The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday said it was too early to debate which zone of the country should produce the next president. He cautioned that such a debate would negatively affect the pace of governance by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Essentially, Tinubu, who spoke to State […]

More than 24 hours after one of his well-known allies asked him to pick his possible successor, an aide of President Muhammadu Buhari has said the Nigerian leader is not interested in doing so. “The president will not pick a successor if you know him,” Buhari’s media adviser Femi Adesina said on Channels on Monday […]

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has ordered the closure of all gas refilling stations located within residential areas in the state. The governor, who gave the order yesterday, appealed to residents to report such gas outlets to the government for immediate action. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), El-Rufai at the scene […]

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu yesterday placed Police commands and formations nationwide on the red alert. He said the measure was taken after intelligence report showed that “some domestic interests were planning to embark on massive public disturbances and sabotage.” The move came in reaction to the recent killing of Iranian General Qasem […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the Federal Government against increasing electricity tariff. A statement signed by PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan in Abuja, described the over 200 per cent increase as draconian and completely against the interest and wellbeing of Nigerians. Ologbondiyan charged the Federal Government to immediately rescind the policy […]

Rear Admiral Suleiman Sa’idu (Rtd), former Chief of Naval Staff, has called for the promotion of girl-child education to secure a sound and productive society. He made the appeal at a ceremony tagged: “Late Ma’aji Is’haq’s Award of Excellence Presentation” held at Alhudahuda College, Zaria, Kaduna State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that […]

Nigeria’s chief justice, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has denied knowing a former senator being investigated for alleged extortion. A spokesman for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said Senator Shehu Sani was arrested for collecting $10,000 from a businessman, Sani Dauda, owner of ASD Motors who has a case pending with the anti-graft agency. Dauda claimed […]

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of throwing up the idea of a third term agenda in Nigeria’s democratic setting. Oshiomhole spoke yesterday when he led members of the ruling party’s National Working Committee (NWC) to a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the […]

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Buba Galadima has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government borrowed N16tr in the last four years with nothing to show for it in the country. Speaking with The Guardian in Abuja yesterday, Galadima, a staunch critic of President Muhammadu Buhari, said the present administration has […]

Stakeholders in the power sector are divided over the appointment of a one-time mid-level civil servant, Ahmad Salihijo, as the Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Federal Government had last week ordered the suspension of the Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Damilola Ogunbiyi, and ordered […]

Justice A.O. Musa of Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, January 2, 2020, granted the application of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), to keep the former attorney general and minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke in its custody for additional 14 days preparatory to his arraignment. In granting the application, the […]

A Financial blow stares Nigeria in the face in 2020. No thanks to the sombre mix of an $83 billion debt; rising recurrent expenditure; increased cost of debt servicing; sustained fall in revenue; and about $22 billion debt plan waiting for legislative approval. Things could even get worse if anticipated punches from the global economy […]