President Muhammadu Buhari has predicted that the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima, will win the 2023 presidential election. Garba Shehu, the president’s spokesman, said Buhari made the prediction when he received Sen. Kashim Shettima, the running mate and vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress at the State House, Abuja, on Wednesday. Shehu said the president struck a chord of humour while responding to a flowery speech by Shettima, saying, “I will respond to your speech when I am handing over to you and your boss. God willing, you…
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The House of Representatives has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to address delays arising from instant (Inter-Bank) Electronic Funds Transfer Services in Nigeria. The call was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Mohammed Bello (APC-Kano) at plenary on Wednesday. Moving the motion, Bello said that pursuant to Sections 2(d), 33(I)b) and 47(2) of the CBN Act, 2007, the apex bank is saddled with the duty and responsibility of promoting a sound financial system in Nigeria. According to him, the CBN via a circular dated Sept. 13, 2018 issued a regulation on instant (Inter-Bank) Electronic…
Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved contract worth N6 billion as augmentation for the Chochi irrigation project in Adamawa as well as N1.4billion for procurement of aviation equipment. Ministers of Water Resources and his Aviation counterpart, Sulieman Adamu and Hadi Sirika said this while briefing State House Correspondents at the end of the Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday. Adamu said: “As you know the trend with us since the inception of this administration has been to lay emphasis on completion of ongoing projects that we inherited. “This project started in 1988 during Petroleum Trust…
By Salisu Ibrahim Democracy, as always, they say is a government of the people, by the people and for the people. Democracy, thrives only when the votes of the people , and or rather the electorate absolutely count. In essence and as it is globally accepted, democracy or civilian form of leadership is the most sought after form of leadership where power belongs to the electorate. Any other form of leadership is therefore is definitely and vehemently largely despised by all well meaning citizens of their countries and indeed the whole world. In democracy, numbers also glaringly count as it…
A presidential candidate in the July 16 2022 Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) elections, Joe-Kyari Gadzama, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria has demanded that the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA) allows immediate audit of the election and sever. ASHENEWS recalls that Gadzama came second to the winner, Yakubu Maikyau, also a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. However, Gadzama in a statement on Wednesday, noted that in the pre-election, his agent, Andrew Madaki tested the vulnerability of the website, electionbuddy.com which was used for the conduct of the NBA National polls but found that it was susceptible to manipulation. “The report which…
Nigeria’s national grid on Wednesday suffered another system collapse resulting in blackout in many parts of the country. A statement by the Head, Corporate Communication of Kaduna Electric Company (KAEDCO), Abdulazeez Abdullahi said the collapse occurred at 11.28am. KAEDCO’s franchise include Kaduna, Zamfara, Sokoto and Kebbi states. “We regret to inform our customers that the power failure currently being experienced is as of the collapse of the National Grid which occurred by 11:28 this morning. “We hereby assure our esteemed customers of restoration of normal power supply as soon as TCN restore supply to us. “We sincerely regret the inconveniences…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented a Certificate of Return (CoR) to Osun governor-elect, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The presentation of the certificate came about 72 hours after Adeleke was declared the winner of the Saturday governorship poll. Adeleke polled 403,371 votes to defeat the incumbent Gov. Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who polled 375,027 votes. The INEC National Commissioner supervising Osun, Ogun, and Oyo States, Prof. Kunle Ajayi, who presented the certificate to Adeleke, also presented another certificate of return to the deputy governor-elect, Mr Kola Adewusi. Ajayi, commended…
Mr Festus Osifo has been elected as the new President General of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC). Osifo was elected as the preferred candidate at the 12th Triennial National Delegates’ Conference of the Congress on Wednesday in Abuja. The theme of the 2022 Conference: “The Working Class Amidst the Challenges of National Security, Unemployment and Democratic Development.” Osifo, who is also the National President of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), is expected to pilot the affairs of the labour trade centre for the next three years. Mr Shehu Mohammed, the returning officer while announcing…
A Master Baker, Mr Thomas Odey on Wednesday said that quality bread in Nigeria was gradually becoming exclusive to the rich in the society because of its cost. Odey disclosed this in an interview in Calabar while reacting to the high cost of flour and other condiments for the production of bread and other confectioneries. The baker, who is the Director of Canaan Delight Bakery, Nigeria Limited, said the cost of producing bread had become extremely high that a lot of bakeries in Calabar were either shut down or contemplating to do so. “Today, quality bread has become the food…
President Muhammadu Buhari says a total of 266 ecological projects have been completed across the country in the last seven years (2015-2022). The president disclosed this at the inauguration of a compendium of ecological projects undertaken by his administration shortly before the commencement of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday in Abuja. He said 332 ecological projects were approved during the period under review, out of which, 266 were accomplished, while 66 are at different stages of completion. He commended the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and the Management Team of the Ecological Project Office (EPO)…