archiveDecember 2022

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has sent his felicitations to the Governor of Yobe State, Hon. Mai Mala Buni on award of National Honour by the Government of Republic of Niger. The President of Republic of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum on Sunday conferred Governor Buni with a National Honour...

  The Director-General, National Pension Commission (PenCom), Mrs. Aisha Dahir-Umar, on Saturday condemned what she termed a coordinated plan to bring the commission into disrepute through frivolous petitions to anti-graft agencies. She said the attacks had been perpetrated with the help of some disgruntled insiders within the commission. Dahir-Umar, however,...

  The leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo said he is now good friends with former President Olusegun Obasanjo as a result of their mutual support for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. Adebanjo made this assertion in an interview with PUNCH on Friday,...

  The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has written to President Muhammadu Buhari to “urgently direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) and appropriate anti-corruption agencies, to identify and arrest politicians, who are allegedly buying permanent voter cards (PVCs) from poor Nigerians...

President Muhammadu Buhari says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has no reason not to conduct a free, fair and credible elections in 2023 as he has approved everything the electoral body requested for. Buhari who made the disclosure during an interactive session entitled, “A conversation with President Muhammadu Buhari...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday, felicitated President Muhammadu Buhari on his 80th birthday, describing his life as one of “unblemished, honest and selfless service to the nation”. Osinbajo’s birthday message is contained in a personally signed statement titled ‘Buhari has shown it’s possible to serve honestly, forthrightly & selflessly...

The Executive Director, Corruption Observatory and Public Awareness Initiative, Richard Ivie, has said that President Mohammadu Buhari is not fighting corruption according to global standards. Ivie made the assertion while speaking on Channels Television on Friday, December 16, saying that the Buhari administration has failed to protect whistleblowers. “The problem...

FIFA chief Gianni Infantino announced plans on Friday for a 32-team Club World Cup from 2025, despite reported opposition from Europe’s biggest clubs. An expansion of the competition has long been a pet project of Infantino’s. A 24-team event, featuring eight sides from Europe, was planned for 2021 in China...

  The Federal High Court, Abuja has granted an order stopping the National Assembly from screening and confirming the nominated chairman and Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Ms. Lauretta Onochie and Chief Samuel Ogbuku. It urged that all actions on the matter be suspended pending the...

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has ordered the arrest of the caterer who allegedly served poor quality food during the Christmas party for widows and the aged in the state. Umahi, who gave the order on Thursday did not disclose the name of the caterer, said it was terrible...