Governors of states in the South-West and monarchs from the region on Saturday declared support for the National Economic Council (NEC) decision on forest management. The...
The National Economic Council (NEC) and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday agreed to further strengthen COVID-19 response across the states. The NCDC...
The National Economic Council (NEC) said on Thursday 16 states had so far received N100 million grant each from the World Bank to ease the impact...
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Thursday presented the draft 2021 to 2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework(MTEF) and the Fiscal Strategy...
The National Economic Council (NEC) said on Thursday it would hold further discussions with the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 on the reopening of the economy and...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday attended a meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ruling party, the APC called by a faction led by...
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday met behind closed doors with the All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting is expected to deliberate...
The ownership of power distribution companies (Discos) is to come under review as the National Economic Council (NEC) resolved to carry out the exercise at their...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has finally called for the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party, 15 months...
The Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF) on Wednesday asked the National Chairman of the All progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, to immediately convene a National Executive Committee...
The National Economic Council (NEC) has disclosed that the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) is not meant for cows alone. That much information was revealed by...
The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday presided over the meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Vice President presided...
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) on Monday reacted to calls by President Muhammadu Buhari to state governments to increase Value Added Tax (VAT) in order...
President Muhammadu Buhari has given the 36 state governments a mandate to increase revenues in their respective States. Buhari also urged the governors to raise the...
The Lagos State chapter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has turned against the endorsement of President Muhammadu Buhari by its National Executive Council (NEC) by...
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has adopted President Muhammadu Buhari as its candidate for the February 16, 2019 presidential election. The party’s National Executive Committee (NEC)...
The National Economic Council (NEC) has approved the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) to address the farmer/herder crisis in the country. Atiku Bagudu, Kebbi State Governor,...
The National Economic Council will on Thursday decide on the proposed N30,000 new minimum wage. This was part of the resolutions reached at the emergency meeting...
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, Thursday, contradicted her Permanent Secretary, Mahmoud Dutse, over the withdrawal of $1.68 billion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA)....
The members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) are set to join their academic counterparts of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in...
All seem not to be well within the Presidential Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which was inaugurated last Thursday in Abuja. The over...
LEADERS of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the South West, are expected to meet soon to deliberate on the offer of the Secretary to the...
Ogun State governor, Ibukunle Amosun maybe banking on some form of miracle in the 2019 general elections, as he has insisted on handing over to his...
Contrary to general belief, All Progressives Congress (APC) governors are not opposed to direct primary for the selection of candidates for the 2019 general election, some...
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it would use direct voting for primaries into all elective offices for the 2019 general elections. This implies...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has finally resolved the issue of the type of primaries it is going to adopt in the selection of candidates for...
The National Working Committee (NWC) and National Caucus of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will meet separately today in Abuja to decide on the mode...
Governors under the umbrella of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) say they were not voted into power to only pay salaries. They say their mandate also...
The operations of the Nigeria Police Force is to be decentralized for more effectiveness in the face of challenging internal security situation in the country. This...
The federal government Wednesday confirmed the approval of the transfer of $650 million (about N198.9 billion) to the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) as seed funding...
It has been revealed that several revenue generating agencies in Nigeria shortchanged the government of N526 billion and $21 billion between 2010 to 2015. This was...
Will the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) grant the request of Senate President Bukola Saraki and some of its former members for a name change before rejoining...
The Peoples Democratic Party is considering the possibility of changing its name before the conduct of 2019 general elections, The PUNCH has learnt. Investigations by The...
Despite the resolutions agreed to at the meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday, not all stakeholders appear...
Rather than go away, tenure elongation is still haunting the All Progressives Congress (APC). Some of its members yesterday cried out over the content of a...
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) which has rejected a tenure elongation for its national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun-Oyegun and other members of the National Working...
There is no love lost between President Muhammdu Buhari and those canvassing for tenure elongation for members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee...
The National Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress will today (Monday) at its meeting take a final decision on the tenure of the Chief John...
The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will constitute a committee to review its decision to extend the tenure of its national leadership and...
With the 2019 elections barely a year away, high stakes politicking have taken centre stage at the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), where President Muhammadu Buhari...
Famous American billionaire businessman and philanthropist, Bill Gates has said the present economic plan of the Muhammadu Buhari administration cannot address the unique needs of Nigerians....
The noticeable divide in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over the tenure of its national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, seems to be growing wider with...
More facts emerged yesterday on the fate of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The process of extending party executives’ tenure...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the formation of a new committee to look into the rebuilding of communities affected by the herdsmen-farmers violence in affected states...
As part of efforts to bring to an end the herdsmen killings in the country, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is now chairing a committee comprising of...
Amidst widespread calls for probe of earlier support fund releases to states primarily for payment of salaries to workers, the Federal Government said Thursday that it...
An Ad-Hoc Committee of the National Economic Council (NEC) has reported that a number of revenue-generating agencies may have significantly under remitted returns to the Federation...
Ahead of tomorrow’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the party’s national caucus will hold crucial talks with President Muhammadu Buhari...
State governments will in no distant future receive the third tranche of the Paris Club loan refunds. The National Economic Council (NEC) is expected to give...
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has fixed Tuesday, October 24, for its national executive committee meeting, The PUNCH learnt on Thursday. Authoritative...