Siminalaye Fubara A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has dismissed a suit seeking to disqualify Siminalaye Fubara as governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections. Fubara, the anointed candidate of Nyesom Wike, the incumbent governor of the state, had resigned as …
Read More »2023: ‘Never Again Will Elections Be Postponed At Eleventh Hour’ — INEC Chairman
Mahmood Yakubu, INEC Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said the commission was determined to ensure that elections are never postponed due to problems with logistics. Yakubu stated this on Friday during the inauguration of the Electoral Logistics Committee (EloC) held at the INEC …
Read More »Lai Mohammed: Nobody Can Destroy My Political Structure In Kwara
Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s Minister of Information The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed says his political structure in Kwara remains intact and cannot be successfully attacked and sunk. The minister said this in his hometown Oro near Ilorin at the traditional marriage of his granddaughter, Dr. Toyosi to an …
Read More »Empowering women for trade through digital technology
A report by PriceWaterCoopers has said that women account for 41 per cent ownership of micro-businesses in Nigeria, with 23 million female entrepreneurs operating in the segment. The United Nations Informal Sector Development and the Bank of Industry statistics stated that women constitute a higher number of Nigeria’s informal workforce …
Read More »Crisis hits Edmark as court bars company from selling products in Nigeria
Edmark Direct Marketing Limited, a top multi-level marketing company in Nigeria is currently enmeshed in internal crisis that may lead to the shutting down of the company if urgent steps are not taken to salvage the situation. This is because, the battle between shareholders of the company has taken on a new …
Read More »FG Set To Implement Technical Committee’s Report To Stop Rejection Of Agric Exports
Forty-eight days after the Federal Government received the technical committee’s report that was set up to prevent the rejection of agro-exports from Nigeria at the international market, the government has hit the ground running with the implementation of some of the recommendations. In a bid to ensure that the recommendations …
Read More »I Will Dialogue With IPOB, Apologize To EndSARS Protesters If Elected – Peter Obi
Peter Obi Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said he will dialogue with members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and apologize to EndSARS protesters if elected Nigeria’s president in 2023. The LP candidate who said this during an interview with Daily Trust in Abuja noted that …
Read More »Fact Check: Oshiomhole’s Claim That Obasanjo Spent $30bn On Petrol Subsidy False
Adams Oshiomhole, former APC National Chairman A former governor of Edo State and Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole has made claims that Nigeria spent between $20bn to $30bn on fuel subsidy during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo was Nigeria’s president between 1999 and 2007. …
Read More »‘I Have Failed’ — Education Minister Adamu Regrets Not Ending Out-Of-School Children Crisis
Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has expressed disappointment with himself that after 7 years in office, he has been unable to put an end to the out-of-school children challenge in the nation. He said that he recently realized he is the longest-serving education Minister …
Read More »N1.3Billion Severance Package: Ex-Aviation Workers Drag, NAHCO, Bureau of Public Enterprises To Court Over Non-payment Of Benefits After 16 Years
The workers, in a view, to ensure their entitlements are duly paid took NAHCO Plc, the Pension Transition Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) and the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) to court, praying for an order to ensure the payment of their benefits. Former workers of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) …
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