The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said it will monitor political parties’ campaigns and expenses and pay special attention to the observance of limits on party and candidate finance for the 2023 general elections to ensure compliance with the laws.
Thousands of travellers and residents of Lokoja, Kogi State capital are currently stranded as the city has been overrun by heavy flooding.
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the leadership of the National Assembly to stop the practice of approving a special budget for government enterprises by committees of the parliament.
The amount paid on rentals for Sukuk bonds has risen from N8.17bn in the first quarter of 2022 to N33.13bn by the second quarter.
The President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan says Nigeria loses one million barrels of crude oil daily to crude theft.
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Muslims to practice the noble and shining virtues of the Prophet Muhammad saying that the best way to honour him is to follow his good examples, according to a statement signed by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu
The Justice Development and Peace Commission (JDPC), of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, has released N3 million to support flood victims in Kogi.
The Kano state Police Command, on Friday, confirmed that it had arrested one Abubakar Mohammed Sadiq believed to be a suspected escapee from Kuje prison break in the state.
The House of Representatives has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to treat those engaged in oil theft as commuting treason against the country.
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said $2.3trn is needed to modernize Nigeria’s infrastructure over the next 21 years.
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, and the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, have agreed to work together to expand civic space in the petroleum and solid minerals industries, with NEITI insisting that mismanagement of natural resources is a human rights violation.
The Federal Government is putting concrete security measures in place to safeguard train passengers and railway infrastructure across the country.
The Civil Liberties Organization (CLO) has urged Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra to establish the Flood Victims Trust Fund to deal decisively with recurring flooding in parts of the state.
President Muhammadu Buhari says Federal Government has provided N470 billion in the 2023 budget “from our constrained resources, for revitalization and salary enhancements in the tertiary institutions.’’
Mr. Praveen Chorghade, the Managing Director of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), on Thursday, charged staff of the company to “make customers king’ and treat their demand for services with speed.
