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<strong>Buhari Set To Sign 2023 Budget On Tuesday – Lawan</strong>

31Dec

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Finance, Legislature, News, Nigeria

Buhari Set To Sign 2023 Budget On Tuesday – Lawan

The 2023 appropriation bill will on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, be signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari. This was disclosed by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, to state house correspondents after meeting with Buhari on Friday. This follows the passage of a 21.83 trillion budget for the 2023 fiscal year by the house of representatives and senate. Both chambers of the national assembly increased the budget spending by N1.33 trillion from the proposed N20.51 trillion to N2.83 trillion. President Buhari had proposed a $70 per barrel oil benchmark but the legislators while passing the medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF), raised it to $73 per barrel. Other parameters included daily oil production estimate of 1.69 million barrels (inclusive of condensates of 300,...

<strong>Why Some People Don’t Support Me – Peter Obi</strong>

31Dec

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Why Some People Don’t Support Me – Peter Obi

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, has said that there will be danger if all Nigerians support his presidential bid. Obi, however, stated that those who led the country to its present economic and socio-economic woes were the ones against his ambition. He said this in Enugu, the Enugu State capital shortly after he signed the condolence register of late President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof. George Obiozor, at the National Secretariat of Ohanaeze. Obi said, “What is happening is that some people have different opinions, everybody should not support me and everybody will not support me. In fact, if everybody supports me, there is danger. Some will disagree. See Also: I Warned Obi To Withdraw, Says Arthur Eze Backs Atiku “Some people have ...

<strong>Why I Refused To Join Politics – Actor Nkem Owoh</strong>

28Dec

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Movies and Films, News, Nigeria

Why I Refused To Join Politics – Actor Nkem Owoh

Nkem Owoh, a veteran Nollywood actor, has said that he refused to join politics despite pressure from several quarters because he might get to heights where he will succumb to pressure and become infected by the ‘disease’ affecting Nigeria’s political system. Owoh in an interview with Midweek Entertainment described himself as a fearless person, noting that he avoided politics because he likes using his personality to brighten people’s moods. Commenting on the 2023 election, he said, “I will just go and vote. I have tried to reject Nigerian politics in its entirety even though I know there are still some good people inside the polity, but the system is like a diseased mesh. “People have tried to draw me into politics but I know that if I put my head into it, I will be infecte...

<strong>I Warned Obi To Withdraw, Says Arthur Eze Backs Atiku</strong>

27Dec

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Elections, News, Nigeria

I Warned Obi To Withdraw, Says Arthur Eze Backs Atiku

Prince Arthur Eze, a business mogul from Anambra State has said that he warned Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi to withdraw from the 2023 presidential race. Eze said he does not support Obi’s presidential bid because he has seen that the former Anambra State Governor does not have the capacity to win majority votes in the Southwest and in the North. He disclosed these at the 2022 Ofala Festival of the traditional ruler of Ukpo, in Dunukofia Local Government Area of Anambra State on Monday. The business mogul made the remarks in the presence of Governor Chukwuma Soludo, traditional rulers, women groups, and prominent people of the State. He backed the presidential aspiration of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Atiku Abubakar, noting that h...

<strong>God Will Bless Your Presidential Aspiration, Ortom Tells Obi</strong>

26Dec

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Elections, News, Nigeria

God Will Bless Your Presidential Aspiration, Ortom Tells Obi

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has asked God to bless the presidential ambition of Labour Party, LP, candidate, Peter Obi. He said this while lauding Obi for visiting camps of the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in the State on Christmas day. Ortom while speaking in Makurdi described Obi as the best man to deliver Nigeria from its problems. He said, “Several presidential candidates have come here, and none of them have chosen to visit those the IDPs camps and look at their plight to see how they are doing and give them hope that when they win, they will bring them succor, help, and hope. “For you to have chosen to visit the IDPs on a Christmas day that you should be celebrating with your family, for me as a Christian, I say God will bless you and your aspirations. ...

<strong>Buhari Stopped Me From Seeking EFCC Probe Of Corruption – Osinbajo</strong>

25Dec

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Corruption, News, Nigeria

Buhari Stopped Me From Seeking EFCC Probe Of Corruption – Osinbajo

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said that President Muhammadu Buhari stopped him from directing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to look into fraud allegations against him. The House of Representatives ad hoc committee on emergency and disaster preparedness had in 2018 indicted the board of National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA. They accused the board chaired by the Vice-President of illegal approval of N5.8 billion north-east intervention fund. A member of the green chamber had claimed that some members of the house are collating signatures to start impeachment of the vice-president. In 2020, Osinbajo was reported to have collected N4 billion from Ibrahim Magu, former acting boss of the EFCC. The vice-president had labeled the claim “baseless” ...

<strong>Return Govt Vehicles In Your Custody – Osun Govt Tells Oyetola, Wife, Former Aides </strong>

24Dec

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News, Nigeria

Return Govt Vehicles In Your Custody – Osun Govt Tells Oyetola, Wife, Former Aides

Gboyega Oyetola, the immediate past Osun State Governor, his wife, Kafayat Oyetola, and other former aides have been asked to return without delay, official vehicles in their possession. The directive was issued by the Asset Recovery Panel of the Osun State Government on Friday in Osogbo, the State capital. The directive was contained in a statement signed by Olawole Rasheed, the spokesperson to the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke. According to the Asset Recovery Panel headed by Bashiru Tokunbo Salam, the vehicles are worth N2.9 billion, noting that the former officials had taken vehicles without any legal backing for such action. The statement read, “As at today, there is no law that authorised any elected or appointed officials to go with state vehicles after comple...

<strong>2023 Election: Atiku To Win Without G-5 Govs – Campaign Council </strong>

24Dec

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Elections, News, Nigeria

2023 Election: Atiku To Win Without G-5 Govs – Campaign Council

The loyalists of the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar have predicted his electoral victory ahead of next year’s election. They expressed optimism that Abubakar will win with or without the support of the five governors who have currently excused themselves from the party’s campaign. The Director of Strategic Communication, National Election Management Committee of the PDP Presidential Campaign Committee, Chief Dele Momodu, in an interview with Punch said that Atiku had set himself apart from other presidential candidates. He said, “There is no candidate today that can stop Atiku Abubakar from becoming President of Nigeria. None of the candidates has his pedigree, exposure, competence, temperament, and network. He has paid his dues, ...

<strong>231,900 PVCs Yet To Be Collected In Gombe – INEC</strong>

22Dec

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Elections, News, Nigeria

231,900 PVCs Yet To Be Collected In Gombe – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said that not less than 231,900 Permanent Voter Cards were pending collection in Gombe State. The Residential Electoral Commissioner in the State, Umar Ibrahim, disclosed this during a briefing at the Commission’s office on Wednesday, noting that the figure was valid as of Tuesday. Ibrahim stated that the figure of PVCs pending collection was based on the previous registration for the 2019 elections, asking the registrants to ensure they collect their PVCs to vote in the 2023 elections. The REC said, “The total number of uncollected PVCs in Gombe State as of December 20, 2022, is 231,900. “I urge you to join us in calling on those who registered, transferred, updated their biodata, or requested for replacement of the...

<strong>‘I Respect Your Decision’ – Obi Reacts To Okupe’s Resignation</strong>

21Dec

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

‘I Respect Your Decision’ – Obi Reacts To Okupe’s Resignation

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, has accepted the resignation of Doyin Okupe – the Director General of his Campaign Organisation. Recall that Okupe had on Tuesday resigned from his decision. His decision to resign followed the judgment by the Federal High Court in Abuja that found him guilty of going against the money laundering Act. Okupe had in a letter addressed to Obi said, “Dear Peter, you will recall that I briefed you yesterday about my personal travails in seeking justice and clearing my name using the Nigerian legal system to pursue same. “I have invested too much in your campaign to allow my personal travails to become a source of distraction. See Also: Why Obasanjo and I Are Supporting Peter Obi – Ayo Adebanjo “In the circumsta...