The Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has taken a further step in his administration’s pursuit of accountability by suspending the state’s Head of Service and Permanent Secretaries who served under the previous administration of former Governor Okezie Ikpeazu. The suspension came in the wake of the newly inaugurated judicial panel …
Read More »How ex-CBN boss, Godwin Emefiele allegedly used wife’s company to launder public funds
Godwin Emefiele and wife, Margaret Fresh report have shown that embattled Godwin Emefiele, the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was involved in alleged high level of corruption, nepotism, favoritism and gross abuse of office while he reigned supreme as the Governor of the apex-bank. According to …
Read More »NEXIM, Fidelity Bank target new five million MSMEs for exports
NEXIM The Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) is collaborating with Fidelity Bank to increase the capacity of five million Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) exporters in the non-oil sector. NEXIM said the move is in line with the overall objective of promoting export diversification efforts of the Federal Government. The Managing …
Read More »NATO agrees to extend Stoltenberg mandate: diplomats
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (L) and European Council President Charles Michel (R) talk to the media as they arrive for a European Council Summit, at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on June 29, 2023. – EU leaders will the EU’s continued support to Ukraine, as well as the economy, …
Read More »Buhari didn’t ask Tinubu not to investigate him — Shehu
Spokesperson to former President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, on Thursday, denied that the former leader asked his successor not to investigate some ministers under the previous government. He also said Buhari had left Daura for London to get some needed rest which, constant visits from well-wishers, had denied him. “If …
Read More »Deployment of policemen to VIPs will be reviewed — Force PRO
Prince Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Police Force Public Relations Office. PHOTO CREDIT: Google The Police Force Public Relations Officer, Prince Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has said that the deployment of policemen to individuals will be “reviewed and regularised”. This was contained in a statement on Wednesday via his Twitter account while reacting to a …
Read More »Presidency fires back at PDP, LP over alleged anti-people policies
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, John Alechenu & Omeiza Ajayi, ABUJA As Nigerians celebrate Eid-el-Kabir, the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Labour Party, LP, yesterday, accused the President Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress, APC, administration of implementing anti-people policies they said had made it difficult for many people to celebrate. …
Read More »President Tinubu solving problems ignored by Buhari – Ladoja
Ladoja and Tinubu Prominent Ibadan politician, Sen. Rashidi Ladoja, said President Bola Tinubu is solving the problems ignored by his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari. Ladoja, a former governor of Oyo State, made the statement on Wednesday at his Ibadan residence while interacting when newsmen after the Eid prayers. He urged Nigerians …
Read More »NNPCL GCEO, Kyari pays Sallah homage to Tinubu in Lagos
The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), Mallam Mele Kyari, on Thursday visited President Bola Tinubu at his residence in Lagos, in the spirit of the Eid-El-Kabir celebration. Kyari, who stated this in a post on his Twitter page, said he visited …
Read More »UPDATED: I invoked spirit of freedom in Ogun, says Tinubu
Tinubu speaking at Awujale palace The President, Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, said he invoked the spirit of freedom during his electioneering in Ogun State. He said during the campaign season, some of his popular statements that resonated with Nigerians and his supporters were used to invoke the spirit. The former …
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