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Expert lists demerits of delayed budget passage, decries Thursday’s postponement

Development economist, Dr. ken Igboanugo, has decried what he described as dumping of national interest for party activities by the National Assembly following the cancellation of Thursday’s plenary to allow members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus to prepare…

2019: At last, Obasanjo’s CNM metamorphoses to political party unveiled as ADC

Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM), conceptualized by former President Olusegun Obasanjo shortly after his open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on why he should forget seeking re-election in 2019 general election on Thursday, upgraded to a political party to be…

PDP bombs APC, avers Buhari too ‘unwell’ to govern, run for re-election next year

Leading Nigeria’s  opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said President Muhammadu Buhari is unfit to run the country after he again, left for London on medical grounds. The 75-year-old former military ruler had last year spent five months…

Ahead of 2019: WAKE UP O’ KING, YOUR KINGDOM IS DYING!

By Chuks Akamadu Many many years ago, Sunny Okosuns was forced to sing “Which Way Nigeria…?” In the same milieu, a compatriot of his named Peterside Otong, under similar circumstances also had to tearfully ask, in one of his songs,…

APC chairmanship aspirant, Timi Frank asks Buhari to apologize to Nigerian youths

Beyond the weekend’s excitements at the Presidential Villa over the return of President Muhammadu Buhari from London after the Commonwealth heads of Government meeting, the current Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank,…

Atiku reacts to Buhari’s remarks, says I will never refer to Nigeria’s youths as lazy

…New campaign spokesman, Keyamo still mute Whereas the newly appointed spokesman for the Buhari 2019 re-election campaign organization, Mr. Festus Keyamo (SAN), is yet to make any response, surging volume of reactions have continued to trial President Muhammadu Buhari’s remarks…

Buhari may not discuss re-election bid in UK, US, but may meet support groups

Indications emerged on Monday after President Muhammadu Buhari’s meeting with British Prime Minister; Theresa May in London that issues surrounding his recently declared ambition for second term bid may not surface throughout his current trip unless meetings with Diaspora support…

ERGP’s focus Labs designed to remove bottlenecks impeding investments—Buhari

More details have emerged Wednesday on why the federal government launched the Focus Labs for the nation’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP). President Muhammadu Buhari had on Tuesday unveiled the scheme, saying it will among other things; remove the…

2019: When retired Generals say don’t override national interest with selfishness…

Few days after former leader and General of the Nigerian Army, Dr. Olusegun Obasanjo had written President Muhammadu Buhari to bury his 2019 re-election bid, another tactical General and former leader, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, has cautioned the President to…

FG selling crude with no allocation for local refineries since Jan 15—KRPC

Barely few days after President Muhammadu Buhari decried the far below installed capacity productivity of all four national refineries which was against his 2015 electoral promises, indications have emerged that one of the causes of the current fuel scarcity is…