Members of Governor Wike camp on Wednesday, while announcing their discontinuation with the Atiku’s campaign council insisted that the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, must resign. The internal crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has deepened as members loyal to the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, have pulled out …
Read More »Veteran Nigerian Singer, Sues Telecoms Company, Airtel Over ‘Unauthorised Use’ Of Her Hit Song
Veno Marioghae Mbanefo, a veteran Nigerian artiste, has dragged a telecommunications company, Airtel Network Limited before the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos for “unauthorised use” of her musical work. Mbanefo disclosed this in a statement sent to SaharaReporters on Tuesday. The statement reads, “I, Veno Marioghae Mbanefo, found out …
Read More »Kwankwaso best suited to replace Buhari, says Idahosa
Kwankwaso and Idahosa Bishop Isaac Idahosa, the Vice Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), has vouched for the competence of Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, the Presidential candidate of the party. Idahosa said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja ahead of the 2023 General Elections. He said …
Read More »Why I appointed Akeredolu Southwest campaign coordinator – Tinubu
Tinubu and Akeredolu The APC Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has given reason he appointed Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu Southwest coordinator of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council. Tinubu had in a letter appointed Akeredolu to to head the Southwest campaign to push for his election as president in 2023. …
Read More »Buhari hails NDLEA over seizure of ‘cocaine worth N194bn’
Buhari and Marwa President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Buba Marwa, chairman of the National Drug law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), over the agency’s recent “cocaine bust” in Lagos. Earlier on Monday, the agency had said its operatives, in what “appears to be the biggest singular cocaine seizure”, seized an estimated N194 …
Read More »Access Bank reward customers with cash prizes in AccessMore Mega Reward
#image_title As part of its strategy to drive easy, effective and rewarding banking using its AccessMore mobile app, Access Bank Plc, at the weekend, rewarded its customers with millions of Naira, smartphones and other amazing prizes in the AccessMore mega reward scheme. According to the bank, N10-12 million will be …
Read More »Court sacks Taraba APC governorship candidate
Emmanuel Bwacha A Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo, Taraba State, has sacked Emmanuel Bwacha as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for the 2023 election. The court’s decision comes after David Sabo Kente, one of the aspirants, filed a suit against his candidature. Delivering judgment on Tuesday, Simon …
Read More »Nigeria’s Debt Rises By N1.24trn In Second Quarter, Hits N42.84trn
Patience Oniha, DMO DG and President Muhammadu Buhari …Debt To GDP Ratio Now 23.27% The Federal Government’s appetite for borrowing continued in the second quarter of this year with the debt stock rising by N1.24trn to N42.84trn. Figures released by the Debt Management Office revealed that domestic debt has pushed …
Read More »African Youth Entrepreneurship Agreement Signed Between the Tony Elumelu Foundation and UNCDF
Memorandum of Understanding Signed on the Sidelines of the UN General Assembly The Tony Elumelu Foundation and the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) today signed an agreement to support youth entrepreneurship in Africa, with a specific focus on historically underinvested areas within African frontier markets. In bringing together the expertise, …
Read More »Oscar Onyeama – We Need A Closure by Joseph Edgar
I have read the Nairametrics report one more time. It was damning and damaging. It contained information that was not only annoying but irritating. A disgraceful loss position, a humiliating comparison with FMDQ a recent venture, and a shameful expense schedule showing billions spent on only about 200 people. A …
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