‘Mischief, fabrication’ — INEC denies Binani’s claim of collusion with Adamawa government
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied allegations that its officials visited the Adamawa government house during the supplementary governorship election in the state. While the results from the election were yet to be announced, Hudu Yunusa-Ari, resident electoral commissioner (REC) of the commission, declared Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru, candidate of the All […]
Zelenskyy congratulates Tinubu, invites him on state visit to Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, president of Ukraine, has congratulated Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president-elect. Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes to win the presidential election while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had the second-highest figure with 6,984,520 votes, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) was next with 6,101,533 votes. In a statement […]
EXTRA: ‘Breakfast was served very hot’ — Fintiri jokes after receiving certificate of return
Ahmadu Fintiri, governor of Adamawa, says a “hot breakfast” has been served to his opposition in the just concluded governorship election in the state. “Breakfast”, a slang in Nigerian pop culture, loosely means “heartbreak”. On Tuesday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Fintiri re-elected for a second term as Adamawa governor. […]
Lai: Obi has failed to correct Datti over ‘no president-elect’ remark
Lai Mohammed, minister of information, has accused Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), of failing to correct Datti Baba-Ahmed, his running mate, over his controversial comments. On March 22, Datti said Nigeria has no president-elect despite the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announcing Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress […]
Benue killings: Presidency calls Ortom ‘incompetent’, claims he blocked Buhari’s interventions
The presidency says President Muhammadu Buhari is not to be blamed for the spate of killings in Benue state. Two weeks ago, not less than 30 persons including a pregnant woman were reported dead after gunmen attacked an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Guma LGA of the state. The killing came […]
FAAC: FG, states, LGAs shared N714bn in March — down by N8bn
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) says it shared N714.629 billion among the three tiers of government in March 2023. This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the committee’s meeting for April 2023 in Abuja on Wednesday. The disbursement shows a decrease of N8.048 billion compared to February’s […]
Newspaper Headlines: Price of local rice increases by 200% due to insecurity
Reports on the contracts approved by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers. Source: Top Stories
Lai: No need for FG to intervene in Adamawa guber poll | It’s INEC matter
Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) does not need the interference of the federal government to deal with any of its erring staff. The minister’s comment is coming on the heels of the “unwholesome behaviour” of Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the suspended Adamawa resident electoral commissioner (REC). […]
FG approves N1.5trn for construction, rehabilitation of over 700km roads
The federal executive council (FEC) has approved the sum of N1.535 trillion for the construction and rehabilitation of eleven roads across the country. The construction would be enabled under the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) tax credit scheme. Speaking on Wednesday after the council meeting, Babatunde Fashola, the minister of works […]
Reps summon Malami, Zainab Ahmed over payment of $200m for ‘consultancy services’
A house of representatives committee has summoned Abubakar Malami, minister of justice; and Zaina Ahmed, the minister of finance, over an alleged payment of $200 million to two companies for “consultancy service”. Mark Gbillah, chairman of the committee investigating the alleged loss of $2.4 billion in revenue from the illegal sale of 48 […]