Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Wednesday said he inherited N8.98 billion debt in legal liabilities. He said this in Abuja at the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party held at its national secretariat. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Bola Tinubu, Vice…
Sen Neda Imasuen (LP-Edo), has described the President Bola Tinubu”s led administration as courageous and responsible. Imasuen representing the Edo South Senatorial District said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. He said this was so because the Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda was traceable, and lauded the…
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, Sen. Sani Musa, has assured that the Senate would produce legislation from the tax reform bills aimed at making Nigeria’s economy a trillion-dollar base. He added that President Bola Tinubu had tasked the National Assembly with this goal and that the legislature was committed to creating a…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that impartial electoral commissions and non-partisan security operatives are key to conducting credible elections in the West African sub-region. Jonathan made this statement on Tuesday in Abuja during his address at a two-day Reflection Conference on Democratic Elections in West Africa. The theme of the conference was ‘Strengthening Democratic…
Prof Obiora Okonkwo, an Anambra All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant, has expressed confidence in winning the Anambra governorship election and bringing the South-East into the APC fold. Okonkwo made this statement on Tuesday in Abuja after submitting his Expression of Interest and Nomination forms for the Anambra off-cycle governorship election. The News Agency of…
The Senate on Tuesday referred Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP-Kogi) to its Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions over alleged disorderly conduct during a recent plenary session. The committee, chaired by Sen. Neda Imaseun (LP, Edo), was mandated to turn in its findings in two weeks. The upper chamber’s resolution was sequel to a voice…
Former House of Representatives member from Bayelsa, Israel Sunny-Goli, has stated that the country is safe under President Bola Tinubu and does not need any rescue. Sunny-G0li made the remark in a statement on Tuesday in Yenagoa while reacting to the former Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai’s proposal for a Northern- South-South alliance to rescue…
Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, has described the Saturday’s local government elections in the state as “a mere waste of tax payers’ money.” Oyintiloye, a member of defunct APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), made the remark while speaking with newsmen on Tuesday in Osogbo. He noted that…
Gov Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has said that he was not under any illusions that the task ahead of his administration was going to be easy. Aiyedatiwa said this on Monday in Akure at his inauguration as the governor, but expressed confidence that with the continued support and cooperation of the people of the…
President of Senate, Godswill Akpabio has urged Nigerians to embrace the tax reform bills, saying that reforming Nigeria’s tax administration was the country’s future prosperity. Akpabio said this in Abuja on Monday at the beginning of a two-day public hearing organised by the Senate Committee on Finance on the proposed four tax reform bills. The…
