THE Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will meet with the business and the organised private sector leaders in Lagos today. The meeting with the business leaders and captains of industry will hold at the Eko Hotel and Suites from 12noon. It will afford the economic players and thought leaders … [Read more…]
The Federal Government yesterday sought global support for its Energy Transition Plan, ETA, estimated to cost about $1.9 trillion in the next 60 years. The plan, which requires an investment of $10 billion annually to fund projects in mini-grids and renewable energy sectors, also aims at de-carbonising Nigeria’s hydrocarbons. Speaking at the opening ceremony of … [Read more…]
Leadership of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Fulani Socio-cultural Association, has listed conditions and measures that government and communities must take to restore lasting peace, unity and tolerance among farmers and herders in various troubled communities across the country. The conditions were contained in a communique released at the end of the expanded National Executive Council … [Read more…]
Detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has given the nod to his legal team to appeal against the ruling of the Court of Appeal staying the execution of the judgment that quashed the terrorism charges brought against him by the Federal government. Justice Haruna Tsanami had in his ruling last … [Read more…]
At least13 passengers have been burnt to death in a fatal accident which happened near the Four-Corners Enugu at about 9pm on Sunday night. The ill fated 14-seater bus said to be traveling from Imo State to Adamawa reportedly ran into a trailer before going up in flames. All the passengers except one, were said … [Read more…]
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to leave for London, United Kingdom, UK, on Monday for medical check up. The disclosure was made by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, via a tweet on his verified personal handle @FemiAdesina earlier in the day. Chief Adesina, who also issued a press statement … [Read more…]
Presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar; All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu; Labour Party, Peter Obi; New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP),Rabiu Kwankwaso and others have been tasked to demonstrate leadership by directing their campaign councils and political parties to regularly and widely publish the sources of their campaign funding. This was … [Read more…]
Another professional association of lawyers different from the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), the Law Society of Nigeria (LSN) led by Mr. Kunle Ogunba, SAN, has emerged. This was contained in a statement yesterday by the National Publicity Secretary of the LSN, Mr Douglas Ogbankwa. The legal practitioners in Nigeria had been hitherto regulated solely under … [Read more…]
Amid controversies over the position of the Finance Minister, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, on the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to embark on the redesigning of Naira notes, President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday that the CBN has his support on the project. Ahmed, at the weekend, declared that the CBN did not carry … [Read more…]
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday meet with security chiefs in the nation’s capital, Abuja, to further review and strengthen the security network in the country. This was revealed last night via a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the president on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu The statement explained that the President, … [Read more…]
…Call on Federal Government to provide security ahead 2023 elections …Agree on 24-hour joint patrol in zone …Deny link with ESN …Request FG’s intervention in rehabilitation of flood victims in area Louis Amoke Governors of the South East geo-political zone have raised the alarm over the spate of kidnappings and wanton killings in the zone, … [Read more…]
Ndi Enugu n’ile, ndeewonu. It is with a heavy heart but a strengthened resolve that I make this statement. It has been a week since the kidnapping of dozens of individuals, including students of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, who were returning to school after the eight months long strike action by ASUU. I can’t … [Read more…]