Nigeria may spend about N63.45 billion as severance packages for President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, state governors and other political appointees as they leave their offices by next 29th May. The figure also covers the severance gratuity for ministers, commissioners, National Assembly members, state assembly members and special advisers. It, however, does not include special assistants. A breakdown …

President Muhammadu Buhari commissioned the Pinnacle Oil and Gas FZE Terminal in Lekki, Lagos on Saturday, saying the operations of the facility have eased congestion in the Apapa area, reduced cost and delivery of petroleum product distribution to many parts of the country. The phase just commissioned requires investments of over $1 billion. It is the initial phase of the …

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed Nigeria’s Startups Bills into law, with the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Pantami announcing that the government has earmarked N10 billion start-up funding for startups and innovators to draw from. After the low-key signing ceremony of the Nigeria Startups Act 2022 at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister of …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “promptly set up a presidential panel of enquiry to thoroughly, impartially, and transparently investigate the operations of illegal oil pipelines from 2001 to date, and to widely publish the names of anyone suspected to be involved”. SERAP urged the President to “ensure the prosecution by appropriate anti-corruption …

In its eight-year reign, the Muhammadu Buhari administration budgeted N93.45 trillion (2016 to 2023 budgets). But 72.1 percent of that figure, amounting to N67.4 trillion, was committed to recurrent expenditure, leaving 27.9 percent for capital spending on infrastructure in health, works, education and other sectors. Recurrent expenditure includes salaries, emoluments and allowances of public officers and civil servants. On the …

Civil society groups in Nigeria and some other citizens have urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the ninth National Assembly to enact a whistleblowing law before leaving office next 29th May; that is 232 days away, including weekends  public holiday and non-legislaive days. In December 2016, the Buhari administration released a whistleblowing policy in line with its sworn fight against corruption. But …

For his immense contribution to lawmaking, oversight and representation, President Muhammadu Buhari has awarded the national honour of the Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) on the Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege. According to the letter conveying the national award to Senator Omo-Agege, , who is also the 2023 governorship candidate of Delta State, the President approved …

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Nigerians living in the United States for the exemplary roles they are playing in their different areas of endeavour, urging them to continue in that line to earn the respect of their hosts. At the townhall meeting with Nigerians in the Diaspora, in New York on Saturday, President Buhari said: “It is gratifying for me …

All through the past two decades and half of following the trajectory of former President Goodluck Jonathan, I’ve come to identify him as a gentleman par excellence. He rapidly overcame his erstwhile provincial naivete to become the national leader and global statesman he is today, with his signature bowler hat, an integral component of men’s regalia in his seaward section …

The Federal Government may explore out-of-court settlement to resolve the lingering dispute with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) despite the National Industrial Court fixing 19 September for ruling on the matter. This is as President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday promised to engage in further consultations with relevant stakeholders towards ending the seven-month-old action. The President told a delegation …