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A’Court ruling on Abure declaratory, no room for factions in LP – Spokesman
The National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Obiora Ifoh, in this exclusive interview with ADEBAYO FOLORUNSHO-FRANCIS, discusses the party’s internal wrangling, including the controversial Ne...
Don’t take side in Rivers PDP crisis, pro-Fubara camp tells police
The faction of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara has warned the state police command against taking sides in the crisis rocking the party. The camp also ...
33 years after, C’River resumes work on abandoned FG road
The Cross River State government has revealed that significant progress has been achieved on the 33-year-old Adiabo-Eseku road project, abandoned during the military administration of late General San...
FG defends tariff hike amid legal threats from SERAP, subscribers
The Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, on Tuesday defended the decision to approve a 50 per cent tariff hike for telecom services, despite widespread backlash a...
S’Court hears Wike, Fubara loyalists’ appeals February 10
The Supreme Court has scheduled February 10, 2025, to hear two separate suits filed by the All Progressives Congress, challenging the validity of the local government elections conducted in Rivers Sta...
Ex-LP chair denies alleged sponsorship of IPOB, threatens legal action
A former acting state chairman of the Labour Party in Abia State, Kelechi Madugba has described as untrue a petition/publication alleging that he sponsors the activities of the Indigenous Peoples of B...
Rural areas suffer blackout despite N14bn power spending
Despite spending more than N14.36 billion on alternative sources of electricity for rural areas across the federation in 2024, the Federal Government proposed to spend N1.3 trillion to deepen its effo...
Nigeria’s public debt hits N142tn as borrowing rises
Nigeria’s total public debt rose to N142.3 trillion as of September 30, 2024, representing an increase of 5.97 per cent (N8.02tn) compared to N134.3tn in June 2024. The debt, comprising external and d...
Tinubu has steered economy in right direction – Bagudu
The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, said on Tuesday that President Bola Tinubu had steered the economy in the right direction and was determined to stay the course. ...