Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki Former President of the Senate, Mr Bukola Saraki, has declared his intention to vie for president in the 2023 general elections, reports say on Wednesday. Saraki was quoted as making the declaration on Tuesday, in Makurdi, during a visit to Governor of Benue State, …
Read More »EFCC Arraigns ABU Deputy Bursar For Fraud
Ilyasu Abdulrauf Bello The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the Deputy Bursar of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Ilyasu Abdulrauf Bello, on one-count charge bordering on alleged diversion of six-million-naira. He was arraigned on Tuesday before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court. …
Read More »Tinubu Campaign Groups Get Billions To Promote His 7-Point Agenda For 2023
Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress Even though he has not openly declared his intention to run for president in 2023, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr Bola Tinubu, has tasked his campaign groups to robustly sell his yet-to-be unveiled agenda, THE WHISTLER …
Read More »BREAKING: ‘Nigeria Air’ to begin operations in April 2022 – FG
The minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has disclosed that the much-awaited national carrier, Nigeria Air, is expected to take off by April 2022. The minister made the disclosure while speaking with the State House Correspondents on Wednesday after the week’s Federal Executive Council, FEC meeting. The meeting was presided over …
Read More »Huawei to help address Africa’s energy poverty through digital power
The fight to tackle Africa’s energy poverty is receiving support through the provision of digital enablers that will boost sufficiency. Currently, energy poverty is a serious problem in sub-Saharan Africa with statistics from International Energy Agency (IEA) indicating that over 580 million people in the region lacked access to electricity …
Read More »Stanbic IBTC Infrastructure Fund Invests In 20,000MT LPG Storage Facility
Stanbic IBTC Infrastructure Fund is delighted to announce its investment in the construction of a 20,000 metric tonne Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) storage terminal, the largest storage gas facility in Nigeria. The funding was provided to AP LPG Limited (a subsidiary of Ardova Plc) under a N12 billion senior debt …
Read More »Four African Apps Win In Huawei’s Apps UP 2021 Competition
Huawei has announced the winners of the 2021 edition of the Huawei HMS App Innovation Contest (Apps UP), with four African Apps being recognised and celebrated among the 18 winners. South African Coresthetics walked away with one of the Best App Awards in the Middle East and Africa region, along …
Read More »FG To Replace Fuel Subsidy With N2.4trn Grant To 40 Million Nigerians—Finance Minister
The Federal Government is planning to replace fuel subsidy with a N2.4trn annual transportation grant to about 40 million poorest Nigerians. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said on Tuesday that this will be implemented by 2022. According to the minister, the subsidy will be …
Read More »#EndSARS: Lai Mohammed Gives 10 Reasons Lagos Panel Report Is Rubbish
Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s Minister of Information The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has faulted the recently leaked report of the judicial panel constituted by the Lagos State Government to investigate the alleged killing of innocent protesters by security operatives during the October 2020 EndSARS protests. Mohammed, who had …
Read More »Do not release Nnamdi Kanu, Northern Coalition tells Buhari
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has rejected Igbo leaders call on President Muhammadu Buhari to release Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Igbo leaders had visited the president at Aso Rock on Friday, demanding that Kanu should be released. Buhari, who described their request …
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