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…
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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…
The flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and the party’s governors forum, led by its chairman and Sokoto state governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal on Wednesday, had a closed-door meeting shortly after Bola Tinubu secured the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC). On top of the agenda, sources say, were the choice of the running mate, the composition of the presidential campaign council, as well as strategies to face the APC contender in the forthcoming general elections. Other governors reported to have attended the meeting were Bayelsa state governor, Douyi Diri; his Bauchi, Rivers, Benue and…
President Muhammadu Buhari has presented the All Progressives Congress (APC) Victory Flag to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, winner of the just concluded party’s presidential primary election. Delegates of the APC at the convention elected the former Lagos State governor as APC presidential flag-bearer for the 2023 presidential election. Tinubu polled 1,271 votes to defeat his closest rivals, former Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi who scored 316 votes and Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo who garnered 235 votes. In his acceptance speech, Tinubu thanked President Buhari, APC leadership, governors elected on the platform of the APC, party delegates, aspirants and all those who contributed to…
Niger state governor and chairman North Central states Governor’s Forum (NCSGF), Abubakar Sani Bello has congratulated former Lagos state governor, Ahmed Bola Tinubu on his emergence as the All Progressives Congress (APC’s) presidential flagbearer. Senator Bola Tinubu, the APC’s National Leader, emerged victorious at the party’s just concluded Special National Convention held at the Eagle Square, Abuja on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. The Governor, in a congratulatory message , said the choice of Tinubu amongst other qualified candidates is an expression of confidence of the teeming party delegates across the country. According to him, the victory of the former Lagos…
Former Lagos state governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has won the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at a special convention held in Eagle Square, Abuja. He won the election by a landslide after beating the likes of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. Tinubu polled a total of 1,271 votes – more than four times the votes scored by his closet rival, Amaechi who had 316 votes. Osinbajo, Lawan, and Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State came behind the duo with 235, 152, and 47 votes respectively. More…