• Obasanjo, Adebanjo, Obi congratulate Nwodo at 70 BY GODDY OBINWA President of the Middle Belt Forum (MBF), Bitrus Pogu, has said North Central zone had no better option than presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, in next year’s general election. He stated that his people remainContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said its operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos have intercepted parcels of cocaine concealed in different parts of a travel bag brought into Nigeria by Nwadinobi Charles Uchemadu, a returnee from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Doha, onContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has told those who said Nigeria is not ripe for Muslim-Muslim ticket not to also justify and embrace efforts by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to retain the presidency in the North. He spoke, yesterday, at the special dedication service forContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Kanwan Katsina District Head of Ketare Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara has called on Polytechnics students to pay more attention to their studies with a view to realizing their ambition as credible leaders of tomorrow. Alhaji Usman Bello was speaking when the newly elected officials of NationalContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Managing Director of NIWA Chief Dr. George Moghalu bags Honorary Doctorate Degree Award in Public Administration from Gregory University, Uturu, Abia state. Conferring the award at the 7th Convocation ceremony of the University on Saturday 10th December 2022, the Vice Chancellor of the University Prof. UwakweContinue Reading
The House of representatives has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to suspend the limits on weekly cash withdrawals by individuals and corporate entities. The lawmakers also summoned Godwin Emefiele, governor of te apex bank, to appear before it next Thursday over the new policy scheduled to take effectContinue Reading
– Ohanaeze, Others react BY EFE MODESTUS The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, has pledged that the military would resist pressure to compromise the 2023 elections. Irabor who was the 61st guest of the Ministerial Media Briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team, yesterday, disclosingContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA The Department of State Services (DSS) has given the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and oil marketers a 48-hour ultimatum to make Premium Motor Spirit known as petrol available for Nigerians DSS Spokesman, Peter Afunanya announced the directive while briefing journalists at the headquarters of theContinue Reading
BY ADOLPHUS MADU Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, has expressed concerns over the N100,000 cash withdrawal limit announced by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, saying there is “no gainsaying that the livelihood of many individuals and enterprise sustainability would be impacted.” Reacting to the new policy, Director-General of NECA’sContinue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS Less than seven months after President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Proceeds of Crime (Recovery and Management) Act (POCA) into law, the Federal Government has raked in N120 billion from its anti-corruption campaign. He signed POCA into law in May. In accordance with the new law, all federalContinue Reading