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Barring any changes, the federal government would on Thursday, this week, make public the details of the recovered loots. It will be recalled that President Buhari had on the sideline of the Global Anti-Corruption Summit in London recently promised to name the alleged looters of the national treasuries on May 29, 2016. He said: “So far, what has come out, …

The Federal Government says it intends to make Nigerians look inwards by buying products, especially vehicles made in the country. The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, said this in Abuja. Onu explained that it was the only way to make Nigeria a producer country and to encourage local manufacturers to produce and grow the economy. “We already …

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has introduced electronic voting system in the conduct of legislative business of the House. Dogara, who last Thursday announced the adoption of the e-voting system, said it was in compliance of the 8th Assembly Legislative Agenda. Consequently, forms have been distributed to individual members to collate their data ahead of production …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said he never expected that former President Goodluck Jonathan would concede defeat so easily after the March 2015 presidential election. He said it was unbelievable that having spent 16 years in public offices ranging from deputy governor and state governor to being Vice-President and President, Jonathan could throw in the towel like that. Buhari spoke …

Ahead of the July 18, 2016 Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)-scheduled governorship primaries, aspirants in the state on Monday marched for peace and non-violence before, during and after the election. The commitment to a non-violent election was extracted from the aspirants in Benin City by the alumni association of the Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, during a procession round the …

Cross River State governor, Professor Ben Ayade, has said that his administration was determined to make the state a construction hub in Africa. Governor Ben Ayade Ayade in his Democracy Day broadcast said, he has already done diligent planning to bring the plan to fruition. “We are fully reloaded to make Cross River State the construction hub for Africa. It …

The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has asked the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, to look into the continuous refusal of bail to the party’s national spokesperson, Chief Olisa Metuh. Metuh , who is currently on trial for allegedly collecting N400m from the office of the National Security Adviser, had been appealing to the court …

Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River has announced that the Calabar Monorail is set to be commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari. Ayade, who stated this after a second test ride in the monorail in Calabar, said the commissioning of the project will be to mark his first year in office. According to him, taking another ride in the monorail was …

The National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Sunday urged Nigerians across all political spaces to resist recession and endure inflation in the face of stark economic challenges. Tinubu, former Governor of Lagos State, also said the period of economic challenges was not the time to lament, murmur or give in to despair, but a …

Nigeria has lost over N38tn through mismanagement, embezzlement and money laundering under successive administrations since democracy returned in 1999. The figures were drawn from findings by anti-graft agencies and investigative panel reports on major economic scandals and financial crimes in the country in the last 17 years. The investigation, which covered the Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan-led administrations, …