Desmond Ike-Chima, Editor-in-Chief and Founder of ENigeria Newspaper has emerged winner at the 17th edition of the Nigeria Media Night-Out Awards 2023 in the Editor of the Year award category. The Nigeria Media Night-Out Awards is a foremost award dedicated to the celebration of outstanding journalists and media practitioners across …
Read More »Local production, reduced importation will strengthen Naira – Expert
Naira notes A Financial expert, Mr Okechukwu Unegbu, says improved local production of commodities, increased consumption of local products, and reduced importation of goods and services will help to stabilise and strengthen the Naira. Unegbu, a past President of the Chattered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), said …
Read More »Umahi’s directive on asphalt road not realistic – NSE chair
Chairman, Nigerian Society of Engineers, Ikeja Branch, Femi Adedotun, speaks to JOSEPHINE OGUNDEJI about the decision of the Federal Government to dump asphalt for concrete roads, among other issues The announcement by the Minister of Works, David Umahi, that the Federal Government has a preference for concrete roads does not seem …
Read More »Why Mohbad’s father is angry – Iyabo Ojo
Iyabo Ojo (left), Late Mohbad (right) Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo has alleged that Mr James Aloba, the father of late Nigerian rapper, Ilerioluwa Olademeji Aloba, aka Mohbad, is angry because his late son bought some property in his six-month-old son, Liam’s name. She said Mohbad’s family is torn apart over the …
Read More »INEC concerned about violence threat in Kogi – REC
Kogi State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Gabriel Longpet, speaks to GBENGA ODOGUN about the preparedness of the Independent National Electoral Commission for the November 11 governorship election in the state, among other related issues you expressed concern over the low collection of Permanent Voter Cards. Did the situation change before the …
Read More »Group Writes INEC On Mandatory Internet Voter Registration, Modern Technology In Electoral Process
INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu A civil rights group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has asked the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, to promote constitutional and legal reforms that would contain explicit mandatory provisions on internet voter registration, and the use of modern technology, …
Read More »NDLEA arrests businessmen, hotel attendant for drug trafficking
NDLEA personnel The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said it arrested two Lagos businessmen, ThankGod Emenike and Chidike Prince for concealing cocaine and heroin in their bellies on board flight to Hong Kong and France. Also, the NDLEA arrested one Agbo Tochukwu with a consignment of 58 parcels of skunk …
Read More »IPOB Chides South East Governors After Proscription Was Quashed
File Photo : IPOB The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), weekend, commended Enugu State High Court for ruling that the proscription of IPOB and its declaration as a terrorist organization amounted to administrative abuse, hence illegal. Recall that South East Governors Forum had in 2017 proscribed IPOB, with the federal …
Read More »Tinubu, Atiku Extol Late Ohinoyi Of Ebiraland: ‘He Had Masterful Way Of Handling Issues’
President Bola Tinubu has mourned the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland in Kogi State, His Royal Majesty, Ado Ibrahim, who passed away at the age of 94 on Sunday. Ibrahim ascended the revered throne in 1997, serving as the fourth traditional ruler of Ebiraland until Sunday morning. President Tinubu, on Sunday, described the …
Read More »City of Houston, Texas, USA proclaims October 25 as FITCC Day
In recognition of Fidelity Bank Plc’s commitment to fostering bilateral trade and economic development between the city of Houston, Texas and Nigeria, the City of Houston has designated October 25 as “Fidelity International Trade and Creative Connect Day”. Mayor Sylvester Turner of Houston officially declared the special day in …
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