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Nigeria’s Minister of Power , Works and Housing , Babatunde Fashola, has sparked outrage after saying the federal government should not be blamed for poor electricity supply across the country. The minister said, businessmen operating in the sector should be blamed for the poor state of electricity supply to Nigerians. Mr Fashola made the declaration while speaking at the Nextier …

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, told state governors that the Nigerian economy is in a bad shape. The Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Abdulaziz Yari, disclosed this to State House correspondents in Abuja. Yari, who is the Governor of Zamfara State, and his colleagues, met with Buhari at the Presidential Villa after the National Economic Council meeting, which took place …

A bill to amend the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria to reintroduce a parliamentary system of government has passed first reading in the House of Representatives. The bill sponsored by 71 members seeks to change the system of government from presidential to parliamentary where the government will be run by the parliament. One of the major differences between these two systems …

Members of the House of Representatives have threatened to boycott the presentation of 2019 budget estimates by the president, Muhammadu Buhari, over an alleged comment by the minister of budget and national planning, Udo Udoma. The president had on Thursday, in an executive communique, announced that he will present the budget on Wednesday next week. The letter was read by the …

The Federal Government is working towards an early implementation of a new minimum wage, Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation has said. Mr Mustapha made this known on Thursday in Abuja at the opening of a one-day symposium on the 25th anniversary of the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission which has “Overcoming the Challenges of …

…urges grassroots mobilisation for 2019 elections, party’s triumph Edo State Governor, Mr.  Godwin Obaseki, has called on chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo North Senatorial District of the state, to mobilise voters in the area to vote for the party’s candidates in the 2019 general elections. Obaseki made the call while inaugurating the Edo North APC Campaign Council …

Edo State government has approved the payment of 290 former workers of the College of Agriculture, Iguoriakhi and College of Agricultural Technology, Agenebode.  In a statement issued by the Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Hon. Monday Osaigbovo, the state government said that the 290 ex-workers of both institutions, entitled to payment and whose cheques are ready include; 228 staff of the …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has said that his administration will invest over N5 billion in the agricultural sector to create more jobs and guarantee food security in the state. Obaseki said this while speaking to beneficiaries of the federal government’s social investment programme, N-Power, in Edo South Senatorial District of the state, at an event tagged “Better Future” …

If you don’t have electricity, it is not the Federal Government’s problem, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has declared. Fashola, who disclosed this while speaking at the Nextier Power Dialogue on Wednesday night in Abuja, told his listeners that there were problems in the power sector, but reminded them that it was not the Federal Government’s …

Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, assured his supporters that their handwork and loyalty towards his victory and that of his party in the 2019 election  would be adequately rewarded. Mr Buhari gave the assurance in Abuja while delivering a speech at the inauguration of his support group tagged, “Together Nigeria’’. The event was organised by the Buhari Support Organisation. …