The Governor of Lagos State, H.E. Babajide Sanwoolu, has promised to lead the All Progressives Congress (APC) to victory in the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo state. He made this known in a series of tweets on his Twitter page on Wednesday. While reacting to his appointment as the chairman of the Party’s high-level National Campaign Council for the Ondo State Governorship Election, the governor described the appointment as an honour to serve the ruling party. Sanwo-Olu also promised the party’s governorship candidate in the state and the incumbent governor, Rotimi Akeredolu of a second term in office. He also described…
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President Muhammadu Buhari is presiding over the 11th virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House in Abuja. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha and Chief of Staff to the President Ibrahim Gambari are also physically attending the meeting. Those physically present at the Council Chambers are Ministers of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed; Finance, Budget and National Planning Zainab Ahmed; Health Dr Osagie Ehanire; Environment Muhammad Mahmood; Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami; Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite and Minister of State for Health, Olorunmibe…
Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyema, has recovered from COVID-19 disease.
Mr. Andrew Momodu, a former aide to the former APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, has defected to the PDP, even as he pledged the sum of N5 million to support the re-election of Obaseki. In another development, the Eramah Anwian of Anwain Kingdom in Etsako East LGA of Edo North, HRM Mufutairu Oare, has assured Obaseki that whatever he desires from members of the Anwain community will be doubled for him in the governorship election. The Eramah Anwian while reassuring Obaseki of their support, said: “Mr. Governor, we are assuring you that you are at home. This community road has…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Femi Fani-Kayode, has threatened to dump Nigeria’s main opposition party. The former Minister of Aviation made this known in a statement on his Twitter page on Tuesday night. Fani-Kayode was reacting to a media report that the PDP National Working Committee (NWC) was planning to take away the party structures in Cross River State from Governor Ben Ayade of Cross Rivers state. He noted that if the leadership of the party goes ahead with the plan, many PDP members all over the country would leave the party and defect to another party…
The federal government says Air Peace will recall some of the pilots it sacked. Air Peace had announced the sack of the pilots earlier in August as part of the company’s efforts to cushion the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on its operations. After the action, the National Association of Airline Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) had given the airline a two-week ultimatum to recall the sacked workers or face industrial action. But James Odaudu, director, public affairs, ministry of aviation, said at a meeting on Tuesday, the management of Air Peace agreed to recall some of the pilots who lost their jobs.…
The National Examinations Council (NECO) is recording low registration of candidates for examinations, its Registrar/Chief Executive Officer, Professor Godswill Obioma, has said. Obioma said there are currently 20,110 students registered for the NECO National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) for admission of Junior Secondary School (JSS1) pupils into Federal Unity Colleges. The Registrar said 104,341 candidates had registered for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) while 169,144 had registered for NECO’s Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE). The new figure shows a drop from the 75,635 candidates that were registered for the National Common Entrance examination in 2019 and 1,163,194 candidates for…
The House of Representatives on Tuesday unveiled plans to investigate over N9.4 trillion including the external loan obtained in 2014 fiscal year. Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts, Hon. Wole Oke disclosed this during an investigative hearing into the audit queries issued by the office of the Auditor General of the Federation (OAuGF) against Accountant General’s financial statement and Debt Management Office (DMO). According to some of the queries read by Hon. Oke, the oAuGF requested for information relating to the N1.5 trillion external loan, N5 trillion and N28.722 billion as well as N2.8 trillion Treasury Bill issued by DMO,…
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Account said its investigation of the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) of the Federal Government has nothing to do with the Office of the Vice President. Chairman of the Committee, Wole Oke who stated this Tuesday when the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance appeared before the Committee said the Office of the Vice President was only responsible for policy formulation and monitoring of the programme. Oke said, “By our records, the Office of the Vice President is responsible for policy formulation and monitoring of the National Social Investment Programme. Issues bordering on…
I am thrilled with the inroads of the Nigerian Army in the south-eastern part of the country. The recent commissioning of the Nigerian Army Reference Hospital in Abakaliki explains my delight in the activities of the Nigerian Army under the leadership of Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai. The various Nigeria Army operations in South East have also been a success and have to a large extent reduced incidences of kidnappings and other forms of criminalities that have long tormented the people so much so that our Igbo brothers and sisters live in perpetual fear whenever they visit home during the festive…