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Some senators-elect have supported the call for the cut in salaries and allowances of the National Assembly members. The lawmakers, in separate interviews on Friday, said that such reduction must be extended to all tiers and arms of government. The Senator-elect for Ekiti North Senatorial District, Mr. Duro Faseyi, expressed support for reduction in cost of governance. Faseyi, in a …

Though he belongs to the Board of Trustees of the All Progressives Congress, APC, the euphoria from the party’s victory at the last general elections is not lost on him to close his eyes on key issues the incoming government should do to be different from the outgoing People’s Democratic Party, PDP. To this end, Chief Sam Nkire, former a …

In one of the most keenly contested general elections in British history, four Nigerians won seats to the revered parliament, making it the first time such feat would be recorded Against all odds, David Cameron has won his re-election bid in one of the fiercest polls in British history. Cameron, Prime Minister of Britain, led the Conservatives to almost a …

David Cameron has promised to lead a government for “one nation” and make “Great Britain greater” as he returned to Downing Street as prime minister. Speaking outside No 10 after visiting Buckingham Palace, he said the UK was “on the brink of something special”. The Conservatives have 330 seats – four more than needed for a Commons majority – their …

ABUJA– AHEAD of the formal handing over to the President- Elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, retd, May 29, President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday begs the incoming Administration not to abandon the on going projects especially the Light Rail project in the nation’s capital city, Abuja. President Jonathan admitted yesterday that the Federal Government was owing Julius Berger and other Construction firms presently …

ByOladipo Airenakho Three-week old flared-up crisis between rival cults in Benin City, Edo State has left about forty three people, mostly suspected members of the menacing groups dead, thereby sending fears among law-abiding residents of the city. So far there appears to be no end in sight to the unending spate of killings, associated with violent clashes among members of …

The national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Adamu Mu‘azu yesterday mocked the governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, insisting that his deathwish advert on president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari led to the loss of President Goodluck Jonathan at the elections. Muazu took to his verified Twitter handle, to mock Fayose with the post, “Fayose: I have evidence that Muazu …

ABUJA—Ohanaeze Ndigbo Caretaker Committee, yesterday, told the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, that President Jonathan lied to the Igbo nation about awarding contract for the construction of Second Niger bridge and major federal roads in the South East. Listing Enugu-Awka-Onitsha Expressway and Enugu-Umuahia-Aba Expressway, the committee said that up till now, work was yet to start at the sites. It added …

ABUJA —President-elect, General Mohammadu Buhari (retd), yesterday, reechoed that the high level of indiscipline and corruption in government and other social places were the main reasons why he has pledged to fight corruption, insecurity and unemployment head on when sworn in as President. According to him, worse are the electoral fraud and judicial compromises which had characterized the courts. Buhari …

The Federal Government has directed that a verification and revalidation exercise be carried out on all credentials and records of all staff in the Federal Civil Service. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mr. Danladi Kifasi, gave the directive to officials managing the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System in a circular signed by the Permanent Secretary …