Obi to Senate: Exonerate self of N3.7tr budget scam
Senate President Godswill Akpabio | File Image Exonerate self of N3.7tr budget scam, Obi tells Senate leadership Fresh allegations have also cropped up over indiscriminate and unbalanced allocation of constituency projects by the Senate leadership By Valentine Amanze The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi, has joined other […]
Senate: Ningi bags three months suspension over budget padding claims
Senator Abdul Ningi represents Bauchi Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly | File Image Akpabio, who described Ningi’s offences as “grievous”, conducted a voice vote during which most of the lawmakers voted in support of Ningi’s suspension for three months. By Yahaya Ahmed The Senate leadership of Godswill Akpabio has suspended Senator Abdul Ningi […]
Why opposition is weak in National Assembly, by Shehu Sani
Senator Shehu Sani | File Image ‘When I publicly disclosed the salaries and running costs of lawmakers, it was the then Senate president who saved me from suspension’ By Valentine Amanze Senator Shehu Sani has said that the fear of suspension has made the opposition very weak in the National Assembly. Sani, who represented Kaduna […]
Northern youths slam EFCC over campaign of calumny against Yahaya Bello
EFCC officials | File Image Say EFCC becoming tool to humiliate ex-govs By Ahmed Musa Kogi State ex-governor, Yahaya Bello | File Image Youths in the Northern Nigeria, under the aegis of the Northern Youths Movement (NYM), have described as dangerous, the seeming use of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as instrument to […]
Fani-Kayode lambasts Ndigbo, alleges support for Israel against Palestine
Femi Fani-Kayode | File Image ‘During the course of the Nigerian civil war we [Nigerians] bombed and starved to death three million of them in the space of three years including one million of their children’ By Valentine Amanze The All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain and former minister facing corruption charges, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, has […]
Should we blame Tinubu?
President Bola Tinubu | File Image ‘Tinubu’s confused tenure exacerbated matters by adding fuel to Buhari’s already consuming fire, unlike what an Obi presidency could have achieved in alleviating them by extinguishing the flames’ By Val Obienyem The undeniable truth is that 99% of Nigeria’s current challenges stem from General Muhammadu Buhari’s presidency, marked by […]
How Obi stood by us on Geometric Power Project – Nnaji
Peter Obi | Image: Trumpet ‘I am therefore convinced that the Aba IPP will contribute immeasurably to the growth and productivity of the industrial city of Aba and its environs, which is a very significant step in our vision of moving our nation from the present state of consumption to the desirable state of production’ […]
Dogara pleads with Nigerians over hardship
Dogara with his supporters at the event | Image: Ahmed Ahmed .Says don’t put Nigeria into flame, pray for leaders ‘We have no other country to run to if we set Nigeria on fire. It is true there is anger across the country because of hunger, but we must tread with caution’ By Ahmed Ahmed […]
Nigeria stagnated by lack of planning – Babangida Aliyu
Babangida Aliyu | File Image ‘There is the need to plan on how to protect our environment for renewable energy and mechanized farming for local consumption and for export purposes’ By Mohammed Usman Niger State former Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has said that Nigeria is stagnated by lack of planning in every sector of […]
Utilise N1.1tr hardship alleviation fund on productive ventures, Obi tells governors
Peter Obi | File Image .Governors deny receipt of N1.1tr ‘We must stop throwing our scarce and borrowed resources at immediate problems, and consumption, but rather through an articulated plan, invest aggressively in production, in a clear, visible,e and transparent manner, in which people can see the future benefits’ By Valentine Amanze The Labour Party […]
