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Democracy isn’t cheap, it is expensive. That is one. But that isn’t an excuse. Just because we want a presidential system of government doesn’t mean that you give the players a blank cheque to write whatever amount they want and spend it. Fortunately, there is a budget process. We started with a figure of less than N100 billion for both …

The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has praised Governor Umo Eno’s decision to appoint his daughter, Mrs. Helen Eno Obareki, to take over the role of First Lady of Akwa Ibom State following the passing of his wife, Pastor Patience Umo Eno. During a condolence visit to the Eno family in Uyo on Friday, Senator Tinubu expressed her …

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has compared the current political crisis in Rivers State to the crisis of the old Western region. This is as he called on all stakeholders within the security sector, including the Judiciary, to as a matter of urgency, wade into the political situation in the state to forestall a breakdown of law and order. This was …

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, on Saturday, applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for correcting the mistakes of the past by according the House its constitutional status in coffering the Speaker with the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON). President Tinubu had during his Independence Day Anniversary address to Nigerians on Tuesday, October 1, …

The All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has condemned the explosion at its secretariat along Aba Road in Port Harcourt on Saturday morning, saying the party is under attack in the state. Rivers APC secretariat The former caretaker committee chairman of the state APC, Chief Tony Okocha, stated this while fielding questions from newsmen in Port Harcourt about the explosion. …

*NBA Backs Exercise Tension continues to soar in Rivers state as indigenes woke up on Saturday to the news of a suspected explosion that rocked the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, APC, headed by the factional caretaker committee chairman, CTC, Chief Tony Okocha. Some suspected arsonists, in the early hours of Saturday, detonated explosives at the state secretariat of …

…Passports to be centrally issued from Abuja from April 2025 Nigerians will soon begin to process and receive Nigerian passports from the comfort of their homes, without the hassle of physically appearing to be processed at a passport processing centre. However, only Nigerians who are 18 years and above, and those who are applying for re-issue of their expired passports …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Edo State Commissioner of Police, Nemi Iwo has condemned the mob killing of a man accused of stealing a motorcycle in Ekpoma describing the act as unacceptable jungle justice that must not stand. CP Nemi stated this in a statement endorsed by the command spokesman, SP Moses Joel Yamu and made available to journalists in Benin City …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice presidential hopefuls Tim Walz and JD Vance focused their criticism on the top of the ticket on Tuesday as they engaged in a policy-heavy discussion that may be the last debate of the 2024 presidential campaign, according to report by the Associated Press. It was the first encounter between Minnesota’s Democratic governor and Ohio’s Republican senator, …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has put forward a series of constitutional amendments to the National Assembly, including a bold proposal for a rotational presidency between Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones. In a letter dated August 30, 2024, and addressed to Senator Barau Jibrin, Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Constitution Review, Atiku outlined his …