The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has extended the tenure of the Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker committee. The party took the decision at its non-elective National Convention in Abuja on Saturday. Details later…
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by Azeez Adeniyi The Federal Government has extended the tenure of the 2016 national budget until when the 2017 appropriation bill is signed into law. This was after a meeting between the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Assembly, Yakubu Dogara on Thursday over the 2017 budget. According to reports, the... Read More
Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has stated that at the current pace at which the Buhari administration is moving, it would be difficult for the government to achieve any development within its four years tenure. This was stated by the President of the labour group, Boboi Bala Kaigama, in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba... Read More
by Adewale Maja-Pearce Dismissing the current ‘aberration’ with an ‘interloper’ going by ‘the name of a Jonathan Southern presidency’, they recall the only previous occasion when they were caught ‘unawares’, which was when ‘Aguiyi Ironsi and his Eastern cohorts’ jumped the gun. I was reading with amusement a communiqué from the Northern Elders Forum. Nothing... Read More
by Oludare Ogunlana Finally, is Sanusi himself a saint or a sinner? I think one of the legacy of Mallam Sanusi is “whistle blowing.” Yes, call him a noise maker just like they called Mallam Ribadu during his tenure as the nation’s anti-corruption czar. There is no doubt, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi is among the... Read More
by Babayola Toungo If Goodluck Jonathan and his horde of Gulaks have honour (though I doubt they have) he shouldn’t contemplate contesting, constitutional right or not for the simple fact that he promised at four different occasions not to go for a second chance when voted for in 2011. In a suit instituted by Buba... Read More