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A report by the Auditor-General of the Federation, submitted to the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts, has uncovered another alleged N44.2bn non-remittance, N88.2bn frivolous spending and other infractions by the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority. The audit queries demanded full explanations from the management of the NPA on its audited accounts for the 2017 financial year. The committee,...

  Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, will tomorrow join the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), multiple sources have confirmed. This is just as PDP has instituted a legal action to stop the Zamfara governor from dumping their party. Barring any delay, it was gathered that the suit filed by some PDP chieftains against Matawalle’s defection would be...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) will begin sales of forms for its congresses on July 1. The APC Director of Organisation, Prof. Al-Mustapha Medaner, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Medaner said the decision followed the approval of activities by the party’s Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC). He said the purchase of forms for ward congresses would take place...

Following the issues around the Federal Government’s ban of Twitter in the country, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has described social media as the most potent weapon for good and evil, which must be regulated. He said though the constitution had guaranteed freedom of speech and expression, it must not, however, be at the expensive of...

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Friday received the Senator representing Delta North Senatorial District, Peter Nwaoboshi as he defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Senator Nwaoboshi was presented to the President by the Chairman of the APC Caretaker Committee and governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, at the First Lady’s Conference Room,...

THE Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, SAN, said yesterday that N24 billion had been paid out to beneficiaries under the 774,000 special public works scheme as at June 24, 2021. He also said that 413,630 Nigerians, drawn from rural communities and mostly itinerant workers in different local government areas, have received their payments form the social...

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, fixed September 27, for the determination of a suit challenging the nationality of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The suit was filed by the Incorporated Trustees of the Egalitarian Mission for Africa, querying the citizenship of Abubakar, through its counsel, Akinola Oladimeji, who informed the court that he was not prepared...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said there are no factions in the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). This is as the commission also denied reports that it disqualified the party from participating in the November 6 Anambra State governorship election. Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, said this on Thursday...

Gunmen broke into Hilltop Hotel at Tunga Maje in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Wednesday night and abducted some guests and the owner of the hotel. The hotel owner, who was identified as Prince Adejo and six other people where said to be holding a meeting inside his hotel when the gunmen struck. Tungan-Maje has been witnessing series of kidnapping...

President Muhammadu Buhari will today depart Abuja for London for a scheduled medical follow-up. Buhari, according to a statement by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, is due back in Nigeria during the second week of July 2021. The president had, on March 30, 2021, left Nigeria for his first medical trip in over a year and returned home on April 15. Protesters stormed...