Former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan were absent at the Eagle Square, Abuja, where President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo took oath of office for their second term in office. No reason has been given for their absence. Ibrahim Muhammad, acting chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), has administeredContinue Reading
Boris Johnson is to be summonsed to court to face accusations of misconduct in a public office, over claims he made that the UK sent the EU £350m a week. It relates to comments the former Mayor of London made while campaigning for the UK to leave the EU beforeContinue Reading
The Senate yesterday passed the N243.374 billion 2019 budget bill of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as well as eight other bills. The upper chamber of the National Assembly had at plenary authorised the issuance from the Federal Capital Territory Administration Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federal Capital Territory AdministrationContinue Reading
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, Alhaji Abdulmajid Danbilki-Commander, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to take punitive measures against those found guilty of corrupt practices in the handling of N500 billion social intervention funds, NAN reports. He made the call while speaking with newsmen inContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari submitted his asset declaration forms to the Code of Conduct Bureau on Tuesday, meeting the May 28 deadline the bureau set for public officers to make their end of tenure declaration. Buhari will be inaugurated for a second term on Wednesday (today) for another four years. ByContinue Reading
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has submitted his assets declaration forms to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) ahead of the oath-taking ceremony slated for May 29 and in compliance with the requirement of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended). Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant toContinue Reading
Udo Udoma, minister of budget and national planning, says the federal government has spent only N6.938 trillion of the 2018 budget, leaving N2.18 trillion unspent. Giving his presentation on the 2019 budget in Abuja on Tuesday, Udoma said the 2018 budget performance stood at 79 percent. “Of the total appropriationContinue Reading
Tony Blair’s former spin doctor says he has been expelled from the Labour Party after voting for the Liberal Democrats in the European elections. Alastair Campbell, a lead campaigner for another Brexit referendum, said he was “sad and disappointed”. He said he voted Lib Dem “to try to persuade LabourContinue Reading
With less than 24 hours to Wednesday’s inauguration, the outgoing Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has handed over the reins of leadership to the incoming governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the Deputy Governor-elect, Dr Obafemi in a private meeting held at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos. In a post-meeting briefingContinue Reading
Barely less than 24hours to the inauguration of new administration, Governor Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa State has dissolved the state executive council and all other political appointments. This was disclosed by the state Commissioner of Information, Youth, Sports and Culture, Bala Ibrahim Mamsa, while briefing newsmen in Government House Dutse.Continue Reading
