Politics

Abuja, May 7, 2024 – The Senate has set up a seven-member ad-hoc committee to probes the non-completion of the $18.5 billion Abuja Centenary Economic City project 10 years after its commencement. This followed the adoption of a motion by the Deputy Senate Leader, Senator Ashiru Yisa (APC – Kwara South) on the non-completion of the project. The motion had called for urgent need to revive and complete the stalled project so as to realise its potential. In its resolution, the Senate directed the committee to review the original public-private …

Port Harcourt, May 7, 2024 – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has directed the state House of Assembly to commence impeachment process against the state governor, Siminialayi Fubara. The Caretaker Committee of the party led by Tony Okocha gave the directive on Tuesday. It said the action was necessary in view of the recent remarks of Governor Fubara about last intervention in the state’s crisis by President Tinubu. Fubara had said in a statement last weekend that the House of Assembly was not existing in the state. …

Abuja, April 18, 2024 -President Bola Tinubu says his administration remains undeterred in its pursuit of comprehensive economic security for the country while addressing foundational challenges and creating a fair and equitable system in which all Nigerians can thrive.  Ajuri Ngelale, the Presidential Spokesman, said in a statement on Wednesday. According to Ngelale, Tinubu who spoke when he received leaders of Afenifere, the respected Yoruba Socio-Cultural Organization, at the State House in Abuja, on Wednesday, said his administration was re-engineering Nigeria’s finances. He said his administration was seeking to boost …

Abuja, March 29, 2024 – The Senate will soon recall Sen. Abdul Ningi (PDP – Bauchi Central) who was suspended for three months by the Senate for allegedly making false allegations against the Senate. Ningi had alleged that the 2024 federal budget was padded to the tune of N3.7 trillion, an allegation which is still not proven.   Godswill Akpabio, Senate President, gave the indication that Ningi will soon be recalled while answering questions from journalists on arrival from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. Akpabio said the …

By Paul Ejime Dakar, March 23, 2024 – With less than 24 hours to Senegal’s March 24 Presidential election, the race has become more interesting with former President Abdoulaye Wade’s Senegalese Democratic Party, PDS, joining the main opposition Coalition’s candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye. The Constitutional Council had disqualified Karim Wade, the PDS’s flagbearer and the former President’s son, from the presidential race over his dual citizenship.  The Supreme Court also rejected his bid to cancel or delay the presidential vote beyond March 24. But the PDS in a surprise move …