The State Government has formally swore in a former Special Adviser to the Governor on Agriculture Dr. Cliff Agbaeze as the new Commissioner for Agriculture. Also inaugurated were the Auditor General of the State, Mrs. Ngozi Eke Ogbonnaya and Chairman and members of the Board of Abia State Independent Electoral Commission (ABSIEC). Speaking while performing … [Read more…]
By Prince Ejeh Josh On August 27, 2024, Enugu State commemorated its 33rd year of existence as a legal entity and state within the Nigerian federal system. But for the dark clouds and the thunderstorms on that fateful Tuesday, August 27, 1991, everything else was normal —the hustle and bustle of the buzzing atmosphere. The … [Read more…]
The Nigerian Army has confirmed the arrest of one Adeleye Ayomide, as the suspect responsible for the death of a 300-level student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Idowu Christiana. The deceased was abducted by suspected kidnappers along the Ikorodu-Yaba Road, Lagos State, on Monday, August 19, 2024. A family source who … [Read more…]
Vice President Kashim Shettima has called an urgent meeting with the Minister of State for Petroleum, Heineken Lokpobiri, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, to address the ongoing fuel scarcity across the country. The meeting, held on behalf of President Bola Tinubu, who is currently on … [Read more…]
Successful applicants for the Consumer Credit Loan will start getting the cash next week, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Consumer Credit Corporation (CREDICORP), Uzoma Nwagba said yesterday. According to him, N100 billion had been released for roll out to the beneficiaries. The Federal Government introduced the scheme to remove structural, market and policy barriers and accelerate access … [Read more…]
The crisis rocking the Labour Party (LP) escalated yesterday, despite a strident attempt to resolve it. National Chairman, Julius Abure, rejected the 29-member interim committee headed by Senator Esther Nnenadi Usman, former Minister of State for Finance, describing it as illegal. The committee was set up during the extended stakeholders’ meeting of the party convened by … [Read more…]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said Africa holds vast opportunities for investments, growth and development with its population, productive economy and natural resources. Speaking at a bilateral meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang, on Wednesday in Beijing, China, President Tinubu commended the role of the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in advancing partnership between Africa … [Read more…]
The Enugu State Government has clarified its position on the reports over the collection of industrial gas emission levy by consultants to the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, noting that the exercise had since been suspended on 29th August 2024 and the consultancy terminated with immediate effect. It also clarified that Governor Peter Mbah … [Read more…]
By Samuel Ameh Miscommunication is like a pebble that often falls into the pool of human interaction, particularly in the realm of creativity. While some miscommunications can be easily resolved, others linger for days, months, years, decades, and possibly centuries. Recently, the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics brought forth a typical example of miscommunication. … [Read more…]
Isaac Bristol, the man the National Cybercrime Centre (NCCC) of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) claims to be PIDOM, has insisted that he is not the leak journalist the police believe he is. In a written police statement obtained by FIJ, dated August 14, Bristol, through his lawyer Henry Peter Ekine, said he did not … [Read more…]
Oseloka H. Obaze Bad leadership and its consequence, bad governance, are dismembering Nigeria. Both are repetends in current Nigerian political discourse. Both are also indicative that rather than focus progressively on nation building, Nigerians are distressing over the unraveling of their country. The New York Times on its 13th June, 2024 front page declaimed that “A resourceful … [Read more…]
The Presidency has denied the alleged frosty relationship between President Bola Tinubu and his deputy, Senator Kashim Shettima, describing it as a lie from the pit of hell. It also said that in the history of Nigeria’s Presidency, no vice president has enjoyed the total confidence and full support of his principal like Shettima. These … [Read more…]