Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has explained how President Muhammadu Buhari plans to lift millions of Nigerians out of poverty. He said the Federal Government’s policies and programmes aimed at promoting financial inclusion remain key to the actualisation of the plan. Prof. Osinbajo spoke in Abuja at the opening of theContinue Reading
President Donald Trump is wasting no time in attempting to torch House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s impeachment gamble in a battle that will define his presidency and the 2020 election. Trump has pledged to publish an un-redacted and declassified transcript on Wednesday of a phone call with Ukraine’s leader at the center of what Democrats allege is his abuse ofContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday submitted the 2020 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) to the Senate. President Buhari forwarded the MTEF and FSP in a letter addressed to the Senate President. In the letter, President Buhari said the 2020-2022 MTEF FSP was prepared taking intoContinue Reading
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has taken a swipe at those who condemn the rate of borrowing by the Federal Government, describing them as “backyard economists.” In his keynote address at the Lagos Business School on how government policy affects business and society in national development, FasholaContinue Reading
Festus Keyamo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), on Tuesday spoke on his deployment from the Niger Delta Affairs Ministry as Minister of State to the Ministry of Labour and Employment. He said the redeployment had offered him a fresh opportunity to prove his versatility. Reacting to the development, KeyamoContinue Reading
The Action Alliance (AA) says the party and its governorship candidate in Imo State, Mr Uche Nwosu, will go to the Court of Appeal to reject the judgment delivered on Saturday by Imo Election Petitions Tribunal. The party in a statement signed by its Acting National Secretary, Mr Eli MosesContinue Reading
The Senate on Tuesday resolved to invite Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola, and the Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi over the deteriorating conditions of police colleges across the country. The resolution was reached after the lawmakers resumed held their first plenary following resumption from annual recess. This was disclosedContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a minor reshuffle of his cabinet, five weeks after the ministers were inaugurated. The Federal Government announced this in a statement on Tuesday by Mr Willie Bassey, the Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). According to theContinue Reading
The Africa Center in New York renamed its venue “The Africa Center at Aliko Dangote Hall” at a ceremony during the Future Africa Forum on 23 September. The formal opening of the hall was done on Tuesday, 24 September, with many Nigerian guests in attendance. The renamimg of the hallContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari declared Tuesday in New York that the present Nigerian government is facing the challenges of corruption head-on. Presenting the country’s National Statement as the fifth speaker on the first day of the General Debate during the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA74), the NigerianContinue Reading
