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  The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has told Nigerians that it would be disasterous if the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, returns to power in 2029. Amaechi said the party was “desperate and hungry for power.’’ He spoke at a Special Town Hall Meeting on Infrastructure organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture in Ibadan. The Minister said the PDP, while in power, turned the nation to a “feeding bottle” by abandoning critical infrastructure and “ sucking” the economy for personal gains. The minister urged Nigerians to resist the PDP by voting for Buhari and ensuring that they guarded their votes during the 2019 general elections. Amaechi also said that the ruling party was prepared for an open debate with the PDP on the successes recorded, especially on infrastructure development. “We are ready for the PDP candidate to confront us with what they achieved in 16 years and compare them to what we have done in just...

Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi representing Kaduna South Senatorial district has alleged that the State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai is responsible for the crisis in Kaduna state. In his contribution to the motion on Kaduna crisis which was sponsored by Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi representing Kaduna North Senatorial district on Wednesday, October 24th said the governor had hints of the crisis before he travelled outside the country. The lawmaker added that the governor deliberately orchestrated crisis in Kajuru in Kaduna South where about 55 lives were lost on Saturday because he knew that the zone would not vote him in 2019 elections. “The governor should be held responsible for the crisis in Kaduna. He wants to destabilize Kaduna South because he would not be voted in 2019. Is it compulsory for people to vote for you when they have right to vote who they want? “The governor had hints about the crisis, yet he travelled abroad and when he came back, what did he do?”, Lar as...

Ahead of the 2018 election in Osun State, an APC lawmaker identified as Hon Timothy Owoeye, was reportedly caught bathing in a market. It gathered that this was a ritual ahead of the election scheduled to take place in the state soon. The APC lawmaker who is a Majority leader and also represents Ilesa West State Constituency in the State’s House of Assembly, was spotted begging residents of the area after he was caught red-handed in the fetish act at the market. Here is the video below; APC lawmaker caught bathing in market in Osun State ahead of election. pic.twitter.com/WndFYAsRgV His bio on the House of Assembly official website reads; Hon Timothy Owoeye is the Majority Leader of the Current State House of Assembly representing Ilesa East State Constituency in the Assembly. Hon Owoeye was born on 24th August 1972. He attended St Peter’s School Ilesa (1978-1985) for his primary education. He attended C.A.C Commercial High School (1985-1991) where he completed his S...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday again took a swipe at his predecessors, saying they did little to increase passenger handling capacity or airport terminals since early 1980s. Buhari made the claim in his remarks at the inauguration of the new terminal of the Port Harcourt International Airport in Omagwa, River State. He said the neglect by successive governments couple with increase in the nation’s population made the airport terminals to become woefully inadequate to cater for the increase in passenger traffic. The President said it, therefore, became necessary for government to take decisive action to ensure the nation’s airport terminals meet minimum international standards for the travelling public. He said the construction of four new international terminals at Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt and Kano airports was embarked upon by the Federal Government with a view to modernising the ageing airport infrastructure to meet global aviation standards. He s...

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday, urged the people of South-West to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 elections to guarantee a return of power to the region in 2023. The minister stated this at a special town hall meeting on infrastructure organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture and the National Orientation Agency. The News Agency of Nigeria reports the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed led three other ministers including Fashola, Ministers of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu to the town hall meeting. Fashola said besides, the massive investments by the Buhari administration on infrastructure across the country and in the South-West particularly, the region would benefit politically by voting for Buhari. The minister, who spoke in Yoruba language said: “Do you know that power is rotating to the South-West after the completion of Buhari’s ...

Peter Obi, vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said the fight against corruption should go beyond "shouting about it". Obi, who affirmed that corruption "kills entrepreneurship, professionalism and hard work", highlighted some of his achievements when he was Governor of Anambra State. He stated this in an interview with NAN in Abuja. His words: “We should look at the effect of corruption and go on to deal with it in the way it should. It is important that everybody becomes part of those trying to stop it, because it kills three things that try to make society work. “It kills entrepreneurship, professionalism and hard work; it is not about shouting about it, but dealing with it." In his remarks on Nigeria's rating by the World Economic Forum, the former Governor said Nigeria could perform better with focus on the various key indicators. “I have been a Governor, and I know how to change these thing...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said Nigerians who felt that they have another country outside Nigeria may choose to go. He said he and others who do not have another country would rather stay back and salvage it together. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President spoke while receiving All Progressives Congress governorship aspirants and members of the party from the three senatorial zones of Kwara State at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He enjoined Nigerians to remain faithful and loyal to the country in all their dealings. Buhari said, “You don’t have to be in uniform to be loyal. “What I said long ago in 1984 is still valid today. We have no other country but Nigeria. “Others who feel they have another country may choose to go. We will stay here and salvage it together.”

A Federal high court in Abuja has ordered the Nigerian police to pay the #OurMumuDonDo movement a total sum of N500 Million and also tender an official apology in two national newspapers. “Federal High Court in Abuja orders Nigerian Police to pay the #OurMumuDonDo Movement N50Million and also tender an official apology on two National Newspapers over the unprovoked brutal attack on our members during the #ResumeOrResign protest in Abuja,” said Deji Adeyanju, one of the front-men of the movement. The court order came a year after a popular Nigerian musician Charly Boy filed an N500 million lawsuit against the Federal Capital Territory Police Command and the commissioner of police for FCT for allegedly harassing him and other protesters. The protest tagged #ResumeOrResign was held under the auspices of “Our-Mumu-Don-Do Movement” on August 9, 2017, as parts of the Movement’s campaign against President Muhammadu Buhari prolonged stay in London on medical vacation. ...

Rotimi Akeredolu, Governor of Ondo State, has dared civil servants in the state to drag him to any anti-graft agency if they have evidence that he has received the last tranche of the Paris Club Refund from the Federal Government. Akeredolu spoke in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Wednesday in his response to the allegation that his administration had received the last tranche of the Paris Club Refund but had refused to disburse it. Last week, the workers had joined pensioners in a protest to demand payment of their outstanding salaries and allowances. The workers shut down all the routes to the Governor's office accused Akeredolu of conniving with the Account-General of the state to fix the sum of over N20 billion paid by the Federal Government as the last tranche of Paris fund in a private account. However, the Governor denied the allegation, stating that the state government had not received last tranche of the Paris Club Refund. He challenged the organ...

The NES has proved to be resilient in promoting dialogue and collaboration between government and the private sector. This has led to a number of worthy initiatives and joint interventions over the years. It is also a regular opportunity for us to review conditions and policies that impact on overall economic performance. And to collaboratively interrogate some of the important ideas and prescriptions proffered for the Nigerian economy. Absolute poverty is defined as the number of those who cannot afford the bare essentials; food, shelter, clothing. Sometimes, the World Bank says those who live under $1.90. But this has become, by and large, especially over the past three decades, perhaps the biggest economic challenge for Nigeria. What is astonishing about the poverty situation is that it has persisted even when the nation earned its highest revenues. In 1980, it was 17.1 million Nigerians; in 1985: 34.7 million Nigerians; in 1992: 39.2 million; in 1996: 67.1 millio...