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The political temperature of the nation rose a couple of notches higher, after the All Progressive Congress (APC) told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Feb. 23 presidential poll, Atiku Abubakar, was a Cameroonian and not a Nigerian citizen. Based on that allegation, […]

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) recently brought together leading stakeholders in the development finance sector at a case study session in Belgium. The meeting held at a time when Europe’s relationship with Africa has been high on the foreign policy and developmental agenda and with the European Union beginning to deliver on its 2017 External […]

The Federal High Court Abuja on Friday gave Senate President, Bukola Saraki, House Speaker, Yakubu Dogara and 52 other lawmakers until April 17 to file their responses to a suit asking them to vacate their seats in the legislature. An advocacy group, Legal Defence and Assistance Project, (LEDAP) dragged the lawmakers to court seeking a […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has filed a petition at the Bauchi Election Petitions Tribunal, challenging the election of Sen. Bala Mohammed of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the state governor. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the petition was filed at the tribunal in Bauchi on Friday. Alhaji Uba Nana, the […]

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed says the Federal Government will look into gradual removal of fuel subsidy as part of strategies to boost revenue. Ahmed spoke on the sideline of the IMF/World Bank meetings currently taking place in Washington DC, United States of America. Ahmed made the disclosure while reacting to the IMF’s […]

The Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mrs. Christine Lagarde, has advised the Nigerian government to jettison spending on fuel subsidy and instead expend such money on health, education and infrastructural development. “If that was to happen, then there would be more public spending available to build hospitals, to build roads, to build schools, and […]

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed worry over Nigeria’s ability to repay its foreign debt which had continued to rise. Though it said conditions were favourable for the country to continue to borrow, the IMF equally expressed worry over the capacity to repay. The Financial Counsellor and Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja ordered the service chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to deal ruthlessly with armed bandits terrorizing various parts of the country. Bandits have laid siege to various parts of the country particularly Zamfara, Sokoto, Katsina and Kaduna States, wrecking havocs and sending many Nigerians to their early […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections has dissociated himself from posters being circulated around the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja, saying the campaign season is over. The campaign posters titled “The Pukka” that festooned some major streets of Abuja, also appeared on […]

An FCT High Court in Maitama, on Thursday fixed May 23 for the commencement of trial of former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal and three others, over alleged N544 fraud. The former SGF was arraigned on Feb. 12 alongside Hamidu Lawal, a director in his company, Sulaiman Abubakar, staff in […]

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has denied spending $30,000 to hire a United States’ lobby group to persuade the US Congress to stop the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in a statement Wednesday by his media aide, Paul Ibe, described the allegation which was instigated by […]

The Senate Wednesday resolved to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto of a constitutional amendment bill that seeks to make it mandatory for the President and the governor of a state to lay the annual budget estimates before the legislature three months to the end of a financial year.  The upper chamber of the National Assembly […]