APC congresses: Showdown looms as factions, groups reject consensus
Fireworks are expected ahead of today's state congresses of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as efforts to adopt consensus and position sharing arrangements in the composition of state executives among opposing interests have failed. It was gathered that the option of sharing arrangements among the groups and interests was rebuffed as stakeholders couldn't reach any agreement and thereby creating room...
Femi Adesina: Buhari more attractive than Awolowo, Azikiwe, Shagari, others
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, has said that Nigerians are more attracted to President Muhammadu Buhari than some First Republic leaders like Nnamdi Azikiwe, Obafemi Awolowo, Shehu Shagari, and others Adesina, in an article entitled, ‘The Essential Buhari: VP Osinbajo got it!’, the presidential aide said Nigerians everywhere swarm around President Buhari as...
FG: We’ll create 21m jobs, lift 35m out of poverty by 2025
The Federal Government is planning to create 21 million additional jobs between now and 2025. It also targets to lift 35 million Nigerians out of poverty within the same period while an average of 5% Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth is targeted. The targets are contained in the National Development Plan 2021-2025 draft, a successor plan to the Economic Recovery and...
Concession: Bi-Courtney expresses readiness to bid for airport terminals
Operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2 (MMA2), Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), has indicated interest to bid in the ongoing concession of four major airport terminals by the Federal Government. Chairman of BASL, Dr. Wale Babalakin, made the disclosure during an interactive session with journalists at the MMA2 terminal in Lagos on Friday. Four major terminals – Lagos, Abuja,...
PDP wants court to sack Zamfara gov, senators, 30 lawmakers
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday sought court order, joining the three Zamfara senators and 30 other lawmakers who defected from the party to All Progressives Congress (APC) in a suit against Governor Bello Matawalle. The PDP, through its counsel, O.J. Onoja (SAN), told Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja in a motion for joinder marked:...
Firm drags Kogi Assembly to court over N15.7m debt
Kogi State House of Assembly has been dragged to the state High Court in Lokoja by a private company, Ce Triple F Global Services Limited, over its failure to pay N15,780,920 debt. The company is asking the court to compel the Assembly to pay the said money which it owed for the supply of television, fridge and stabiliser, among others in...
Fidelity Bank wins 2020 DBN service award
Fidelity Bank Plc has won the 2020 Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) service award for the highest disbursement to DBN-focused locations. The bank’s Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Mrs Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, said this in a statement on Friday in Lagos. Onyeali-Ikpe said the award was a testament of the bank’s determination to support Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (SMEs). Onyeali-Ikpe said that the bank...
#EndSARS: NEC directs govs to prosecute indicted security operatives
The National Economic Council (NEC) has directed state governors to set machinery in motion for the prompt arraignment and prosecution of all indicted persons, both security personnel and civilians, by the #EndSARS panels. Also, the governors have been mandated to, in collaboration with the Federal Government, establish modalities for the settlement of all monetary compensations awarded by the Panels. According to...
Osinbajo, govs caution activists against #EndSARS anniversary protests
The National Economic Council (NEC) has urged those planning public protests across the country to mark the anniversary of the #EndSARS next week to desist and consider other lawful alternative means of engagement. This warning was issued on Friday at the virtual meeting of the NEC chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. NEC is a constitutional body made up of the 36 State Governors, the...
2023: Jega kick against extreme monetization of politics
Prof. Attahiru Jega, a former Chairman, Independent National Election Commission (INEC), has cautioned against extreme monetization of politics in Nigeria. Jega said this trend allows only the rich to participate in politics. He urged the National Assembly to review the Electoral Act draft bill that allows extreme monetization of politics in Nigeria. His words: “There are other things in the draft bill,...
