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Abuja – In a bid to entrench the values of accountability, integrity and inculcate positive attitudinal change in Nigerians, the Federal Government is set to launch the “Change Begins With Me’’ campaign. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, and the Director-General, National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mr Garba Abari, made this known in Abuja. They said that the …

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) on Tuesday said that instead of planning to increase the pump price of fuel, the Federal Government should improve people’s living conditions. The TUC President, Mr Bobboi Kaigama and its Acting General-Secretary, Mr Simeso Amachree, in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos, vowed to resist any form of fuel increase above N145. “The …

Donald Trump’s claims that if he loses in November it will be due to a “rigged” election have sparked strong bipartisan criticism from election lawyers, donors and a former member of Congress who warn that the Republican candidate’s words are dangerous, fueling doubts about the election’s legitimacy and potentially leading to voter intimidation. As his poll numbers have weakened and …

The All Progressives Congress in Edo on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the state would boost the party’s chances at Saturday’s governorship election. Buhari is in Benin to attend the party’s grand finale campaign rally at Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin ahead of September 10 governorship election in Edo. The APC Chairman in the state, Mr. Anselm Ojezua, …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, is still under investigation for his alleged role in the disbursement of N23bn campaign funds, which emanated from a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The N23bn was alleged to have been part of stolen crude oil …

Former and present Group Managing Directors of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation have expressed fears that the current pump price of N145 per litre is no longer feasible. They said the amount does not correspond with the price-determining components of the commodity and the fluctuations of the foreign exchange rate. They stated this after a one-day meeting they held with …

A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu has emerged as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the November 26, 2016 governorship election. Akeredolu who was the candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria in the 2012 governorship election, scored 669 votes in a governorship primary held at the International Event Centre, Akure, the …

The Presidency has said that prior to the confirmation by the National Bureau of Statistics that Nigeria was now officially in recession critical measures were already ongoing to get the country out of the prevailing economic decline. As a direct response to the fiscal crisis, it said the Federal Government and its agencies were now focusing on agriculture, solid minerals, …

Co-founder and the Chief Executive Officer of social networking website, Facebook, Mark Elliot Zuckerberg has said that Nigerians were highly gifted in the Information Communications Technologies, ICT. He said this after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The computer guru said he was impressed by the interest, energy and entrepreneurial spirit displayed by young Nigerians in …

The Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, said that the introduction of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) was the best and boldest monetary policy decision any administration in the country had so far taken. Emefiele, while delivering a lecture to participants of the Senior Executive Course 38 of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies in Kuru, …