The G5 governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) including that of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike; Benue, Samuel Ortom; Oyo, Seyi Makinde; Abia Okezie Ikpeazu, will join their Enugu counterpart, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for a meeting. They arrived at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, ahead of the meeting scheduled to hold at the Government House, Enugu Saturday evening. By Akelicious
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The Defence Headquarters says Nigerian troops on October 29 repelled an attack by the Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists at Wawa Cantonment in Borgu local government area of Niger state. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known at a bi-weekly news briefing on the operations of armed forces on Thursday in Abuja. Danmadami said the attack was repelled in a coordinated land and air operations which led to the killing of six terrorists and capture of 18 others while their equipment were captured and destroyed. “Following the engagement, troops neutralised three terrorists, captured five and recovered one HK…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of 12,000 metric tonnes of grains as relief materials for victims of flood disaster across the country. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, made this known at the weekly ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team in Abuja on Thursday. According to the minister, the Federal Government has so far given intervention to 28 States of the federation. She said: “The Ministry through the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has deployed its emergency response assets including mobile water purification equipment, search and rescue boats and mobile intensive…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has procured 40 detection devices to enable the agency track, trace, monitor and curb the influx of bad medicine in the country. The Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, made the disclosure in an interview on Thursday in Abuja. Adeyeye said that the agency heightened enforcement and ensure stringent financial management because it needs tools to go after the people that are bringing bad medicine into the country. “Because of the money we are saving we need to purchase detection devices to put it on a tablet if…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos state on Thursday inaugurated its 163-member campaign committee to mobilise votes for it ahead of the 2023 general elections. The Lagos state chairman, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi while inaugurating the committee at the party’s secretariat, said the council had the mandate to get at least, five million votes for the APC Presidential Candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu. Ojelabi, who noted that the committee was made up of party chieftains that had served the APC meritoriously at one level or the other, said the party attached huge importance to the committee and the task ahead of them. According to…
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu on Thursday, prayed the Supreme Court to set aside the ruling of the Court of Appeal staying the execution of the judgment discharging him, court prayers dated November 3 have revealed. Kanu noted that the court erred in law when it proceeded to hear and determine an application for stay of execution of judgment in a criminal appeal, brought under Order 6 Rule 1 of the Court of Appeal Rules, 2021, and Section 17 of the Court of Appeal Act of 2004, and thereby occasioned a miscarriage of…
The Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal has admitted in evidence, the Certified True Copies (CTC) of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) reports. It shows alleged over-voting in favour of Sen. Ademola Adeleke, during the July 16 governorship election in the state. Oyetola and APC had on August 5 submitted a petition before the tribunal in Osogbo. Oyetola and APC were challenging the election results from 749 polling units across 10 local government areas of the state for various alleged electoral malpractice, especially over-voting. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Adeleke as the winner of the July 16…
Governments across Africa must begin to rethink governance, engender public confidence and trust in government by providing value for taxpayers’ money in line with their obligations under the social contract they have with citizens. This was the call made to African Governments by the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami at the Opening Ceremony of the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) 7th General Assembly, held in Lagos, Nigeria, Tuesday. Muhammad Nami who made this call in his opening remarks to the 7th General Assembly, with the theme “Rethinking Revenue Strategies: The Human Face of Taxation,”…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has observed that the assertive force of the financial companies popularly called FinTechs may soon overtake traditional banks, which may latter run out of business. ASHENEWS reports that the governor of the CBN, Godwin Emefiele made the observation at the 28th edition of the Annual In-house Executive Seminar on “Digitalization of Money and Monetary Policy in Nigeria,” in Abuja on Wednesday. Emefiele, represented by the Deputy Governor Financial Systems Stability, Mrs Aishah Ahmad noted that there is “the fear of FinTech outcompeting traditional banks with associated profitability risk.” Fintechs, including Paga, Interswitch, Flutterwave, Kuda…
By Babagana Wakil, Maiduguri Borno state governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday, flagged-off a N300 million scholarship scheme to support 300 orphans whose parents died as volunteers under the ‘Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF)’ vigilantes and hunters. Zulum also announced a 35% increase of monthly allowances paid to volunteers. The volunteers who died at different operations, were involved with fighting Boko Haram and ISWAP side-by-side with the Nigerian armed forces in the state. Zulum said the N300 million set aside was to cover all educational needs of the 300 orphans throughout their basic education levels, in the first stage,…