Friday Bako

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2018 appropriation bill containing the year’s federal spending details as approved by the National Assembly. Mr Buhari signed the budget at about 12 noon on Wednesday inside his office at the presidential villa Abuja. The total budget is N9.1 trillion, up from the N8.6 trillion estimates he submitted to […]

CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENTIAL & NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS  STARTS TOMORROW 18TH NOV 2018 Political Parties who have fielded candidates for the February 16th, 2019 Presidential & National Assembly elections will by Sunday, 18th November 2018, commence campaigns across the country. This is in line with the Timetable and Schedule of Activities issued by the Independent National […]

The Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse has recommended thay the adverts on alcohol and other recreational drugs be scrapped to discourage its use. Chairman of the Committee, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa made the announcement while appearing on Channels Television “Sunrise Daily”. He said the recommendation to scrap such adverts which is […]

RELEASE PRESIDENTIAL PANEL ON POLICE REFORMS SWINGS INTO ACTION, OKAYS 5-POINT DEMAND OF PROTESTERS Following directives by President Muhammadu Buhari on dissolution of Special Anti-Robbery Squad and immediate response to yearnings of citizens, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, convened a meeting with stakeholders, agreeing to meet demands, which include halting use of force […]

ABUJA – The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, will on Wednesday, commence hearing on the petition the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, filed to challenge the outcome of the February 23 presidential election. The petitioners, are seeking to invalidate the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives […]

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chairman in Katsina State, Salisu Yusuf has testified that his party won the February 23 presidential election in the state. Yusuf, who was testifying at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Tuesday, stated that the agents deployed across the 4,902 polling units in the state collated a total of 905, […]