The 2019 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday said the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal did not reject his request to check the purported central server of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as “prematurely” claimed by the Presidency. Garba Shehu, the Senior Special AssistantContinue Reading
A former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has said the constitution amendments carried out by the 8th National Assembly had substantially addressed the problem of proliferation of political parties in Nigeria. Ekweremadu, who was also the chairman of the Senate Committee on Constitution Review for 12 years, statedContinue Reading
The presidency has lauded the ruling of the Presidential Election Tribunal which rejected the request by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and his party to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission to allow them access to the server used for this year’s presidential election. MrContinue Reading
Ahead of the November governorship election, the All Progressives Congress, APC, State Executive Committee, says the state Governor, Yahaya Bello has not been endorsed for the a second term. APC Secretary in the state, Salam Tom Adejoh, explained that Bello’s poor performance should not be rewarded with a second term.Continue Reading
The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal has refused the application by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar to inspect smart card readers and the server used for the February 23 presidential election. Delivering ruling on the application yesterday, the five-member panel of justices unanimously declined to grantContinue Reading
The Accountant General of the Federation, Alhaji Ahmed Idris on Monday in Kano allayed the fear that servicing the Country’s debt at the rate of 70 percent of the total national income will not destabilized theeconomy. Ahmed who spoke when he paid a traditional homage on the Emir of Kano,Muhammadu Sanusi II,Continue Reading
The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said the President will form his cabinet faster than he did in 2015. Adesina was quoted as saying this by The Interview magazine. The President had in 2015 nominated ministers in October and inaugurated them onContinue Reading
African countries running up debt they won’t be able to pay back, including to China, should not expect to be bailed out by western-sponsored debt relief, the United States’ top Africa diplomat warned. The International Monetary Fund and World Bank began the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative in 1996Continue Reading
Shehu Sani, the immediate past Senator from Kaduna Central, has enjoined the North to forget about retaining the Presidency in 2023. He warned that the North would be laying landmines that would destroy Nigeria by insisting on producing President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor in 2023. Speaking in Minna, Niger State overContinue Reading
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is to pursue the recapitalisation of commercial banks in the next five years. CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele hinted that the recapitalisation of commercial banks was due since the last recapitalization happened in 2004. In the next five years, the CBN he said will targetContinue Reading
