A front line national chairmanship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Modu Sheriff has stated reasons he wants to occupy the coveted seat of the ruling party. Giving the reasons while addressing a press conference in Abuja on Friday, Sheriff said if he became the next national chairman of the APC, he would lead the party to electoral victory in 2023. He debunked speculations that he would contest the 2023 presidency. “So many speculations are going round that Ali-Modu Sheriff is not looking for APC national chairmanship position, he is looking to be presidential candidate. “Please, I want…
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The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has commended the Nigerian Senate for the first reading of a bill entitled “Advanced Rent (Residential Apartments, Office Spaces, etc) Regulation Bill 2022.” The bill seeks to regulate the payment of rent being imposed by landlords. This is timely and welcomed. The commendation is contained in a statement by the National president of the union, Chris Isiguzo on Friday. “This private member bill is sponsored by a former President of Nigeria Union of Journalists, Senator Smart Adeyemi. The bill if passed into law, will be of immense help to poor workers who live at…
Chip giant Intel announced plans on Friday for an initial investment of more than $20 billion to construct two new semiconductor factories in the U.S. state of Ohio. Construction of the two Intel processor factories in Licking County, Ohio was expected to begin in late 2022, with production coming online at the end of 2025. The project site spans more than 400 hectares and was the largest single private-sector investment in Ohio history, according to the announcement. The investment came amid surging demand for advanced semiconductors, a critical component in electronic devices. Intel also pledged an additional $100 million toward…
Former Nigeria’s head of state, Abdulsalami Abubakar has said that increase in the pump price of fuel will further push Nigerians into poverty. Speaking at the 19th Daily Trust Summit in Abuja, he observed that the country is facing challenges on multiple fronts and a hike in fuel price will only compound the situation. “On top of all these, fuel prices are expected to rise significantly in the coming months as announced last November by the NNPC. “We all know when this happens, as the government has planned, it will push many millions deeper into poverty. According to him, the…
A Professor of Remote Sensing Applications at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, Joseph Akinyede has called for an adoption of Geospatial Technology (GT) in tackling insecurity, banditry and brazen acts of terrorism ravaging the country. Professor Akinyede made the call on Tuesday, 18th January, 2022 while delivering his valedictory lecture heralding his retirement from the institution after years of meritorious service in the academia. The don said the Nigerian Military working with relevant professionals should ensure the deepening of the deployment of relevant digital technology in the fight against banditry and other acts that breed insecurity in the…
President Ibrahim Babangida’s criteria for the Nigerian leader he would like to emerge post President Muhammadu Buhari should stimulate national debate on the leadership question. In his latest interview with Trust TV (See Daily Trust of January 15) he suggested that the Nigerian president should be someone who is “…very conversant with the country, he communicates, he is a very good communicator. He should be able to communicate because a president should be able to walk into a group of people and talk to them on issues concerning Nigeria; not all the time but most of the time.” And: “He…
The (OTL) Africa Petroleum Downstream Week has inaugurated its new Advisory Board made up of eminent oil and gas industry professionals. Dr Emeka Akabogu, Chairman, OTL Downstream Development in Africa Ltd., inaugurated the new board members in a virtual meeting on Thursday. The board members are: Tunji Oyebanji (Chairman), Ian Brown, Sheila Abiemo, Mumuni Dagazau, Clement Isong and Reginald Stanley (Patron). Akabogu said the annual OTL Africa Downstream Week was the continent’s leading business forum for market insights, business development and policy analysis in the African downstream petroleum value-chain. He said it was organised in collaboration with key partners in…
The Network of Civil Society Organisations – Borno (NESCOB), has called for justice for a teenage girl allegedly abused and killed by a rapist in Maiduguri metropolis. This is contained in a statement by the Executive Director of NESCOB, Bulama Abiso, on Thursday in Maiduguri. Abiso said the group was investigating the matter, adding that preliminary reports showed that the victim, a domestic help was raped and stabbed to death. “NECSOB is saddened by the news of rape, murder and abuse by a staff of the INTERSOS Humanitarian Organisation, who has been suspended after the incident. “The NECSOB through its…
The North East zone lawmakers of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have endorsed the 2023 presidential aspiration of Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello. The endorsement came on the heels of endorsement of Bello for president by North Central lawmakers at their one day extraordinary meeting in Abuja on January 13. In a communique issued on Thursday, after the extraordinary meeting of the forum of APC State Legislators of the North East Zone, held at Hazibal Suite, Yelwa Road, Bauchi, the legislators declared their total support for Bello’s presidency. They also urged the leadership of the APC to zone the presidency…
After the United States (U.S.) imposed new sanctions, North Korea has indirectly threatened to start testing nuclear bombs and intercontinental missiles again. North Korean state media, KCNA, reported Thursday that the country’s Workers’ Party Politburo had held a meeting and ordered a reconsideration of confidence-building measures taken by Pyongyang as well as considering resuming all temporarily suspended activities. Experts see this as an allusion to North Korea’s own 2018 test ban on long-range missiles and nuclear weapons. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un led the party meeting held Wednesday, which saw officials reportedly discuss how to target measures against the U.S.…