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Ex-presidential candidate and major opponent to MKO Abiola in the June 12, 1993 Nigeria presidential election, Alhaji Bashir Othman Tofa is reportedly dead. The former presidential candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC) according to family sources, died in the early hours of Monday after a brief illness. Confirming his death, one of Tofa’s…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on Nigerians, especially workers to gear up for total opposition against any hike in the pump prices of petrol and electricity tariff. The Union also directed its workers in Zamfara, Taraba, Benue, Kogi, Cross Rivers, Abia and Imo states to commence indefinite strikes over the new national minimum…

President Muhammadu Buhari signed a record setting N17.13 trillion appropriation bill for the year 2022, on Friday 31st of December, 2021. Present with him were Ahmed Lawan, the President of the Senate, Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, Budget, and National planning. This was done…

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that in this new year, his administration will take bold and strategic steps to finally bring insecurity to an end in Nigeria. He mentioned this in the 2022 New Year speech. The president went on to disclose that his administration is currently partnering with neighbouring African countries, as well…

The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise, a leading economic institution has raised concerns about the Federal Government’s monetary and foreign exchange policies, warning that such rigidities around the policies will make the nation prone to an economic decline in the coming year. The economic concerns were conveyed in the institution’s ‘2022 Economic Outlook’…

The year 2022 should usher in a new era of peace and reconciliation among political parties and stakeholders in the state and the country in general according to Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State The governor also said the next few months should also be for internal democracy to flourish where political parties are…

The President of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmed Lawan has assured Nigerians that the Electoral Act amendment Bill and review of 1999 constitution will top the National Assembly’s agenda in the coming year. Lawan disclosed this on Friday in his New Year message to Nigerians, assuring Nigerians that the lawamakers would find a wayforward on the…

As the whole world is preparing to cross over from 2021 to 2022 Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has said the year 2022 will usher in hope, restoration and peace in Nigeria even as he praised the people for their resilience in the face of daunting security and economic challenges in the year 2021….