News

BUHARI SIGNS N983BN 2021 SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION BILL INTO LAW

TheHILL | NEWS | July 26, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, signed the 2021 Supplementary Appropriation Bill of N982,729,695,343 into law. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, (House of Representatives), Umar El-Yakub, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. El-Yakub said the Act will be […]

Politics

Fact-Check: SENATOR ANIETIE OKON IS NOT DEAD

TheHILL | POLITICS | JULY 23. Social media reports on Friday morning that the pioneer National Publicity/Organizing Secretary, Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Anietie Okon, is dead are false. TheHILL can reliably report that the news of the demise of the Senator, who represented Uyo Senatorial District in the third Republic had the largest tweets […]

Education

BUHARI PROMISES MORE FUNDS FOR EDUCATION SECTOR

TheHILL | EDUCATION | July 22, 2021. President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Daura, Katsina State, promised that his administration would allocate an increasing share of resources to improve learning in the country. The President in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said improving quality of education […]

Feature

Akwa Ibom 2023: WHY AKAN UDOFIA IS THE BEST BET

TheHILL | POLITICS | JULY 22, 2021 By Dominic Effiong   In 2014, as the administration of Governor Godswil Akpabio was gradually winding down, pundits were concerned about the quality of successor that will replace the “uncommon transformer” in the Hilltop Mansion.   The concerns were borne out of the need to have a successor […]

Politics

Buhari To PDP: FORGET ABOUT WINNING 2023 ELECTIONS 

TheHILL. | POLITICS | July 20, 2021.   The Presidency has stated unequivocally to the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to stop dreaming of winning the 2023 general elections, because the masses will still reckon with President Muhammadu Buhari and will never abandon him. The PDP has been accused of giving false hopes to […]