The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr Godwin Emefiele has dispelled widespread rumours that he would be contesting for the office of the president in the 2023 general elections. This is coming on the heels of diverse reactions to his purported purchase of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Nomination and Expression of Interest forms valued N100 million. Three interest groups, the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), “Friends of Emefiele ” and “Emefiele Support Group” had purchased the forms on his behalf. However, reacting through his verified twitter handle, @GodwinEmefiele, he said should he decide to contest…
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The Director-General (DG), National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Jelani Aliyu says the organization has floated a N200 billion vehicle financing scheme. Aliyu disclosed this when he addressed newsmen on efforts of the council to discourage the massive importation of used vehicles into Nigeria in Sokoto on Sunday. This, the DG said is to enable more Nigerians own vehicles without necessarily paying for them like it is being done in other developed climes. “It is one thing to produce a vehicle and it is another thing to sell it, especially in this environment we live in Nigeria. “We know…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has fixed May 9 for the conduct of the party’s North West Zonal Congress to elect Zonal Executive Officers and National Ex-Officio members of the party in the North West Zone. The party announced this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, in Abuja on Saturday night. Ologunagba said that the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party approved the conduct of the congress at the Zonal Headquarters of the party in Kaduna, Kaduna state. “The NWC requests all leaders, critical stakeholders and teeming members of our party in the North-West…
The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) in Nigeria has warned public officers against the use of state resources for campaigns and other political party activities. Its chairman, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani in a statement on Saturday, noted that the use of taxpayers’ resources to fund personal political ambition is unacceptable. “We are living witnesses to how ministers and other top public office holders use state apparatus such as government jets, public cars as well as funds to run their personal ambitions which wrongfully does not create a level playing ground and is a bad omen for our democracy,” Rafsanjani said. According to…
By Justina Auta A coalition of Plateau women and youths groups has procured the All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination form for Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, for the state Southern Senatorial seat. Speaking on behalf of the groups, Mrs Felicia Bala, who presented the form to the minister on Saturday in Abuja, said the groups met and decided to procure the form without her knowledge to encourage her run for the seat. Bala said her records and commitment to the development of women and children prompted the move. Also, Mrs Juliana Soklam, representing Langtang North, expressed appreciation to…
A United States-Nigerian Technology Company, WRKR Technology Inc., has promised to train 50,000 Nigerians on its skills that would make them globally competitive for employment opportunities. WRKR is a technology company that unlocks access to work opportunities, making it easier for people to securely store and share their skills and employment data. Founder/CEO of WRKR Technology Inc, Mr Preston Obadan, in an interview in Abuja on Saturday, said the training would be for both graduates and undergraduates in the country. He added that the company was on a mission to equip 50,000 young people across Nigeria campuses, by assessing and…
Nadezhda Sayfutdinova sewn her own mouth shut before taking to the streets in the eastern city of Yekaterinburg to protest at the way Putin’s government had cracked down on public protest A Russian woman faces prosecution after sewing her mouth shut in protest about censorship of protests against the war in Ukraine. Police snatched protestor Nadezhda Sayfutdinova in the eastern city of Yekaterinburg, using “brute force” to try to get her locked in a psychiatric facility. Ms Sayfutdinova has managed to avoid being sectioned but she is still expected to face prosecution for discrediting the Russian armed forces. The activist,…
Enugu state governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi on Friday, inaugurated a 5.4 kilometre Amagunze road, constructed by one of the governorship aspirants in the state, Everest Nnaji. Popularly known as Odengene, Nnaji took his philanthropy to an entirely new level by personally embarking on the construction of the 5.4km, which was commissioned by the Enugu state governor, Ugwuanyi. The singular act is still revibrating across the length and breath of the state as the people kept saying “we haven’t seen anything like this,” while prayers, blessings and encomiums continue. Commissioning the project, Governor Ugwuanyi said this is a “wonderful project deserving of…
A $700 million superyacht linked to Vladimir Putin has refueled after undergoing repairs in Italy and could set sail any day, a report by New York Times says. The Scheherazade has been refuelled, restocked, and stripped of protective screening, per The Times. The yacht is currently docked in Italy, a member of the EU which has seized some Russian assets. A luxury superyacht that US officials have linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin has been refueled after spending months in an Italian harbor for repairs and could set sail any day, The New York Times reported. The Scheherazade, a 459-foot…
Airline operators say they will shut down operations on Monday, May 9, due to high cost of aviation fuel and other operational costs. The information was conveyed in a letter signed by the President, Airline Operators Association, Captain Serina Abdulmunaf and addressed to the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, on Friday in Lagos. He noted that overtime, aviation fuel price (JetA1) had risen from N190 per litre to N700 currently, and described the rise as “astronomical” “While aviation fuel worldwide is said to constitute about 40 per cent of an airline’s operating cost globally,…