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Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State had on July 9, 2021 received the report of the State’s Judicial Panel of Inquiry into complaints of police brutality and extra-judicial killings in the state with a promised to do its best to support families of victims of police brutality and extra-judicial killings in the state. … [Read more…]
Frontier Discourse Awards has started off credibly- Onu, Iloegbouba, Chilo-Offiah Automobile and Construction mogul and CEO of Ingrace Group, Hon. Chinedu Onu, has described The Pacesetter Frontier Magazine Awards as one that has started off credibly, saying his recognition by the magazine will spur him to do more with his business. Onu spoke when he … [Read more…]
The Pacesetter Frontier Magazine awards is an elixir to do more- Barth Nnaji, Joy Ezeilo Former Minister for Power and Chairman, Geometric Power Limited, Professor Barth O. Nnaji, CON, and renowned Girls/Women Rights Activist & Fmr. UN Special Rapporteur on Human Trafficking, Prof. Joy N. Ezeilo, OON, have both described their recognition by The Pacesetter … [Read more…]
Barely 29 days to the scheduled governorship election in Anambra state, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Friday, said it has commenced the process of recruiting 26, 000 ad-hoc staff it will deploy to 5, 720 polling units in the state. INEC Resident Commissioner in Anambra State, Mr. Nkwachukwu Orji, who made … [Read more…]
The World Health Organization on Wednesday endorsed the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine, the first against the mosquito-borne disease that kills more than 400,000 people a year, mostly African children. The decision followed a review of a pilot programme deployed since 2019 in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi where more than two million doses were given … [Read more…]
COLLEGE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (CIC) ENUGU OLD BOYS’ ASSOCIATION MOURN OUR CHAIRMAN EMERITUS DR. CHIKE AKUNYILI The CIC Old Boys’ Association Enugu Branch, (CICOBA), and the entire CIC family are saddened by the news of the gruesome murder of our former Chairman, Chief Dr. Chike Akunyili, husband to the late Prof. Dora Akunyili. Dr. … [Read more…]
A vehicle conveying tomatoes and vegetables was, yesterday, set ablaze by persons suspected to be enforcing IPOB’s sit-at-home order in Enugu. The attack at Edem junction, Ibeagwa Nike, Enugu East Local Government Area, involved a truck suspected to be coming from the northern part of the country. Sympathisers were said to … [Read more…]
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s eNaira website has gone live ahead of the October 1 official launch. According to the website, www.enaira.com, “eNaira is a CB -issued digital currency that provides a unique form of money denominated in Naira.” Find out what makes the eNaira different from the money in your bank account … [Read more…]
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele , has estimated that the nation would require about $10 billion annually to fix the nation’s dilapidated infrastructure to rejuvenate the economy. Emefiele, who stated this in his address at the Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria (FICAN) 2021 annual conference and 30th anniversary … [Read more…]
The Northern States Governors’ Forum on Monday opposed the call by its Southern counterpart that the Presidency should move to the South in 2023. The northern governors, who stated this at their meeting in Kaduna, said the call by the Southern Governors’ Forum was against the constitution of the country. But groups … [Read more…]
With a few days to the official launch of the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), eNaira, in partnership with Bitt Inc, Nigerians are anxiously waiting to experience a new banking product touted to be a game changer on the local business landscape. When the Director of Information Technology, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Rukiya … [Read more…]
How An Extremist Doctrine Is Shaping The ‘Biafra’ Agitation Aug. 22, 2021, was a Monday and a day for ‘sit-at-home’ in Southeast Nigeria. The forced weekly sit-at-home was decreed by the hierarchy of the separatist Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) across the states in the region. Its forced observance is slated for Mondays of each week. The … [Read more…]