The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and chairman of the House Committee on Constitution Review, Benjamin Kalu, has said that the new constitution of the country will be ready for presidential assent in the next 24 months. Kalu disclosed this while speaking at the formal inauguration of the House Committee on the…
Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the Governor of Ondo State has declared that he would be contesting for the state’s top job in the forthcoming gubernatorial election. Aiyedatiwa stated this on Friday while featuring on TVC news shortly after the remains of his immediate predecessor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu was interred. Recall that Mr Aiyedatiwa was on December 27,…
The lawmaker representing Delta North Senatorial district, Ned Nwoko has reacted to the devaluation of the Naira against the Dollar. He appealed to his colleagues to ban the use of dollars in the country. Speaking during plenary on Thursday, February 22, Nwoko opined that this action will help strengthen the Naira. ‘’I have lamented…
There was heavy security presence at the Federal High Court, Fate, Ilọrin, on Friday where former Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfattah Ahmed, is being tried by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged misappropriation of N10 billion. Journalists who arrived at the federal high court premises as early as 7: 00…
Reno Omokri, a sociopolitical critic, has said Nigerians should not blame President Bola Tinubu if the naira further depreciates to N2414 to a dollar. Omokri said the rate at which Nigerians import food items from China, Thailand and other countries would further depreciate the naira. Lamenting that Nigeria spends $6 billion on food importation…
The Nigerian Senate has asked the Tinubu-led Federal government to halt plans of increasing electricity tariff by withdrawing subsidy. The lawmakers have also resolved to probe a failed agreement that would have seen local manufacturers produce Prepaid Meters that would have been distributed nationwide to improve electricity usage. These resolutions, reached during Wednesday’s plenary,…
Solomon Dalung, Minister of Youths and Sports Development in the first term of President Bola Tinubu, has told President Bola Tinubu to perform what he described as his “Lagos miracles”. Tinubu was the governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007. During his campaign for the highest office in the land, Tinubu emphasized that…
A former member of the House of Representatives, Usman Bugaje, has stated that President Bola Tinubu is incapable of addressing the numerous challenges facing the country as he has no solution to offer. Nigeria has been grappling with economic hardship for eight months now since the fuel subsidy payment was stopped and the naira…
A Nigerian Catholic Priest, Fr Kelvin Ugwu has offered support to Labor Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, who lost during the election. In a post on his Facebook page, he noted how people promised to teach Peter Obi a lesson and have kept true to their words. Expressing pity for the former Governor of…
Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has expressed confidence, saying nobody can challenge his political camp in the 2027 elections. Wike stated this during a thanksgiving service by Senator Barinada Mpigi in Koroma, Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State on Sunday. He said, “With the forces we have I don’t…