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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has reiterated that he will reduce insecurity and poverty if he emerges the winner of the 2023 presidential election to rule Nigeria. The former Anambra governor disclosed that he expects to accomplish this by using job creation and reformative investments as mechanisms. He also said he will shift the nation’s …

• Nigeria’s Excess Crude Account One Of Most Mismanaged External Accounts Globally — Stakeholders• Depletion Indicates Poor Economic Management, Fiscal Control — Amadi• ‘Stop Sharing Resources Among States, They Should Be Innovative To Improve IGRs’• Reps Caucus Decries Crude Oil Theft, Urges Probe Of Govt Officials Wasteful culture, poor management, corruption, lack of trust between state and federal governments, and worsening …

Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has warned the Nigerian populace not to hate one another while they support their preferred presidential candidates in the warm-up for the 2023 general elections. He gave the analogy of what happened between former President Goodluck Jonathan and incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari that a lot of Nigerians killed themselves for them, but the two are …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has cleared the air on the alleged manual transmissions of election results. Clearing the air on an interview with The PUNCH concerning the collation of results, the National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, noted that the electronic transmission of results remained the same. This was contained in a …

* No hiding place for oil thieves, Tompolo promises, says FG knows culprits  *House Minority Caucus seeks probe of $40m daily loss The Presidency has said the federal government would soon reveal the identities of high-profile individuals behind crude oil theft in the country.This is coming as the ex-Niger Delta warlord and Commander of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of …

Hearing in a suit seeking disqualification of All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate,  Bola Tinubu, from the 2023 election on alleged certificate forgery has been shifted to October 12. Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Abuja division of the Federal High Court fixed the date, yesterday, to allow parties in the suit complete filing of their processes and exchange same as required by …

To further boost staff morale and clear backlog, not less than 3, 853 officers and men of the Nigeria Correctional Service, (NCoS), have been promoted to various ranks in one of the large-scale promotions exercises in the Service. Controller General of the service, Haliru Nababa, made this known, Saturday, in Abuja. He said the promotion which takes effect, on January …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the deployment and redeployment of nine permanent secretaries. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HoS), Dr. Folashade Yemi-Esan issued a circular on the appointments. According to a statement by the Deputy Director, Communications, Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mohammed Ahmed, the fresh appointees deployed are Udo Okokon …

The Nigerian Army has approved the disengagement of a Warrant Officer and 242 others in various formations across the country. The soldiers are expected to proceed on terminal leave With effect from  January 15, 2023. They are expected to be finally disengaged from the service from February 15, 2023. Our correspondent gathered most of the soldiers resigned based on health …

“We frown at the position of government on the subject matter as posited by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media Project that even LGA workers are not owed any salaries.” The statement said, “we acknowledge the fact that Local Governments are responsible for the payment of workers under them. “But it is a fact that the funds/account from …