Politics

President Muhammadu Buhari has come ut to say that the Finance Bill 2019 he sent to the National Assembly, when passed into law, will allow the government to raise Nigeria’s Value Added Tax (VAT) from 5 to 7.5 per cent. He revealed this when he presented the 2020 Appropriation Bill ...

The Peoples Democratic Party has come out to say that the N10.7 trillion 2020 budget presented by PMB to the National Assembly will make Nigerians poorer and will also mortgage the future of the country and its citizens. The opposition party also begged the legislature to redirect the fiscal proposal ...

The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has described the 2020 Budget presented to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari as a lot, but one that lacks substance. This is coming as it announced that it was heading for the court to challenge the planned increment in the Value ...

The General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has come out to say that “no ethnic group has the monopoly to rule Nigeria.” Tunde Bakare, who recently said he would succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in office come 2023, revealed that he hated when people said Nigerians from ...

The Presidency has said President Muhammadu Buhari will present the 2020 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly today, Tuesday, October 8th, 2019. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, revealed this at the end of an intense meeting of the ...

Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed has said the proposed Value Added Tax (VAT) increase will have a negative effect on consumption by urban communities and the richer sections of the population. Mrs Zainab, who disclosed this at the 25th Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja on ...

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has come out to say that a partnership between State Governors and the National Assembly is needed to redefine good governance in the interest of the masses. Ahmed Lawan revealed this when members of the Progressive Governor’s Forum comprising the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors met ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has blasted the widespread inequality in Nigeria, stating that a major portion of the nation’s wealth is in the hands of a few Nigerians. Speaking in Abuja, at the opening session of the 25th Nigerian Economic Summit, NES, Buhari revealed that these few rich Nigerians live in ...

Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege has asked Nigerians to unite with President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to end the security challenge in the country. Ovie, who particularly reached out to politicians to stop politicising security matters, said it is now compulsory for all hands to be on deck to ...

Governor Samuel Ortom has come out to say that he has zero plans to anoint anyone to succeed him. Speaking as he addressed PDP stakeholders yesterday in Makurdi, Ortom told them that he is leaving it to the party to name a worthy candidate for the governorship election in 2023. ...

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has said he deserves a second term in office because he has fulfilled most of his vows to Edo people. He said he also deserves another opportunity because he has to improve his developmental strides in the state. He said this when he received ...

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, on Friday, has vowed to give proper support to South African returnees of Ondo origin so that they can start new lives. Gov Rotimi, who received the returnees in his office, also gave them N100,000 cash each for resettlement activities in their several communities. ...

The Federal Government has stated reasons why it did not support a request by detained activist and convener of the RevolutionNow protest, Mr Omoyele Sowore, to be freed on bail pending the time his treason allegations will be resolved. In a recent statement, FG said that Sowore simply posed a ...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has come out to say Nigeria will remain one indivisible country no matter the problems we face. Femi said that Nigerians have a lot of reasons to not be divided and remain united for our collective benefit. As he ...

A youth group in Kogi State, Youth Alliance, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to rescue the state from “impunity and looming anarchy.” Youth Alliance said tension is everywhere ahead of the state’s governorship election scheduled for November 16, 2019. In a recent statement, Ade Onemola, Idowu Ipinmisho and Arome Idachaba, ...

Muhammadu Buhari has asked Nigerians in the diaspora to use their resources, skills and talents to assist the country. The president urged Nigerians living in South Africa to always remember that they represent some of the best human assets Nigeria has. He disclosed this at a town hall meeting with ...

The founder and Presiding Bishop of the Sword of the Spirit Ministries, Ibadan, Bishop Wale Oke has come out to say that Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo is not corrupt. He said as he received the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, led by Jadesola Ajibola, at the Covenant Arena, his church in ...

The Federal Government has wrapped up designs for the return of toll plazas on Federal roads, according to Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola. Fashola revealed this as he spoke to the State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday ...

Nigerian Senate has urged security agencies to improve their surveillance on the Bonny-Port-Harcourt waterways. The upper legislative chamber gave this order after a motion on piracy attacks on Bonny – Port-Harcourt waterways which was sponsored by Senator Betty Apiafi (PDP, Rivers West), on Thursday, October 3, 2019. The Senate also ...

Ex governor of Imo state, Owele Rochas Okorocha, has said he does not agree with having three senators per state. According to the successful politician, one senator from every state is enough. Rochas, who spoke at the plenary, said the number of lawmakers from every state has to be reduced ...