The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has decried the delayed response and poor measures by government in the country over the growing rate of kidnapping. The group, in statement signed by its Executive Director, Auwal Ibrahim Musa (Rafsanjani), noted that since 2007, the country had been witnessing increased spate of kidnapping in the South, particularly South-South […]
The latest analysis on global misery level published by Steve Hanke, an economist from John Hopkins University in Baltimore, United States, indicated that Nigeria ranked as the sixth most miserable country in the world. In his writing in the Forbes magazine of March 28, titled ‘Hanke’s Annual Misery Index 2018: The World’s Saddest (And Happiest) […]
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Thursday warned the President Buhari-led administration not to raise taxes to prevent a relapse of the nation’s economy into recession. Giving the advice during the 11th Bola Tinubu Colloquium to mark the 67th birthday of the former Lagos State Governor at […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday told members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to be prepared for tough times ahead as the government will intensify the implementation of its three point agenda of fighting insecurity, corruption and fixing the economy. Buhari gave the charge when members of the FEC paid him a congratulatory visit following […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday restated his administration’s commitment to restructuring the Nigerian oil-dependent economy in furtherance of efforts to ensure its diversification and sustainable growth. The President made this promise in his acceptance speech delivered shortly after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared him winner of the February 23 Presidential election. While expressing […]
After days of rigorous compilation of the results of votes of last Saturday, February 23, Presidential election from across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) early Wednesday declared President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the election. According to the figures released on […]
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, has disclosed that the ongoing second Niger Bridge project will need about 192 million litres of petroleum products to complete it. The minister, who made this disclosure during the BRF, Gabfest 2 in Lagos with theme ‘Where are the jobs’, said that this volume […]
Apparently moved by public comments about last Saturday’s sufferings experienced by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Ad-Hoc staff it engaged for the 2019 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, promised automatic employment for NYSC members who excel themselves during the exercise. The commission’s chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the promise during the […]
Worried by the pervasive fears and misgivings amongst the electorate on the integrity of the upcoming 2019 general elections, BudgIT has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to publish immediately the total number of voters cards collected in all states. The civil advocacy group, which applies technology to intersect citizen engagement with institutional […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday rejected the National Assembly’s approval for refund of N488.7 billion to state governments for projects they executed on behalf of the Federal Government in their domains. The President, who communicated his decision on the matter through a letter read by the Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki, at plenary on Tuesday, […]