retreated to after their unsuccessful bid to bring Matawalle’s administration down through sustained onslaught in the media, now see the recent distribution of vehicles to traditional rulers and clerics as veritable leeway with which to launch themselves back. And they seem to have succeeded…
Apparently piqued by the raging killings across the country, especially in the north as human beings die everyday like chickens, the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately tender his resignation letter. The Director, Publicity and Advocacy of NEF, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, made the call on Tuesday. “The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari does not appear to have answers to the challenges of security to which we are exposed. We cannot continue to live and die under the dictates of killers, kidnappers, rapists and sundry criminal groups that have deprived us of our rights to live…
The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has condoled with former President of the Senate and Secretary of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Adolphus Wabara, over the death of his wife, Felicia Wabara. This was contained in a statement signed by the Minority Leader of the House, Hon Ndudi Elumelu and made available to news men in Abuja on Tuesday According to the Caucus, “Mrs. Wabara was a very graceful, peaceful, humble and exceptionally kind lady; a devout Christian, who loved God and cared deeply for the wellbeing and happiness of others…
A new Bill at the House of representatives when assented to by the President is set to restrict the appointment of the Comptroller General of Customs within the Service, and make appointment of same from outside the Service illegal.This is coming against the backdrop that the current Comptroller General came in from outside the service a situation many believe will discourage the struggle for excellence among the heirachy of the service.The House of Representatives had on Tuesday considered and approved the report of the House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise, on a Bill seeking the repeal of the…