Politics

DSS, IMMIGRATION PLACE EX-EL-RUFAI ADVISER ON WATCH-LIST OVER N11BN PROJECT SCANDAL The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has summoned a former Special Adviser to Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, Jimi Lawal, over an alleged phoney Light Rail Project valued at N11 billion. Lawal was invited for questioning but failed to appear, prompting the ICPC to request …

t   The Federal Government and state governors have agreed to delay the implementation of financial autonomy for Local Governments until October.This decision was made due to concerns about salary payments and the overall functioning of these local councils.However, as of July 2024, Local Governments were still not receiving their funds directly. At a meeting of the Federation Allocation Account …

EDO GOVT FUMES AFTER SHAIBU RESUMES AS DEPUTY GOVERNOR The reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State, Comrade Philip Shaibu, has resumed duty after the Federal High Court judgement which nullified his impeachment by the Edo State House of Assembly. Shaibu in a video posted on his X handle on Monday also directed his staff yet to resume work since his …

NO TO PALLIATIVE GOVERNANCE – VANGUARD EDITORIAL There is a Chinese proverb which is very popular among contemporary economists and leaders: “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for life”. The path a government chooses in its economic policy making and implementation tells much about its …

NOTHING TO SHOW TINUBU IS READY TO FOR GOVERNANCE – ATIKU Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said if by now, the President Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration hasn’t realised the enormity of the sufferings of Nigerians it means it wasn’t ready for governance from the start. Atiku who spoke through his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe , explained …

EXPLOSION ROCKS ACTION PEOPLE’S PARTY HQ IN RIVERS STATE AMID FUBARA’S RUMOURED DEFECTION A dynamite explosion has rocked the secretariat of the Action People’s Party (APP) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The incident occurred on Monday morning around 1 am and has reportedly caused damage to the building and its contents. According to eyewitnesses, unknown assailants hurled dynamite-like substances into …

YOUR ALLEGATION IS BASELESS; WE DIDN’T FIX OUR SALARIES, ALLOWANCES – SENATE TELLS OBASANJO The Nigerian Senate has strongly refuted recent allegations suggesting that it determines its own salaries or receives special financial packages from the Presidency. The claims, which emerged during a visit by members of the House of Representatives to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, have ignited public concern. …

SOUTH EAST APC REPORTS JUDGE TO NJC The All Progressives Congress (APC), South East zone, at the weekend, said that it had reported Justice C. V. C Ezeugwu of Enugu State High Court to the National Judicial Council (NJC) for issuing an exparte order barring its Enugu State Chairman, Ugochukwu Agballah, and 10 others from parading themselves as officers of …

Six months after the Federal Executive Council under President Bola Tinubu resolved to implement the report of the Presidential Committee on the Rationalisation and Restructuring of Federal Government parastatals, commissions and agencies popularly known as the Oronsaye Committee Report, Nigerians are still waiting for the government to deliver what it promised. Abandoned by previous administrations, the 800-page report contains a …

Yemi Farounbi Former Nigerian Ambassador to the Philippines, Dr Yemi Farounbi, in this interview with ROTIMI AGBOLUAJE, spoke on how the Supreme Court contradicted itself on local government autonomy, and solutions to the food crisis that led to widespread protest in Nigeria. What do you have to say on the hardship protests?Nigerians have the right to complain because this is …