Category: Politics

The Federal Government said on Friday that its plan to generate 20, 000 megawatts of electricity over the next four years was on course. The Minister of State for Power, Alhaji Mustapha Shehuri, gave the assurance in Funtua, Katsina State when he inaugurated a 132/33 KV transformer that would boost power supply to local governments in Katsina South by 200 percent. He said that the government was replacing faulty transformers nationwide and installing new ones in order to ensure steady power supply to Nigerians. Shehuri said that ongoing transmission rehabilitation…

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Former Speaker of Ogun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Tunji Egbetokun has raised the alarm over threat to his life and that of his family from perceived political opponents, whom he claimed were not in support of his political clout and principles. Egbetokun, a former Chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who served as Speaker during the administration of former Governor Gbenga Daniel, joined Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) now All Progressives Congress (APC), just before the 2011 general elections. While speaking with journalists in Abeokuta on Wednesday, he…

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The Independent National Electoral Commission says it is making arrangements with the Nigeria Prisons Service to ensure that prisoners are allowed to vote in the 2019 general elections. The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this in Abuja on Tuesday at a dialogue session with the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room Dialogue – a coalition of over 70 civil society organisations in Nigeria. The development comes three years after a Federal High Court in Benin, Edo State, ruled that prisoners in Nigeria have the right to vote in all…

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President Muhammadu Buhari said his Administration has recorded concrete achievements which are there for all to see, contrary to the opposition’s statement that the Administration is running on propaganda and lies. The President, who was represented by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the assertion at the opening of the two-day Nigeria Governors’ Forum Conference for Media Handlers of States’ Chief Executives in Abuja on Monday. ”For our Administration, our achievements are there for all to see. We are delivering in the broad areas that formed…

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Sen. Ibikunle Amosun, the governor of Ogun State, on Friday morning broke his silence on what he considered as the avalanches of rumours and falsehood being peddled against him by people bent on running him and his administration down. Amosun cited the case of a lady on National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) service who was rumoured to have had twins for him in less than a year ago and said the rumour gained so much currency that his Mother – In-law had to call him to confirm if what she…

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The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday passed the bill which makes the teaching of Yoruba language compulsory in schools in the state into law. The passage of the bill was sequel to the bill successfully scaling through the third reading on the floor of the House. The bill, among others, makes the teaching of Yoruba language compulsory in all schools in the state, both in private and public schools, by including it as a core subject at all levels. State-owned tertiary institutions are also mandated by it to…

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The Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has revealed that contrary to the sanctimonious posturing of his predecessor, former governor Peter Obi, the state was saddled with a huge domestic debt of N127bn when Obi left office in March 2014. Speaking in the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia on Tuesday, Governor Obiano explained that his silence over the monstrous debt his predecessor sought to tie his hands with had been mainly because he did not want to allow his regime to be distracted at inception so that he would concentrate on…

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Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has accused the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of not building the image of the state, as well as looting public treasury. The accusation comes days after he unveiled a huge statue in honor of South African President, Jacob Zuma. The decision has been widely criticized as endorsing the governance style of a president who is facing corruption charges in his country. More so, the honour was done Mr. Zuma few days after another Nigerian, Jelili Omoyele, a 35-year-old, was killed in South Africa. A…

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President Muhammadu Buhari Friday said that his government has been fair to the South East geo-political zone in terms of appointment which he said was evidenced in the allocation of four prominent ministerial positions to the zone. The President also assured leaders from the zone that his administration will benefit them more from roads and coastal rail projects, which he said were of critical importance to the economy. But the President of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo told the President that the South East had remained marginalized by successive…

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Chief Bisi Akande, former Interim National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, has declared that the party’s ticket for the 2019 presidential election remains open to contenders as President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to indicate interest in a second term. This came as leaders and governors of the party in the South-West zone began strategising on how the party would retain power in the zone. Chief Akande said this, yesterday, in Ibadan, after the South West leadership rose from a zonal meeting which had governors, ministers and members of the…

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