Politics

Paul Ibe, media adviser to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, says it is curious that President Muhammadu Buhari is deemed uncompromising while Kemi Adeosun, accused of certificate forgery, remains minister of finance. The former vice-president had said Buhari is “very uncompromising, power drunk (and) will not be ready to leave power without a fight”. But Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesman, said …

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 Grants additional N1.097bn for Abuja-Lokoja road The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, wednesday in Abuja approved whopping N6.07 trillion for a thorough and comprehensive revamp of the health sector. Briefing journalists at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in the State House, the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, said the …

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Nigeria’s total value of merchandise trade dropped to N6.56 trillion in the second quarter of the year (Q2 2018), representing a -8.89 per cent contraction compared to the N7.21 trillion recorded in the preceding quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has stated. According to the Foreign Trade Statistics for Q2 which was released Thursday, the statistical agency attributed the …

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said it had set aside N220 billion to be disbursed as loans to cooperative organisations under Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Development Fund (MSMEDF). CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele Mr. Isaac Okorafor, Director, Corporate Communications Department of the CBN, announced the plan while addressing newsmen in Gombe on Monday during the bank’s programme on …

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Folake Sokoya Afenifere Chieftain and elder statesman, Chief Ayo Adebanjo has commended former President Atiku Abubakar for  advocating restructuring of the country as he openly declared his readiness to work with him and other progressive forces to get President Buhari out of power in 2019. The former VP was in Lagos on a working visit to connect with political leaders …

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By Amos Odeh Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson has commiserated with the Ijaw Nation, the government and good people of Delta State over the demise of a foremost Ijaw leader, chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Acting Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Pastor Power Ziakede Aginighan famously known as PZ or Odudu. He passed on Saturday …

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Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has said that the country would achieve 7 per cent Gross Domestic Product (GDP), with the successful implementation of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP). He noted that the ERGP was entirely different from other economic plans introduced by the previous administration, based on its objectives priorities and targets. The VP stated this in …

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Folake Sokoya Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, said he would not defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) anymore, even if he failed to secure the party’s presidential ticket. Atiku stated this in Minna while addressing party supporters at the PDP headquarters. He, however, expressed optimism of winning the presidential ticket of the party if a level-playing ground …

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The Debt Management Office (DMO), on Wednesday August 29, 2018 put Nigeria’s external debt stock at $22billion. Out of the amount, the Federal Government’s quotient is $17.8 billion, while the combined debt portfolio by the states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) stands at $4.28 billion. Of the combined states’ figure, Lagos State, the commercial nerve-centre of Nigeria, has the …

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British Prime Minister, Theresa May, has revealed that the Lagos State Government can explore the export credit finance to the tune of £750 million (pounds) which the UK government has in place for considerable development finance. May disclosed this at a meeting with the Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode in Lagos on Wednesday. The British PM who said she …

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