Delta Assembly approves Okowa’s N150bn loan request
The Delta House of Assembly, on Tuesday, approved a request by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for a bridging finance facility of N150 billion in favour of the state government. The governor’s request was contained in a letter which was read at the plenary of the assembly by the Speaker, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori, in Asaba, the Delta State capital. Okowa said the requested...
300 schools to compete in Abia School Quiz Competition
The committee for Abia Secondary Schools Quiz Competition says it is expecting more than 300 schools to participate in the second edition of the exercise. The coordinator of the competition, Mr. Uche Ama-Ohaka, said at a news briefing in Umuahia, the Abia State capital on Tuesday. He noted that the quiz would formally commence on May 17, 2022. Ama-Ohaka, who said that...
CIBN inaugurates a 160-seater hall at ATBU
The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) has donated a 160-seater lecture hall to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, as part of effort to enhance financial education in the country. The CIBN on November 8, 2021, embarked on construction of the 160-seat capacity theater at the Department of Banking and Finance, Faculty of Management of the university. CIBN...
AfDB earmarks $1.5bn Africa emergency food plan
The President of the Africa Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, says AfDB has developed a $1.5 billion Africa Emergency Food Plan, which is now before the bank’s Board for approval. Adesina said the move was to mitigate the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on food security in Africa. He stated that the Russia-Ukraine war would create global problems, particularly for Africa,...
Mastercard partners Microsoft for safe online shopping
Mastercard has launched an enhanced identity solution designed to improve the online shopping experience and tackle digital fraud in a new collaboration with Microsoft Corporation. The President, Cyber and Intelligence, Mastercard, Ajay Bhalla, stated this in a statement on Monday. Bhalla said that delivering a frictionless shopping experience was critical as retailers looked to shift window shopping and price comparison visits...
Cleric to Jonathan: You’ll return to Aso Rock as President if…
A clergyman, Felix Aluko, says former President Goodluck Jonathan will be returned to Aso Rock in Abuja if he decides to vie for the 2023 presidential election. Aluko, the senior pastor of the Resurrected Assembly (GROM), made the prophetic declaration in Abuja on Tuesday. The cleric said Jonathan would return as President in 2023 through the instrumentality of God’s divine mandate...
Kaduna embarks on medical outreach, targets 500 residents
No fewer than 500 residents of Unguwan Rimi area of Kaduna State have benefitted from a one-day medical outreach organised by Malaria Control Programme in Kaduna. The Programme Manager, Dr. Sule Danga, said the outreach was in continuation of the 2022 World Malaria Day (WMD) celebration in the state. He said that the state’s ultimate goal was to reduce the number of...
Governors to court: Stop $418m Paris Club debt deductions
Governors of 36 states of the Federation have prayed a Federal High Court in Abuja to restrain the Federal Government from approving the deduction of any money accruing to the states from the Federation Account for the payment of $418 million judgement debt. The Attorneys-General of the 36 states made this prayer known in a motion on notice marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1313/2021...
Abe: Nobody can enslave Rivers people
A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Abe, has said that no human can enslave the people of the state “in spite of his wealth or social status in the society”. Abe stated this while speaking at the National School Field, Okrika, during the stakeholders meeting with the people of...
Buhari invites Tinubu, Akande, Oshiomhole, APC leaders to Iftar
President Muhammadu Buhari has invited some leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the breaking of Ramadan fast (Iftar) at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The Iftar dinner has been scheduled to hold on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. President Buhari invited the APC leaders via a letter dated April 22, 2022, and addressed to the APC National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi...
