Sen. Bola Tinubu, who is running for president on the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that he is sure he will win the 2023 election. Tinubu made the statement while speaking at the 7th Kaduna Investment Summit on Saturday in Kaduna. Should he be elected president, he would address every problem Read More…
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FG unveils COP27 logo, states aims and aspirations
The Federal Government unveiled the COP27 National Logo and outlined its key goals for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on Friday (UNFCCC). In Abuja, the Minister of Environment, Mr. Mohammed Abdullahi, unveiled the Logo while addressing reporters about the Conference of Parties’ 27th session preparations (COP27). According to Abdullahi, the conference will Read More…
Federal candidate Ichaver suspends campaign to focus on flood calamity
Ier Jonathan-Ichaver, ADC federal candidate for Kwando/Ushongo Constituency in Benue State, has postponed her electioneering campaign for one week in solidarity with victims of floods in Nigeria caused by the release of the Lagdo Dam in northern Cameroon. In a statement titled “ONE WEEK SUSPENSION OF MY CAMPAIGN: FLOODS IN NIGERIA,” the candidate said that Read More…
Minister: Unbundling NRC will improve rail services
When the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) is split up by the Federal Government, its services will be more effective and efficient. Mu’azu Sambo, the Minister of Transportation, stated this during a courtesy call from NRC Governing Board members in Abuja. This is according to a statement published by Dr. Sam Idiagbonya, Sambo’s Special Assistant on Read More…
ASUU ”conditionally” calls off 8-month old strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has temporarily called off the eight-month-long strike, LM is now able to confirm. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, who used to be the president of the union, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday. ”The union will issue a statement to Read More…
Labour Party to publish supplemental campaign council list, removes Wabba, Osifo
To correct the mistaken inclusion of Ayuba Wabba and Festus Osifo, Labour Party (LP) has stated it will produce a fresh list of its Campaign Council members. This was announced at the conclusion of LP’s Expanded National Working Committee (NWC) meeting in Abuja by the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure. Abure claims that the party’s Read More…
ASUU has called off its strike?
It appears that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called a halt to its eight-month strike. Even though the union has yet to make an official statement, media reports say that the decision was made at the end of the National Executive Council meeting on Thursday at the ASUU secretariat in Abuja. “Yes, Read More…
Appeal Court frees Nnamdi Kanu, says extradition to Nigeria illegal
The three-man panel led by Justice Jummai Hanatu said Kanu had no case to answer anymore since the Federal High Court had no jurisdiction to try the case in the first place. The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has discharged all charges against the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu. The Read More…
FG authorises MTN’s N202.8bn tax to finish Enugu-Onitsha Expressway
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved MTN Nigeria PLC, a telecommunications operator, finishing the ongoing Enugu-Onitsha expressway at a cost of N202.8 billion using the Federal Government’s Tax Credit Scheme. This information was provided to the State House reporters by Minister of Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Police Affairs Maigari Dingiyadi, and Read More…
ADC’s Jonathan-Ichaver unveils 48 community projects in Benue
Ier Jonathan-Ichaver, who is running for the House of Representatives seat for Kwande/Ushongo Federal Constituency in Benue State on the platform of the African Democratic Congress, has started a plan to finish 48 impact projects in 26 communities in her constituency within a year. Ms. Jonathan-Ichaver announced the scheme, titled 48@48, on the occasion of Read More…