The Founder of Roots Television, Nigeria, Mr Dumebi Kachikwu has clinched the African Democratic Congress (ADC), presidential ticket for the 2023 General Elections. Kachikwu secured 978 votes to beat his closest rivals, Kingsley Moghalu and Chukwuka Monye, who polled 589 and 339 votes, respectively. Ekundayo Opaleye, Chairman of the party’s National Convention Committee, announced the result on Thursday. The convention was held at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun. A total of 10 aspirants participated in the primary, including five females, and a person with special needs, Dr Chike Okogwu, who stepped down after addressing the delegates. A…
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Sen. Adamu Aliero (APC Kebbi Central) on Thursday formally announced his defection from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Declaring his defection in Birnin Kebbi, the Kebbi State capital, Aliero said his decision was informed by his effort to fulfill the desire of his teeming supporters spread across the state. Aliero is a two term governor of Kebbi State, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and a serving member of the red chamber. “I, Muhammadu Adamu Aliero, people of my constituency, that is Kebbi Central and my teeming supporters from across Kebbi State have…
The Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum and Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has revealed why members of the Forum met with the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday. He told newsmen that the meeting was Consultative, aimed to strategise on securing victory for PDP in the 2023 general elections. “We talked about cooperation and collaboration in prosecuting a very successful electioneering campaign that will result in victories for the PDP at various elections from the state House of Assembly, national election, governorship and the presidential election come February 2023. “It is more of a consultative meeting…
The Ladoke Akintola University Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday said it would forge ahead with its strike and warned its members not to break off. The union in a statement jointly signed by the Chairman and Secretary, Professors Biodun Olaniran and Toyin Abegunrin after their Congress, reacted to an alleged threat by Gov. Seyi Makinde to stop payment of subvention until lecturers returned to classroom. It stated that any branch that broke the strike would lose out from the benefits of the struggle, including infrastructure development. ASUU said members had resolved to forge ahead…
Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, President, Women Arise for Change Initiative, has congratulated a former Lagos State governor, Sen. Bola Tinubu, on his emergence as the 2023 Presidential flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Okei-Odumakin, a human rights campaigner, in an interview on Wednesday said that Tinubu’s victory was what civility required. Tinubu won the presidential ticket, defeating 13 other aspirants to emerge the flag bearer of the APC at the end of the Special National Convention of the party on Wednesday in Abuja. Tinubu polled a total of 1,271 delegates votes while Rotimi Amaechi, the immediate past Minister of…
Consolidated Hallmark Insurance Plc has announced a profit before tax of N971.7 million for the financial year ended Dec. 31, 2021against N772.6 million in 2020, an increase of 26 per cent. Mr Obinna Ekezie, the Chairman of the company, said this at the 27th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday in Lagos. Ekezie said that the insurer’s profit after tax during the review period rose by 17 per cent to N790.6 million from N678 million in 2020. He said that the company generated a Gross Premium Written (GPW) of N10.5 billion in the year under review as against N9.8 billion…
Access Bank Holding Plc says it plans to acquire Kenya’s Sidian Bank Ltd for N15 billion ($37 million). The bank disclosed this in a notice signed by Mr Sunday Ekwochi, Company Secretary of the bank, and made available on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd., on Wednesday in Lagos. The bank said its subsidiary, Access Bank, had signed agreement with Centum Investment Company Plc (‘Centum’) for the acquisition of the entire 83.4 per cent equity stake held by the company in Sidian Bank Ltd. Centum Investment Plc, a leading East Africa investment firm listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange and Uganda Securities…
The Secretary-General, Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Mr Mohammad Barkindo on Wednesday, lauded the 2016 multilateral Declaration of Cooperation (DoC) between OPEC and non-OPEC producers. Barkindo said it was one of the major developments that had affected the global oil industry in the last six years. A copy of his keynote address delivered at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum in Washington DC, United States, Which was made available to newsmen said: “It has been immensely pleasing over the past six years to witness the evolution of the multilateral DoC between OPEC and non-OPEC producers. “It was not…
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has allocated a total of 2,146 seats to Katsina state. The Executive Director of the State Pilgrims Welfare Board (KTSPWB), Suleman Kuki disclosed this during a preparatory meeting with Hajj stakeholders in Katsina on Wednesday. He said that the board has also outlined and made adequate arrangements for the welfare of the pilgrims from the state, both onshore and offshore, with a view to achieving a hitch free Hajj exercise. Kuki stated that the board had administered the first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccination, including booster doses, to the intending pilgrims and…
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Defense and Deputy Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, has congratulated Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for clinching the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 general elections. Senator Wamakko in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Hassan Sanyinnawal made available to ASHENEWS on Wednesday, described the victory of the APC National Leader as a well-deserved one considering Tinubu’s years entrenching and strengthening of democracy in Nigeria. According him, with Tinubu’s victory, APC stands a good chance of retaining power in 2023, considering his years…