Author: Obianuju Nicole

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to extend the recently concluded Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) and voter data update exercise by one month to allow more eligible Nigerians to participate in the 2027 general elections. In a statement issued on Tuesday by its National Coordinator, […]

Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, on Tuesday described President Bola Tinubu as a detribalised leader committed to fostering national unity through fairness, merit and equal opportunities. Akume said the President’s administration places competence, character and patriotism above ethnic or religious considerations in governance. He spoke in Abuja while receiving […]

The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating the alleged establishment and operations of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) has heard claims that a businessman was defrauded of N400 million by the council’s purported Director-General, Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, under the guise of securing a government contract. The committee, chaired by Hon. Yusuf Gagdi, also […]

Former Vice President of Nigeria and Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar has condemned the allocation of ₦1.08 trillion to the Federal Cooperative College, Oji River, Enugu State, for the execution of 2,791 capital projects across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, describing it as a major distortion of […]

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has defended President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms, insisting the administration inherited a severely damaged economy that could not be repaired overnight. Speaking during his monthly media chat with selected television stations in Abuja on Tuesday, Wike argued that although the government’s economic policies had caused short-term […]