Category: POLITICS

The House of Representatives has amended the Central Bank of Nigeria Act to raise the lending limit of the apex bank to the federal government from five (5) to fifteen (15) per cent. According to Channels Television, the amendment was done at an emergency session held by the lawmakers on Sunday. It comes amid concerns from the public regarding why the National Assembly would approve the ways and means advances request of President Muhammadu Buhari, considering that the 23.1 trillion-naira request was many times over the 5 percent lending limit…

By Tony Adibe Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has directed all political appointees in the state to hand over on or before May 26, 2023, ahead of the expiration of the second tenure of his administration on May 29. The Governor Ugwuanyi’s directive was conveyed through the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Simon Uchenna Ortuanya, when the SSG met with Heads of Boards, Parastatals, Agencies and Commissions in his office in Abuja Building, Government House, Enugu, on Tuesday. Prof. Ortuanya listed the affected political appointees to include…

By NewsBits Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje in a leaked audio conversation between the Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and the former vice-presidential placeholder Ibrahim Masari is unsettling the camp of the All Progressives Congress, APC as the duo talks about the president-elect. In the leaked audio, which is currently trending on social media, Masari said President-elect Bola Tinubu is making it difficult for people to trust him. He said this in a leaked phone call he had with Governor Abdullahi Ganduje over the meeting Tinubu held with…

By NewsBits An alleged plan by the embattled so-called factional acting national chairman of the Labour Party, Alh Lamidi Apapa to sneak into Awka on a nocturnal meeting for membership drive may have leaked. Reacting to the proposed meeting of the group in a named Awka hotel by the local promoters who seem to be hiding under pseudo names apparently for fear of expected backlash from members and teeming supporters of LP and her presidential candidate in the February 25,2023 HE Peter Obi, the Anambra State Chairman, Hon Ugochukwu Emeh…

Peter Obi (left) with Bola Tinubu By NewsBits The Court of Appeal, Abuja, will today hear the fresh suit seeking to stop the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu on May 29 according to an order of the court. The petitioner, Ambrose Owuru, moved the suit to the Appellate Court upon its dismissal by Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja on January 30, 2023. The suit marked CA/ABJ/CV/259/2023 is instituted by the presidential candidate in the 2019 presidential election, Owuru and his party, Hope Democratic…

Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of Labour Party By NewsBits The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the just concluded General Election, Peter Obi, has faulted the call made by the US Secretary of the State, Antony J. Blinken, to President-elect, Bola Tinubu, adding that he should let the court decide the legitimate president of Nigeria. Obi said this in a series of tweets on his verified Twitter handle while reacting to the conversation between Tinubu and Blinken on Friday. Blinken had pledged stronger ties between the US and…

By NewsBits A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, presided over by Justice M N Yunusa has nullified the candidature of the Abia State Governor-elect Dr Alex Otti. All the candidates of the Labour Party in Abia and Kano States are also affected by the ruling of the court. The court ruled that their emergence was not in compliance with the provisions of the 2022 electoral act. A copy of the judgement delivered by the court was obtained Friday morning. The Court in Suit No FHC/KN/CS/107/2023 filed by Mr Ibrahim…