Governors under the umbrella of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) say they were not voted into power to only pay salaries. They say their mandate also...
The operations of the Nigeria Police Force is to be decentralized for more effectiveness in the face of challenging internal security situation in the country. This...
The federal government Wednesday confirmed the approval of the transfer of $650 million (about N198.9 billion) to the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) as seed funding...
It has been revealed that several revenue generating agencies in Nigeria shortchanged the government of N526 billion and $21 billion between 2010 to 2015. This was...
Will the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) grant the request of Senate President Bukola Saraki and some of its former members for a name change before rejoining...
The Peoples Democratic Party is considering the possibility of changing its name before the conduct of 2019 general elections, The PUNCH has learnt. Investigations by The...
Despite the resolutions agreed to at the meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday, not all stakeholders appear...
Rather than go away, tenure elongation is still haunting the All Progressives Congress (APC). Some of its members yesterday cried out over the content of a...
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) which has rejected a tenure elongation for its national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun-Oyegun and other members of the National Working...
There is no love lost between President Muhammdu Buhari and those canvassing for tenure elongation for members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee...
The National Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress will today (Monday) at its meeting take a final decision on the tenure of the Chief John...
The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will constitute a committee to review its decision to extend the tenure of its national leadership and...
With the 2019 elections barely a year away, high stakes politicking have taken centre stage at the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), where President Muhammadu Buhari...
Famous American billionaire businessman and philanthropist, Bill Gates has said the present economic plan of the Muhammadu Buhari administration cannot address the unique needs of Nigerians....
The noticeable divide in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over the tenure of its national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, seems to be growing wider with...
More facts emerged yesterday on the fate of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The process of extending party executives’ tenure...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the formation of a new committee to look into the rebuilding of communities affected by the herdsmen-farmers violence in affected states...
As part of efforts to bring to an end the herdsmen killings in the country, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is now chairing a committee comprising of...
Amidst widespread calls for probe of earlier support fund releases to states primarily for payment of salaries to workers, the Federal Government said Thursday that it...
An Ad-Hoc Committee of the National Economic Council (NEC) has reported that a number of revenue-generating agencies may have significantly under remitted returns to the Federation...
Ahead of tomorrow’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the party’s national caucus will hold crucial talks with President Muhammadu Buhari...
State governments will in no distant future receive the third tranche of the Paris Club loan refunds. The National Economic Council (NEC) is expected to give...
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has fixed Tuesday, October 24, for its national executive committee meeting, The PUNCH learnt on Thursday. Authoritative...
It has been a few years since students in Nigerian had to deal with long-term strikes; and just at the moment we thought the era of...
The Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday presided over the National Economic Council (NEC) Meeting held at the Council Chamber Abuja. Photos: Courtesy Presidency...
Governor Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna state on Thursday chaired the National Economic Council (NEC) Adhoc Committee meeting on the management of ecological fund account. Among those...
The possibility of Nigeria ending up as a one party state in 2019 has continued to move from speculations to reality with the worsening crisis rocking...
President Muhammadu Buhari has sanctioned payment of a second release of London-Paris refunds to governors to enable them settle unpaid salaries and pension liabilities of their...
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN has suspended plans to hold a Christian Day of Mourning this Sunday. A statement by the National Secretary of CAN,...
The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has hailed the Department of State Services (DSS) for its vigilance, which led to the arrest of suspected Boko Haram members...
Defaulting revenue collecting banks have refunded N4.2 billion to the Federation Account, the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, has disclosed. RMAFC’s acting Chairman, Shettima Gana,...
In an effort to diversify the nation’s revenue profile, the National Economic Council (NEC) on Tuesday endorsed a plan to increase the contribution of the solid...
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said that the Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government is yet to decide on the sale of national...
Timi Frank, Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has asked the leadership of the party to call for National Executive Committee (NEC)...
State governors have approved the sale of national assets as proposed by the economic management team to steer the nation out of economic recession. The idea...
Senator Ali Modu Sheriff has described as null and void as well as a continuation of impunity, resolutions taken at the National Executive Committee (NEC), meeting...
As the economic crisis in the country bits harder, five state have reportedly met the 22 stringent conditions given by the Federal Government to be able...
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, Friday remained adamant in its opposition to Wednesday’s increase in the pump price of petrol, as it asked the...
Despite agitations and threats by the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the South West geo-political zone, the National Executive Committee, NEC, of the...
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, Tuesday, hit at President Muhammadu Buhari, describing him as clueless and incompetent. The governor also said that God is angry with...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday opened a 2-day National Economic Council (NEC) retreat in Abuja. The president in his keynote address stated that decisions reached at...
In from Ali Smart… The former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has refuted claims of spending $2.1 billion out...
Trouble looms in the nation’s universities as the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike over what it...
The Young Democratic Party has stated that it would only wave its insistence on contesting the elections, if the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) assured that...
