The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, has explained that the increasing debt accumulated by the federal government is a deliberate design to reflate the economy. Total public debt stood at N24.387 trillion as at December 2018 and the federal government accounts for over N19 trillion of the figure.The minister,Continue Reading
Today’s joint statement by the 1922 Committee and the PM may seem opaque but it means something very simple and unambiguous: the Tories will have a new leader, and we will have a new prime minister, by August. That is what a majority of Tory MPs want. But for reasonsContinue Reading
The Police on Thursday said they had arrested 93 suspected kidnappers in different parts of North Central, North East and North West Zones of the country. Force spokesman and Deputy Commissioner of Police, Frank MBA, said in a statement in Abuja that the suspects were arrested by operatives attached toContinue Reading
The pilot and co-pilot of a small plane were killed in a crash Thursday, causing delays at Dubai airport, the emirate’s government media office said. ‘An accident involving a small plane with four passengers occurred resulting in the death of the pilot and his assistant,’ it said in a statement.Continue Reading
The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has reacted to a report making the rounds on Nigerian media that he described President Muhammadu Buhari as the last hope for the common man. The report, which emerged after the President hosted the leadership of the National Assembly at the Presidential Villa onContinue Reading
The crisis rocking the Imo State House of Assembly few weeks to the end of its tenure deepened, Thursday, with the resignation of the Deputy Speaker, Ugonna Ozurigbo. The resignation of the Deputy Speaker followed the Wednesday’s suspension of the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon Acho Ihim and theContinue Reading
The senate has confirmed Godwin Emefiele for a second term as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The senate confirmed Emefiele’s second-term reappointment by President Muhammadu Buhari at plenary on Thursday. Lawmakers had instructed the committee on banking, insurance, and other financial institution to summit a report on the renewalContinue Reading
Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has said that his adoption of non-confrontational approach to politics has enabled him to record more mileage in governance, in terms of visible achievements during his first four years in office as the state’s chief executive officer. Okowa, who made the remarks while declaringContinue Reading
Senate Leader, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday spoke on his ambition to become Nigeria’s ninth Senate President. He told newsmen in Abuja that although his mission is to have a Senate and the National Assembly that will work for Nigerians, his ambition is not a do-or-die affair. Lawan, who mayContinue Reading
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has quizzed the Clerk to the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani-Omolori, over the financial dealings of the National Assembly. The Nation gathered that apart from demanding records of the financial dealings of the National Assembly, Sani-Omolori was also questioned on the inauguration of the NinthContinue Reading
