The Director-General, Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Dr Salihu Lukman has confirmed his resignation from the position, saying it is in the best interest of the APC. Lukman, who was rumoured to have tendered his resignation on Monday, confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that he resigned to enable him continue his campaign to return the APC to its founding vision adding that his sudden resignation will not affect the campaign. “My decision to resign my position is to enable me continue with the campaign to return APC to its founding vision, which is to build…
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Ahead of 2023 presidential election, a group under the auspices of Niger Delta Coalition For Good Governance, NDCGG, has called on Dr. Ibrahim El-Dabi to contest for the presidential election. A statement signed by the NDCGG national coordinator, Ebizimor Oweikeme said Nigerians desire nothing less than having a leader that reflects their collective interests and is determined to give the country a new start. The group noted that Nigerian leadership has been a matter of trial and error overtime with no desired results, hence the need to end the circle and embrace people with requisite leadership skills like El-Dabi. “We…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja inaugurated 13 sky-high pyramids consisting of one million bags of paddy rice. Unveiling the FCT Mega Rice Pyramids at the Abuja International Trade Fair Complex, Buhari said the event showed that the country was making steady and assured progress towards self-sufficiency in food production. The president expressed the commitment of his administration towards implementing home-grown policies targeted at securing food for all Nigerians. According to him, the unveiling of the pyramids is a testament to the fact that the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has started yielding fruitful…
By Affy Ayomo Many years ago, the Peoples Democratic Party, fearing they might lose power to a force, purer and more committed than them, labelled and tarred the trio of Muhammadu Buhari, Ali Modu Sherrif and Ali Ndume as Terrorists who created and sponsored the terrorist organisation, Boko Haram. In 2013 when the APC was formed, the PDP, labelled the brand new political party, “Boko Haram party”, because of these three men. The three men, who have suffered the effects of the evil Boko Haram, have maintained a dignified silence, until recently, when Senator Ali Ndume, lamented on the devastating…
By Busola Samuel Nigerian politics, to an extent, is a very interesting one that comes in different negatives only in time of election. What is unique about the country is that, it has perfect system that puts him, who alleges to check with strict demand for proof. At this juncture, attempts by some negative minded politics players to make headway with their blackmailing of Ali Modu Sheriff with sponsorship of dreaded Boko Haram has continued to fail, not even when such attempts reared their heads again just because of his stature as the most qualified for the position of National…
President Muhammadu Buhari will, on Wednesday, depart Abuja for Banjul, Republic of The Gambia, to attend the inauguration of Gambian President, Adama Barrow, following his re-election for a second term. Garba Shehu, the president’s Media Aide, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. “On the invitation of his host, President Buhari will be special guest of honour at the ceremonies to be attended by other African leaders at Independence Stadium, Bakau.” Buhari, along with other ECOWAS leaders, played a leading role in the restoration of democratic rule in The Gambia in 2017, after former President Yahya Jammeh refused…
By Catherine Regnault-Roger This is excerpt of an article published by and included in the GLP’s daily curated selection of ideologically diverse news, opinion and analysis of biotechnology innovation. It is posted under Fair Use guidelines. CRISPR technology is a major technological breakthrough compared to the genome modification technologies that preceded it; developed then published by Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna in the international journal Science in 2012. They received for this discovery, in a record time (only eight years) the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020! This shows the importance of this innovation. The European legislative framework… considers that…
BUA Foods Plc says plans are underway to begin operations at 200,000 metric tonnes rice milling plant as part of its diversification operations in 2022. Ayodele Abioye, acting Managing Director, BUA Foods, made this known on Tuesday at the Facts Behind the Listing Presentation webinar in Lagos. The Facts Behind the Listing Presentation was hosted by the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited. The presentation was to commemorate the listing by introduction of BUA Foods on the Main Board of the NGX on Jan. 5, with a total of 18 billion ordinary shares at N40 per share under the Consumer Goods sector,…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee Chairman Mai Mala Buni has announced February 26 as the date for the APC convention. Buni, who is also the governor of Yobe State, said this on Tuesday at the national progressive women conference 2022 held at the International Conference Centre (ICC) in Abuja. He said the party is counting on the support of women to hold a successful convention. Buni’s announcement comes less than 48 hours after APC governors met behind closed doors at the Kebbi Governors Lodge in Abuja. The governors deliberated on the contentious national convention of the party and…
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan says the Senate will expeditiously look into the issues raised by President Muhammadu Buhari on the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021. Lawan said, while welcoming parliamentarians from the Christmas and New Year recess on Tuesday during plenary. The lawmakers had earlier entered a closed-door session which lasted for an hour, nine minutes. Buhari had in a letter dated December 13, 2021, written to the Senate President withholding assent to the Bill passed by the National Assembly. The president had explained that signing the bill into law would have serious adverse legal, financial, economic…