January 2022

The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Kayode Fayemi, has clarified that the decision to remove or retain fuel subsidy is not in the hands of State Governors.

Mr Fayemi made the remark during a press briefing after a meeting of the Governors.

The Ekiti State Governor said the forum has ‘concluded to engage the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress on how best to address this issue without causing any disaffection but with a view to salvaging the Nigerian economy for the Nigerian people.’

However, he argued that the decision wasn’t …

The Nigerian Presidency has explained that President Muhammadu Buhari attended the inauguration of Adama Barrow, the Gambian President for a second term, in Banjul as a mark of Nigeria’s strong commitment towards the entrenchment of democracy and good governance in The Gambia and the West African sub-region.

A presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, in a statement, said Nigeria supported the entrenchment of democracy and good governance in The Gambia following the refusal of Yahya Jammeh the former leader, to surrender power after losing an election and has remained resolute in ensuring that democracy is sustained in the country.

Shehu said Buhari’s …

Jigawa State Governor, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC), will continue to remain united and stronger even after the tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.

The governor stated this when he featured on Newsnight, a programme on Channels Television monitored by Africa Daily News, New York yesterday.

The governor stated this while responding to the opposition’s expectations that the ruling party will crash after President Buhari leaves office in 2023.

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He explained that APC was formed by a group of people …

The Nigerian National Assembly yesterday re-amended the Electoral Act Amendment Bill as it approved both direct and indirect primaries which were the contentious areas before now.

Both chambers made the re-amendment in separate plenary sessions. In the Senate, the lawmakers also added the consensus clause for the nomination of candidates by political parties for elective positions.

In a statement, the upper chamber equally noted that ‘a political party that adopts the direct primaries procedure shall ensure that all aspirants are given equal opportunity of being voted for by members of the party’.

On Clause 84(4), it read that ‘a political …

Nigeria’s Senate President, Senator Ahmed Lawan has submitted that President Muhammadu Buhari did not at any point direct anyone in his administration to implement the removal of petroleum subsidy.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed, had last October, announced that the federal government made provision for petrol subsidy only for the first six months of 2022 as the government looked towards complete deregulation of the sector.

However, while speaking with reporters after meeting with the president at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday, Lawan said he told Buhari …

The wife of the Nigerian President, Aisha Buhari, has charged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to go beyond ‘lip service’ and ensure more women occupy strategic positions in the party going forward.

Aisha stated this while speaking at the maiden edition of the APC national women conference which was held in Abuja on Tuesday.

According to her, as the country prepares for the general elections in 2023, the future of Nigeria depends on the potential of women.

‘Since 2015, I’ve had the privilege of engaging women across the country. My conviction is that Nigeria’s future is entirely dependent on …