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Rivers State Governor, NYESOM WIKE has declared his intention to run for the Presidency in the 2023 general elections on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Governor WIKE made his intention known in Makurdi, Benue State after a meeting with PDP stakeholders.The Rivers state chief executive while addressing newsmen after his declaration; said that if voted into office, his priority w...

A former Anambra State Governor PETER OBI has declared his intention to run for President in 2023.He made the declaration at a gathering of traditional rulers in Awka, the Anambra state capital.OBI was a running mate to former Vice President ATIKU ABUBAKAR in the 2019 presidential election.PETER OBI asked Nigerians to support his ambition to make Nigeria great again....

The Federal Government has disclosed that the Second Niger Bridge linking Anambra and Delta states, scheduled for completion in February 2022, is now 91 per cent completed. Minister of Works and Housing, BABATUNDE FASHOLA, made this announcement during the Special Weekly ministerial briefing at the State House in Abuja. According to him, the 206-billion-naira project has directly ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit by the Attorneys-General of the 36 states against the Federal Government.In the suit, the states are challenging the planned deduction of 418 million dollars from the Federation Account to settle debts owed consultants engaged by the states and local governments in relation to the Paris Club refunds.Justice INYANG EKWO dismissed the suit in a judgement deliv...

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has declared that Nigeria’s dependence on imported products in the agriculture sector will soon be a thing of the past with the inauguration of Dangote Fertilizer Plant, which has an installed capacity of 3.0 million metric tonnes of Urea per annum. Speaking at the commissioning of the plant in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos State, the President said the plant will further advance Nigeria’s drive towards a...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released the immediate past governor of Anambra State, WILLIE OBIANO, on administrative bail. EFCC spokesperson, WILSON UWUJAREN, confirmed this to newsmen. He said the former governor was released on Wednesday and that his passport is still being held by the anti-graft agency as part of bail conditions....

The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees has decried the rebuttal of Governor KAYODE FAYEMI and his Ondo state counterpart, ROTIMI AKEREDOLU on the implementation of political and financial autonomy for Local governments in Nigeria. While commending the President, MUHAMMADU BUHARI for supporting local government autonomy, NULGE urged FAYEMI and AKEREDOLU to shift their grounds in favour of the federal government....

Senate will today commence the debate a motion on the ruling of the Federal High Court in Abia state, which ordered the removal of Section 84 subsection 10 of the Electoral Act. The Senate made the decision after a point of order moved by Senator GEORGE SEKIBO. Senator SEKIBO argued that the court made a mistake in its ruling by negating the principle of separation of powers, sayi...

The Senate has called on the Inspector General of Police, USMAN BABA, to investigate and prosecute foreigners who maltreat Nigerians in various parts of the country. They made the call in reaction to a motion by Senator BIOBARAKUMA DEGI-EREMIENYO during Tuesday’s plenary in the upper chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja. Senator DEGI-EREMIENYO raised the motion for the ...

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, ABUBAKAR MALAMI, has approved the seizure of the assets of suspended deputy commissioner of police, ABBA KYARI, and his co-accused. With this development, ABBA KYARI and his accomplices may lose their cash and money in bank accounts; vehicles; real estate, hotels, residential and commercial buildings; personal effects such as wristwatches, jewelry, and other valuable po...