National Unity: Fayemi urges Nigerians to embrace dialogue
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has urged Nigerians to embrace robust debate, principled disagreement and honest scepticism as part of the critical ingredients essential for a healthy system of governance and national unity. Speaking at the National Unity Summit held in Abuja on Wednesday, the Ekiti State Governor stated that these ingredients were not bad until they were used...
MTN, Access Bank, Ecobank, Flour Mills push investors’ losses to N409bn
Activities on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) resumed the month of December on Wednesday in red with a loss of N409 billion due to profit taking in MTN Nigeria Communications (MTNN) and 22 others. Specifically, the market capitalisation which opened at N22.566 trillion shed N409 billion or 1.81 per cent to close at N22.157 trillion. Also, the NGX All-Share Index inched...
Aiteo oil spill: Gov Diri laments, says Bayelsans are endangered
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, returned from visiting the oil spill site in Nembe Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday, describing it as the worst he had seen in his lifetime. The OML 29 Well 1 platform, which is operated by Nigeria's largest indigenous oil firm, Aiteo Exploration and Production Company Limited, has been spilling crude unabated...
APC, 10 political parties contest Soludo’s victory
Eleven political parties that participated in the November 6 and 9 governorship election in Anambra have filed petitions challenging the outcome of the exercise. Mr. Surajo Gusau, Secretary of the 2021 Anambra Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, disclosed this to newsmen in Awka on Tuesday. The governor-elect, Prof. Charles Soludo and his party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) was declared winner...
Again, Soludo triumphs as court dismisses suit seeking Gov-elect’s disqualification
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, dismissed a suit, challenging the qualification of the Governor-elect, Charles Soludo, and his Deputy Governor-elect, Onyeka Ibezim, for the November 6 Anambra governorship election. Delivering judgement, Justice Taiwo Taiwo dismissed the suit on the grounds that it lacked merit. Taiwo, who described the suit as a waste of judicial time, said the court could not...
Witness: How Fayose’s associate bought N1.3bn houses in four months
The 11th prosecution witness, PW11, Joanne Tolulope, in the trial of a former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Wednesday, December 1, told Justice Chukujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how Fayose’s associate, Abiodun Agbele, had bought properties worth N1.3 billion within four months. The former governor is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial...
Nigeria engages Greek investors on investment in transport sector
The Federal Government of Nigeria has opened fresh talks with leading businesses in Greece on Direct Foreign Investment (DFI) in the transport and allied sectors of the economy. Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi led a team of Chief Executives of parastatals under his Ministry to the 2021 Greek-Nigeria Chamber of Commerce & Technology (GNCCT) and Investment Summit, held...
One child infected with HIV every two minutes in 2020 – UNICEF
A new report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has shown that, at least, one child globally was infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) every two minutes in 2020. The report, which was released to commemorate the 2021 World AIDS Day (WAD), indicates that not less than 300,000 children globally were newly infected with HIV in 2020. It also...
Insurgency: 500 orphans of Civilian JTFs to get Borno scholarship
Borno State Government is set to award scholarship to 500 orphans of the Civilian JTF, hunters and vigilantes who died during battles with Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists. Widows of the late fighting volunteers would also be empowered by the state government. The initiative titled “Borno Heroes Support Programme” will be launched in January 2022 by Governor Babagana Zulum. The initiative will...
Lekki shootings: Lagos rubbishes Panel’s report on deaths’ claims
Lagos State Government’s White Paper on the Judicial Panel of Inquiry (JPI) on the report of Lekki Tollgate shootings has rubbished the panel’s report claiming there was massacre at the tollgate on October 20, 2020 during #EndSARS protests. The White Paper released on Tuesday night said the report of the Lekki Tollgate (LTG) shootings submitted two weeks ago by the...
