Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Mr. Gbenga Alade (right), and the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank Plc, Dr. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe (OON) when the Fidelity Bank CEO paid a business visit to the AMCON Boss…in Abuja recently
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By Tony Adibe A former Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State, Dr Ben Nwoye, on Wednesday bemoaned the growing and high rate of insecurity within Enugu metropolis in recent time. Nwoye, a foundation member of the ruling APC, urged residents of Enugu metropolis to assist law enforcement agencies with credible information to resolve pile-up of unresolved crime especially assassinations. The APC chieftain made the call in a statement he personally issued in Enugu, expressing deep regret on the gruesome murder of the Chairman of Ogbete Main Market…
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After about five months of hide-and-seek, a former Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello said he has agreed to honour the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged N80.2bn fraud. A statement by the Director, Yahaya Bello Media Office, Ohiare Michael on Wednesday, said Bello has honoured the invitation of the EFCC “after due consultations with his family, legal team and political allies.” The statement said, “The former Governor, who has great respect for the rule of law and constituted authority, had, all the while, only sought the…
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The Abia State chapter of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), on Saturday, collapsed into the Labour Party (LP) in the state. Led by its governorship candidate in the 2023 general elections in the state, Dr Ukpai Iro Ukpai, the party underscored the achievements of the state governor, Alex Otti, in making Abia the envy of all in Nigeria, assuring of assisting the governor in placing the state in a higher and enviable position. Speaking while handing over the party structure to the governor and the LP state chairman, Emmanuel…
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The counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra, Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has criticised the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), and the Federal Government for the current hardship in the country, adding that both the Federal Government and the NLC are acting as a drama to divert the attention of Nigerians. In a press statement on Tuesday, Ejiofor said if the NLC did not play into the hands of the Federal Government by compromising their stand and consequently truncating various civil measures, Nigerians would have adopted a strategy to stop the Federal…
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Debt servicing costs incurred by 29 state governments consumed 80.7 per cent of their Internally Generated Revenue during the first six months of 2024, highlighting the significant financial burden the sub-nationals currently face, The Punch reports. The dire situation also forced the governors to borrow a total sum of N446.29 billion within the same period despite a 40 per cent increase in its statutory allocation from the Federation Account. The latest information is according to an analysis of data obtained by our correspondent using the budget implementation reports from each…
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Former National Vice Chairman, North West of the All Progressives Congress, Salihu Lukman, has called on former military and civilian presidents in the country to seize the initiative and make concerted efforts to rescue Nigeria from what he called the present “government’s heartless and mindless policies.” In a statement titled “Nigerian Democracy in ICU,” the former APC chieftain appealed to two-term civilian president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo; former military president and Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida, Abdulsalami Abubakar, and former National Security Adviser, Aliyu Gusau, to take more than a…
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Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have insisted that their recognition of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State as leader of the party in the state stands. The former governor of the state, Nyesom Wike and Fubara have been battling for the party’s leadership structure. Wike, the current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, had warned the PDP governors to steer clear of Rivers State, threatening that he would set fire in their various states if they continued to support his estranged godson. However,…
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Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (Rtd) Elder statesman and a former Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (rtd), has tasked all service chiefs to end banditry and return the country to the path of peace.The retired top military officer, who bemoaned the ongoing abduction and killings, said there are “no excuses” for the lingering insecurity ravaging the country. Danjuma spoke at Armed Forces Officers’ Mess in Abuja during the launch of a book titled: “Big Boots: Lessons from my military service”, authored by Solomon Udounwa, a retired Major-General of the Nigerian…
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On Tuesday, Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) candidate in the 2023 presidential election, visited Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, leading the party’s leadership and the Obidient Movement to express condolences for the recent flood disaster that struck the region. Accompanied by his 2023 running mate, Dr. Datti Baba-Ahmed, and Senator Nenadi Usman, Chairman of the party’s National Caretaker Committee, Obi met with the state governor, Babagana Zulum, and the Shehu of Borno, Abubakar Ibn Umar Garba Al Amin El-Kanemi. The former governor of Anambra State generously donated ₦50…
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