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Professor of political economy, Pat Utomi expressed optimism in the 2023 general elections, saying the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s movement will change Nigeria.  Utomi made this assertion while speaking on Sunday Today, a Channels TV political show monitored by our correspondent stated that Nigerian politicians are only connected to the deal they can make without any commitment to …

Kogi senator, Smart Adeyemi, says the bill, if passed, will forestall the contentious issues on nomination of candidates of same by political parties after 2023 presidential election. An All Progressives Congress (APC) senator, Smart Adeyemi, has proposed a bill seeking to end nomination of candidates of same religion for president and vice presidential positions in the country. Mr Adeyemi, who disclosed …

The Senator representing Nasarawa-South senatorial district, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, has cautioned the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) against laxity in next year’s  general elections, warning further that the contest will not be a walk over. The former governor of Nassrawa state said the 2023 general elections would be tough especially with the insistence of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on …

NDLEA says it traced several properties to Abba Kyari and some of his siblings in Abuja and Maiduguri, Borno State. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has filed fresh charges against Abba Kyari, a suspended deputy commissioner of police and former head of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT). Mr Kyari is standing trial on cocaine-related charges alongside four …

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has been warned to refrain from alleged illegal means of altering the composition of the board of directors of the Benin Electrical Distribution Company Plc (BEDC). A letter written by the legal advisers of Vigeo Power Limited, Kunle Adegoke stated that such illegal composition would amount to a direct affront to the court as …

The Federal Government, said it is set to disburse the Cabottage Vessel Financing Fund to enable indigenous shipping operators to compete favourably with their international counterparts.                  Minister of Transportation, Mu-azu Jaji Sambo,  disclosed this at the weekend during  a visit to the National Inland Waterways Authority, Area Office in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.      …

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The Labour Party flag-bearer for the 2023 Nigeria presidential election, Mr Peter Obi has pledged to increase electricity generation, address brain drain, and implement Diaspora voting, among others if elected. Obi made the pledge on Sunday at Columbia University, New York while having a conversation on economic and government policy with Columbia’s Africa Business Club, Black Law Students Association, and …

The IGP says the assurance followed a robust security threat analysis carried out by the police using global best standards to ascertain the trend of expectations for the electioneering processes. The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, says there is no immediate threat to the conduct of the 2023 general elections. The IGP gave the assurance in a statement issued …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on Sunday insisted that daily supply of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, across the country was 68 million and offered to submit itself for forensic audit of PMS supply and subsidy management. On Friday The PUNCH reported that the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali (retd.), said NNPC could not justify …