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Guber elections: Atiku mobilises for PDP candidates, directs support groups to ensure victory

NewsDeskNgNov 6, 2023November 6, 20230

Former Vice President of Nigeria and leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has asked all his support groups body to mobilise for the success of the party in the governorship elections in Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo states. The three states of Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi state will...

CBN @65: VP Shettima, Cardoso, others to speak at Cowries to Cashless launch

NewsDeskNgNov 5, 2023November 5, 20230

Vice President Kashim Shettima and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Yemi Cardoso, are among eminent personalities scheduled to appraise the existence of CBN in the last 65 years. It is believed that in the last 65 years of CBN in Nigeria, the banking landscape has...

Rep Committee promises to collect unremitted oil income of N100 billion

NewsDeskNgNov 4, 2023November 4, 20230

The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere has vowed to recover the over N100 billion naira oil revenue that has not been remmitted to the Federal Government over the years. Speaking at the inaugural meeting of the Committee, Hon. Ugochinyere regretted that the Federal...

Carnival Calabar: Gov Otu Woos Investors With Tax Holidays

NewsDeskNgNov 3, 2023November 3, 20230

Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Edet Otu, has offered global investors willing to invest in the state of a tax haven. Otu made the commitment when he hosted top global CEOs in Lagos, Nigeria’s economic capital, at a breakfast meeting aimed at enhancing the tourism fortunes of the state....

Imo gov’ship: Opinion poll predicts victory for Hope Uzodinma

NewsDeskNgNov 3, 2023November 3, 20230

…70% of residents believed gov ‘ll clinch 2nd term Ahead of the November 11 governorship election in Imo state, a scientific opinion poll conducted by a pro-democracy civil society group, Justice and Democracy for Development (JD4D) has projected Governor Hope Uzodimma to emerge victorious. The CSO, in a report released...

Stop persecution of Northerners in Abia, Igbo group cautions Alex Otti

NewsDeskNgNov 3, 2023November 3, 20230

…Gives gov 48 hours to rescind outbursts, apologize to Northern traders An Igbo group, under the aegis of Coalition of Igbo Unions of Nigeria (CIUN) has cautioned the governor of Abia state against alleged persecution of Northerners in the state. The Igbo group warned that move by governor Alex Otti...

WAUG will be hosted by OAU Ile-Ife, according to reports

NewsDeskNgNov 3, 2023November 3, 20230

The management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife says the institution is set to host a successful 2023 West African Universities Games (WAUG). The institution’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Abiodun Olanrewaju, disclosed in a statement on Thursday that the 2023 WAUG would begin on Dec. 16. ”It will involve...

Kwara Falcons to storm Akure Friday for place in final 4

NewsDeskNgNov 3, 2023November 3, 20230

Kwara Falcons Basketball Club will on Friday storm Akure, the Ondo state capital, to partake in the Nigeria Basketball Premier league Final Four qualifying series. The Head of Media for Kwara Sports Commission, Feruke Yusuf, confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in...

2023 Supplementary: Reps scrap Presidential Yatch, increases Student loan to 10bn

NewsDeskNgNov 3, 2023November 3, 20230

……Approve a total Sum of 2.177trn for Tinubu By Augustine Aminu The House of Representatives on Thursday scrapped the budgetary allocation of the presidential Yatch and proposed additional sum of N5 billion to student loan thereby increasing allocation for student loan to 10bn as against 5. 5bn This was just...

Reps calls for subsidy in Malaria drugs

NewsDeskNgNov 3, 2023November 3, 20230

By Augustine Aminu The House of Representatives on Thursday moved to subsidized malaria drugs for Nigeria, if not made free at all Government Health Centers to citizens. This is even as the alarming rate of Malaria infections in the country increases, lamenting that declaring emergency on Malaria will not be...

Grace Ike Bags Silent Hero in Management Award

Uwazuruike Urges Ohanaeze To Stop Kanu From Recruiting Igbo Youths For Violence

Anti-Terror Group Warns Insurgents Seek To Divide Nigeria

Guber elections: Atiku mobilises for PDP candidates, directs support groups to ensure victory

CBN @65: VP Shettima, Cardoso, others to speak at Cowries to Cashless launch

Rep Committee promises to collect unremitted oil income of N100 billion

Carnival Calabar: Gov Otu Woos Investors With Tax Holidays

Imo gov’ship: Opinion poll predicts victory for Hope Uzodinma

Stop persecution of Northerners in Abia, Igbo group cautions Alex Otti

WAUG will be hosted by OAU Ile-Ife, according to reports

Kwara Falcons to storm Akure Friday for place in final 4

2023 Supplementary: Reps scrap Presidential Yatch, increases Student loan to 10bn

Reps calls for subsidy in Malaria drugs