archiveApril 2022

  Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has appealed to aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State to reconsider their decision to dump the party in the state. The minister, who is also from Kwara, made this known in a statement on Tuesday. He urged...

  Omooba Dotun Babayemi, the Osun State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, has appealed to parents, especially the women, to caution their children and wards against being used as instruments of disruption and violence during the forthcoming state gubernatorial election slated for July 16, this year. Besides, Babayemi has...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has threatened to bar any political party which violates the provisions of the Electoral Act in picking its candidates from participating in the 2023 General Elections. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of the Commission, Festus Okoye, said this in...

    as Saraki, Tambuwal, Mohammed, Hayatudeen visit Gov to canvass consensus   Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde said on Tuesday that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 election would be someone that has everybody’s buy-in. The governor, who was speaking while receiving leading...

  Mr. Atedo Peterside, the Founder of Stanbic IBTC Bank, who is also the President and Founder, Anap Foundation, has urged Nigerians to avail themselves of the opportunity of registering with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and collecting their Permanent Voter's Cards (PVC) as the last quarter for the...

  The Senate, Tuesday, passed a bill seeking to establish a Federal University of Medical Sciences and Biomedical Technology across the six geo-political zones in Nigeria. The bill was passed during plenary after the chamber considered a report on it by the Committee on Health (Secondary and Tertiary). Chairman of...

  Senator Olubunmi Adetunmbi (APC, Ekiti North Senatorial District), has urged parents and families to rise up to their responsibilities by raising responsible children for the brighter future of the country. Adetunmbi made the call at the unveiling of a book, titled “Family: The Heart of Drug Abuse Prevention”, written...

  Civic Hive, a civic organisation focused on applying innovative solutions to governance and raising new leaders, has inducted 10 civic leaders with intelligent solutions that transform communities and public policy in Nigeria and beyond. Since 2017, the organisation has nurtured 12 start-ups with civic-tech ideas and supported over 70...

  The Senate has extended the implementation year of the 2021 Appropriation Act from 31st March to 31st May, 2022. The extension was approved following the consideration of a bill to Amend the 2021 Appropriation Act. The Senate before considering the bill suspended Rule 78(1) of the Senate Standing Orders...

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum on Monday in Abuja said it was shocked by the admittance of the Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, that proceeds from the Nigeria National Petroleum Company limited (NNPC) were being used to directly fund social and health programmes and road infrastructure. Reacting...