By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has directed the State Ministry of Finance and The Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation to liaise with the state owned Microfinance bank, Renaissance Microfinance Bank Limited, as a matter of urgency to ensure free collection of...
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Concerned Ekpoma Eminent Stakeholders Forum (CEESF), Ekpoma, Edo State, has saluted the “doggedness and commitment” of the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, for facilitating the approval of N75bn for the reconstruction of the Benin-Auchi-Okene highway. The forum praised the Minister for his...
Believe it or leave it , 70% of new businesses and startups will fail for one reason or another within the first five (5 ) years of getting started. Approximately 46% of small businesses fail in the first three years, 70% fail within five years, and 43% make it...
Hon Umar Mohammed Bago, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger State in the 2023 elections has vowed to keep all his promises to the people, if elected into the Executive position. Bago made the promise before a mammoth crowd in his campaign train to...
Nigerian Actress and DJ, Dorcas Shola Fapson (DSF) sits with host of #WithChude, Chude Jideonwo, to discuss the rise of her career in acting and the controversy between her and her ex-boyfriend. DSF narrates her ordeal with her ex-boyfriend, “I had a booking in Uganda. After that booking, I said I was going on a holiday...
Gunmen have abducted Chief Joshua Ahmadu, the District Head of Chawai in Kauru Local Government of Kaduna State. Ahmadu’s abduction was confirmed on Wednesday by Mr Abel Adamu, President, Chawai Development Association (CDA). Adamu, in a statement signed by Mr Raphael Joshua, Public Relations Officer of CDA, said that...
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday inaugurated the Maryam Babangida Leisure Park, Asaba and other projects executed by Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa. Speaking at the event, Atiku commended Okowa for contributing to the growth and development of tourism in the country. He...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has denied scarcity of the new naira notes as alleged by some Nigerians. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, represented by Musa Jimoh, Director, Payment System Management Department of the bank, denied the allegation in a news conference on in Jos. ”The CBN has...
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and the party National Chairman, Sen. Iyorchia Ayu have described the death of the PDP Governorship Candidate in Abia, Prof. Eleazar Ikonne as a “rude shock”. Abubakar in a statement by his Media Aide, Paul Ibe, on Wednesday,...
The presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi has urged his supporters and potential voters in Gombe State to resist the temptation of voting based on sentiments in the 2023 polls. Obi, who stated this while addressing women supporters in Gombe on Wednesday, said that voting based...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The United States Government has threatened to impose visa restrictions on individuals found in acting of undermining the Nigerian 2023 general elections U.S. Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken made the announcement in a statement released by the U.S Mission in Abuja on Wednesday. Blinken...
West Africa Democracy Solidarity Network (WADEMOS),a non-partisan independent civil society-led transition transnational network, says Nigeria must get the 2023 General Election right for Africa. The Coordinator of WADEMOS, Mr Kop’ep Dabugat, said this during a chat with journalists on Wednesday as part of the network’s activities in Nigeria, ahead...
Sen. Bola Tinubu, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has expressed displeasure over the current fuel scarcity ravaging various parts of the country, barely four weeks to Feb. 25 general elections. Tinubu, while addressing thousands of APC members during his presidential campaign in Abeokuta, Ogun on...
The Federal Government says it will be hosting a team of investors from Saudi Arabia in March to explore areas of business and investments benefit between both countries. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said this on Wednesday in Abuja when he briefed newsmen on the...
The Governorship Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara, Mallam Abdullahi Yaman, has promised to pay N100,000 as minimum wage for workers, if elected in the upcoming general election. Yaman made the pledge on Wednesday during the Gubernatorial Candidates Debate organised by the Joint Kwara Labour Congress...
Tilt Energy, an integrated Energy company based in Lagos, says Nigeria is expected to increase her power capacity with an additional 125 megawatts to the national grid by end of first quarter 2023. The Managing Director of Tilt Energy, Mr Deji Awodiji, disclosed this during the commissioning of the...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it will soon release a revised standard operational guideline on election duties and other salient election security rules for its personnel. Dr Ahmed Audi, NSCDC Commandant General (CG), made this known at the opening of a two-day strategic management retreat...
Mr JImoh Olabisi, former Deputy Director, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Wednesday, alleged that Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, ex-JAMB Registrar, instructed him to open a bank account through which the Federal Government’s money was diverted. Olabisi, who stood as a witness of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Port-Harcourt – Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has described as empty the threat by some politicians to deal with him when they eventually win the 2023 presidential election. Governor Wike explained that his political crime, to such people, seems to be his insistence on equity, fairness...
The presidential candidate of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Dan Nwanyanwu, has promised to reduce the pump price of fuel to N100 per litre, if elected in next month’s election. “Somebody that is involved in oil bunkering will not allow the refineries to work. He will want fuel to...