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Ahead of the 2023 general election, the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has promised the electorate of ensuring equal representation between the rich and the poor in the country if voted into office as the President. Obi made this remark in a press statement from the Obi-Datti Media Office which was made available to The PUNCH, highlighting …

Amid acute fiscal crisis undermining governance nationwide, the federal government at the weekend reiterated its plan to discontinue fuel subsidy by mid-2023, lamenting that it spent N4 trillion on fund fuel subsidy in 2023 alone. The apex government also explained that its capacity to finance healthcare “is currently constrained by inadequate revenues and fiscal drainers despite 203% increase in health …

• Houses, Farmlands, and Roads Submerged• UPU Urges Delta Govt To Set Up Camps For Flood Victims• As Crocodiles, Snakes, and Other Dangerous Animals Overrun Communities• Ijaw Progressives Fault NDDC, NEMA, N’Delta Ministry For Unpreparedness Over 200 communities in four local councils of Rivers State, namely – Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni (ONELGA), Ahoada West, Ahoada East and Abual Odual – have been displaced by ravaging …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “promptly set up a presidential panel of enquiry to thoroughly, impartially, and transparently investigate the operations of illegal oil pipelines from 2001 to date, and to widely publish the names of anyone suspected to be involved.” SERAP urged him to “ensure the prosecution by appropriate anti-corruption agencies of …

The camp of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says it’s  not losing sleep over the growing popularity of Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi. However, the APC campaign team said it had devised strategies to stem the ‘Obidient’ movement ahead of the 2023 general elections. An APC chieftain, who is also one of Tinubu’s strategists, while speaking …

The Nigerian government has again indicated that it is not yet ready to release Nnamdi Kanu, over 24 hours after the Court of Appeal in Abuja freed him. Addressing journalists after a national security meeting in Abuja on Friday, the Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Dingyadi, said the government was still reviewing the court’s decision before taking a position on …

Again, the former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has warned that Nigeria is leaving a mountain of debt for future leaders and generations yet unborn, as the country continues to borrow for debt servicing, payment of salaries, and infrastructural development. Speaking at the closing ceremony of Kadinvest 7.0 in Kaduna, yesterday, the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) will, next Thursday, launch its Digital Certificate Platform, the body has said. Upon its launch, individuals, educational institutions and organisations would be able to confirm the genuineness of any WAEC certificate on the digital platform that can be operated on Android and IOS devices. The platform can also help users recover burnt, lost, and damaged certificates, …

Wike and his group are demanding the resignation of the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has boasted that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would not win the 2023 general elections without his involvement and those of four other governors from southern Nigeria Mr Wike stated this during a live media chat in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, …

The National Security Council, on Friday, said it was “considering the appropriate action to be taken” on the recent release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. It also backed the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, who clarified that Kanu’s release was not equivalent to an acquittal. The Minister of …