BY GODWIN OBI Nigeria’s engagement with the global debt market remains vibrant despite challenges posed by high borrowing costs, the International Monetary Fund has said. During a press conference on the global financial stability report at the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington DC, the IMF’s Financial Counsellor and DirectorContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, says the construction of 40 Judges’ Quarters in the Katampe District in the nation’s capital, Abuja, will boost the performance of judicial officers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The CJN, who spoke on Monday at the flag-offContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Gunmen have killed five people in a fresh attack on some rural communities in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. This was confirmed in a statement on Tuesday by the Chairman of Bokkos Cultural Development Council, Farmasum Fuddang and the Secretary, Duwam Bosco. They said theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) on Saturday decried that most people in the North cannot afford a single square meal per day as a result of the lingering insecurity and socio-economic hardship plaguing the region. The groups disclosed this in a one-day community engagement held inContinue Reading
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the judgment of the Federal High Court which set aside the N800 billion budget passed by five members of the Rivers State House of Assembly which was led by Edison Ehie-led. The appellate court on Thursday dismissed the appeal filed by theContinue Reading
The 2023 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Tonye Cole, has asked elder statespersons in the Niger Delta to mediate between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, and settle the convoluted rift between the former political allies. Cole, who was a guest onContinue Reading
Rivers-based environmentalist and human rights activist, Ann-Kio Briggs, has knocked the Nigeria Police Force for its “unacceptable” and “dangerous” operations in the oil-rich state. “If nobody is not going to defend us, we are very likely going to be left to have to defend ourselves,” Briggs said on Channels Television’sContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Labour Party, on Sunday, welcomed the offer by the New Nigeria People’s Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, to be running mate to LP’s Peter Obi in the 2027 presidential election. Kwankwaso, in a recent viral post, indicated his willingness to serveContinue Reading
Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Olayemi Cardoso, has defended the bank’s decision to raise the Monetary Policy Rate to 27.25 per cent, describing it as a necessary move to control inflation and curb excess money in circulation.This is according toContinue Reading
BY CHIGOZIE EZEH The Chairman of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, Justice Adolphus Enebeli (retd.), has declared 22 chairmanship candidates of the Action Peoples Party winners of the October 5, 2024 local government elections in the state. He said the candidates, after collation of results, scored majority of validContinue Reading