Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has congratulated President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress APC for being victorious during the last presidential election in the country. While congratulating the APC winner Tuesday in his statement in Awka, Soludo advised his opponents who lost the election to approach the Court, if they feel aggrieved. But he pledged to ... Read More »
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GTCO FOOD & DRINK FESTIVAL 2023… A CELEBRATION OF FOOD!
Thee annual GTCO Food & Drink Festival is back again for its 6th Edition, and food lovers across Africa and the world are in for a feast like never before! The event is slated to hold from Saturday April 29th till Monday May 1st 2023, at GTCentre, Plot 1 Water Corporation Drive, Oniru, Victoria Island, Lagos, providing a 3-day weekend ... Read More »
UNIPORT Student’s Deborah dies due to a lack of bed space to admit her into a ward in the LUTH for prompt treatment
The family of an undergraduate of the University of Port Harcourt, Deborah Doofan, has been thrown into mourning after she died outside the Emergency Ward of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Surulere, due to a lack of bed space to admit her into a ward in the hospital for prompt treatment. Our correspondence gathered that until Doofan’s death, she ... Read More »
MTN to merge finance subsidiaries
MTN Nigeria has proposed the merger of its two finance subsidiaries – Momo Payment Service Bank Limited and Yello Digital Financial Services Limited. This was revealed in its proposed resolutions for its 2023 Annual General Meeting scheduled to hold in April. The company said that the proposed merger will “hold the Payment Service Bank license granted by the Central Bank ... Read More »
1999 Constitution : Buhari signs Bill compelling President,Govs to form cabinet within 60 days, after inauguration
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the fifth alteration to the 1999 Constitution requiring the President and Governors to send the list of Ministers and Commissioners to the legislature within sixty days after inauguration. The bill, fifth alteration no 23 which is one of the bills which got two third approval of State legislatures, was sent to the President ... Read More »
“I accept the task before me,” Expect a competent cabinet, Youths, women to get big roles and Economic revival, Says President elect Bola Tinubu
NIGERIANS yesterday got an insight into the kind of cabinet President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu will form after taking over on May 29. It will be based on competence, youthfulness and with priority for women, but devoid of ethnic and religious consideration, the president-elect said in a statement he personally signed. To those clamouring for the formation of a board-based government, ... Read More »
Update : Alleged N304 million fraud: Ex-NIMASA DG, Baba Jauro, used kids’ firm to launder N120m – (EFCC) witness, Orji
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Tuesday heard that a former acting Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Haruna Baba Jauro allegedly laundered N120million through the bank account of a firm he registered in the name of himself, his children and relations. An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness, Orji Chukwuma, made the allegation ... Read More »
Bola Tinubu will have a hitch-free relationship with the 10th Assembly, “The issues of zoning did not come up,” Says Ali Ndume
Lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District, Ali Ndume has said the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu will have a hitch-free relationship with the 10th Assembly. Ndume, who briefed journalists in Abuja on Monday, said the incoming administration of Tinubu will be what he described as a National Assembly government. This to him is because both Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima, ... Read More »
Update : Osun tribunal: Appeal Court reserves judgement on Adeleke’s appeal
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Monday reserved judgement on the Osun State governorship appeal filed by Governor Ademola Adeleke. The appeal filed by Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party is against a judgment of the tribunal which invalidated his election as governor of Osun State. The three-member panel of justices led by Justice M.F. Shuaibu began sitting ... Read More »
Money Swap : Pressure on FG, CBN Governor Emefiele over naira scarcity, Supreme Court judgment
….Anger in Ekiti, Osun, others over rejection of old notes .,….Radio presenter slumps, dies while trekking to work THE cash scarcity caused by the naira redesign claimed another life yesterday in Ibadan as pressure mounts on the Federal Government and the Central Bank (CBN) to ease the suffering of the people. The Bayelsa State Government is suing for calm in ... Read More »