Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed Osagie Ize-Iyamu for the September 19 governorship election in Edo State. Buhari endorsed Ize-Iyamu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday when he visited the Presidential Villa in the company of the party’s caretaker committee chairman and Yobe State governor Mai Mala Buni. Details later.

The subsisting curfew notwithstanding, gunmen, yesterday, invaded four communities in Zangon Kataf council area, killing 22 persons and setting ablaze a number of buildings. The victims were mainly women and children, while scores scampered for safety. The affected settlements are Apyiashyim, Atak’mawai, Kibori and Kurmin Masara, all in Atyap chiefdom. An Atak’mawai resident, Irimiya Gandu, […]

Revenue crisis, compounded by the coronavirus pandemic, may push Nigeria to further borrowing, therefore pushing budget deficit beyond the projected N4.28 trillion to at least N6 trillion. This comes, even as imposition of new taxes on citizens faces pushback. Of this year’s revised N10.8 trillion budget signed by President Muhammadu Buhari, a deficit of N5.365 […]

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Senator Aishatu Binani on Thursday distributed 12,600 bags of fertilisers to farmers in Adamawa State. Binani said the fertilisers were given out free to farmers to boost a bumper harvest irrespective of party affiliation. She said the beneficiaries include farmers in all the seven […]

Youths from the 18 local governments have said they are ready to defend their votes. The youth, under the aegis of Edo Youths for Progress, said they would ensure that an unpopular candidate was not foisted on the people. Speaking with reporters in Benin, through their Secretary, Osahon Isibor, the youth urged the Independent National […]

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Katsina State yesterday, burning tires and raining abuses on bandits who attacked their communities. The protesters, mostly from Maiturare and Dogon Ruwa villages in Dutsima Council, blocked the highway linking Katsina and Zaria town, demanding an end to the attacks. Some of them reportedly called for the […]

Enugu Rangers’ General Manager, Davidson Owumi, has revealed that the Flying Antelopes are ready to battle for the top honours when the 2020/21 season kicks off next month. Rangers, who won the title for the first time in 30 years in the 2016 season, according to Owumi, have acquired every material necessary for the task […]

‘DICON will supply military equipment to fight terrorism’ The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said that the attack on Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum in Baga is not military sabotage. Following the conclusion of investigation into the attack, the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, stated in Abuja yesterday that the governor’s accusation of the […]

The Debt Management Office (DMO), yesterday, put Nigeria’s loan liability to China at $3.121billion as at March 31 2020, representing 3.94 per cent of the nation’s $79.3 billion debt portfolio. The move might have followed recent controversies generated by the issue in the public space. The government agency explained that in terms of foreign sources, […]

Nasarawa domesticates UN action plan on women, security Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom yesterday assented to bills to establish the Commission on Fiscal Responsibility as well as Council on Public Procurement. This, he said, is in fulfilment of his earlier promise to ensure transparency and accountability in governance. He also signed a law for the […]

The crisis that engulfed the Enugu State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) took rather a dangerous dimension on Thursday evening as the much-advertised election of the body turned bloody. Some members of the association who gathered at the Michael Okpara square for the election suffered serious injuries from thugs who invaded the venue […]

The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President of Nigeria on Job Creation, Afolabi Sokpehi Imoukhuede is our guest on this edition of Strictly Politics. Watch this insightful episode as he speaks on “Politics of Job Creation”