The Nigerian Government is yet to completely stop subsiding petroleum products in the country. According to the minister, President Muhammadu Buhari-administration has begun the process of deregulation of petroleum products. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday. “We are still trying to manage this ...

By Ikechukwu Amaechi To say that the police have for too long been the people’s bête noire is to say the fact. Yet, if there is any issue the #EndSARS protests which rocked the country in October brought to the fore, it is the other fact, which is, Nigerian policemen hold the wrong end of ...

Former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi has lambasted the current administration over its propensity to borrow for corruption and inability to cut government expenses. According to him, “The cost of governance is not acceptable, and there is too much waste. He made the remark during an appearance on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. “This recession is ...

The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has reported a second recession in five years for the Nigerian economy, this time far worse than that of 2016. The figures by NBS revealed that the economy shrank again in the third quarter of this year. The Muhammadu Buhari government has faltered on the economic front since 2015 ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday congratulated his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, on the occasion of the latter’s 63rd birthday. The president’s felicitations were contained in a statement signed by his spokesman, Femi Adesina. He thanked Jonathan for his service to the country and the African continent, including his work in helping to restore calm to the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi for defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The commendation was made on Wednesday in a statement issued by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, President Buhari said Umahi’s defection was based on principle rather than coercion. He noted that “with men like Umahi, I foresee ...

The Governors and leaders of the South-South geopolitical region have demanded for an unreserved apology from President Muhammadu Buhari for abruptly aborting a crucial stakeholders meeting scheduled to hold in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. The presidency had fixed a meeting for Tuesday with the Governors and other leaders of the region to discuss burning national ...

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipre Sylva, says Federal Government’s earnings, from oil and non-oil sectors coupled with low revenue receipts from the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), have dropped by 60 per cent, putting the nation’s economy under serious pressure. Sylva stated this after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday has described Mamman Daura as one of our worthiest gentlemen who is widely misunderstood by so many. According to a statement issued by the presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, President Buhari disclosed this while felicitating with Daura on the occasion of his 81st birthday. To the President, Daura is “a dedicated ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked Nigerian youths to keep the peace, saying that it is in their own interest to do so. Buhari made the call on Monday during a visit by the United Nations, UN, Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed to the Presidential Villa in Abuja. According to him, “It is in the interest of ...