The people of Owo community in Nkanu East local government area of Enugu State, yesterday, went agog in celebration as they rolled out the drums in large numbers over the surprise visit of their son, Dr Peter Mbah, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state ahead of the 2023 general…
The deal also involves expanding the rice firm into a Staple Crop Processing Zone. Ellah Lakes Plc has announced its partnership with the Enugu State government via a joint venture for the development of the Ada Rice Company and plantation. The deal also involves expanding the rice firm into a Staple Crop Processing Zone. Ellah…
Written by Nafisat Abdulrahman Businessman, investor and tech magnate Elon Musk has announced his intention to donate approximately $45 million each month to a new fund aimed at supporting Donald Trump’s bid for the US presidency. This disclosure was reported by the Wall Street Journal on Monday. According to the report, Musk’s financial contributions will…
BY BUSOLA ARO Kingsley Moghalu, former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has praised the decision to transfer revenue of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to the apex bank. Moghalu’s comment followed the announcement by Olayemi Cardoso, governor of CBN, that NNPC and the ministry of finance have agreed to…
Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed is a 46 year old Academician, Businessman and Nigerian politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives between 2003 and 2007, and was elected Senator for Kaduna North, in Kaduna State, Nigeria in April 2011 running on the Congress for Progressive Change ticket, with a remarkable record of the credit…
A Civil Society Organisation, CSO, Competent Governance for Accountability and Trust, has called on the Federal Government (FG) to put the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in order or disband it if has outlived its usefulness to avoid what the group described as an embarrassment, which it said, the agency was causing Nigerians. It said…
Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has advised the Igbos to be weary of the promise of the APC government to hand over power to them in 2023, noting that it was dangerous to take the APC government seriously. The newspaper reported that Mr Obasanjo stated this during a stakeholders meeting held at the residence of…
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Atiku Abubakar of attempting to deceive both Christians and Muslims. In a statement on Saturday by his Media Office signed by Tunde Rahman, Tinubu said Atiku has no business raising the issue of a Muslim-Muslim ticket except as…
BREAKING You’re a dumb kid, Presidency blasts Wizkid for calling Buhari ‘old man’ Social media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mrs Laurreta Onochie, Tuesday, replied a Nigerian music star, Ayo Balogun aka Wizkid, who advised Buhari to jettison Afghanistanism and concentrate on local issues affecting the country Wizkid had lambasted Buhari hours after the Inspector…
BY CLAIRE SAVAGE A plane taxiing for departure clipped another aircraft at Chicago O’Hare International Airport on Sunday evening, the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday. No injuries were reported, both planes were of Boeing design, and the FAA says it will investigate the incident. The left wing tip of Flight 11 from All Nippon Airways,…
