Don’t Challenge Outcome Of The Election In Court, OAU Tells Ozigbo
The Old Aguata Union, OAU, an umbrella body representing the three local government areas in Aguata and Orumba, has urged the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Governorship Candidate, Mr. Val Ozigbo, not to challenge in court the result of Professor Chukwuma Soludo’s (APGA) governorship election in Anambra State. Professor Soludo (APGA), Val Ozigbo (PDP), and Senator […]
Ngige Slams FG Bill To Restructure National Social Investment Programs
Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour, Employment and Productivity, has slammed a bill submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to restructure the Federal Government’s National Social Investment Programmes. The harmonized law also proposes that the federal government and state and local governments bear the burden of SIPs. Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, Deputy Speaker Ahmed Wase, Mansur […]
Biden Visits Baltimore Port Amid Supply Chain, Inflation Woes
President Joe Biden visited Baltimore on Wednesday to tout his infrastructure bill and highlight his administration’s work to ease port delays as the country approaches the holiday season with rising inflation and delivery slowdowns on the horizon. Biden’s visit came five days after Congress passed his $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that, among myriad investments in […]
Boeing Agrees Deal With Ethiopia Crash Families
Boeing has reached an agreement with the families of the 157 people who died in the Ethiopia 737 Max crash in 2019. The plane maker accepts liability for their deaths, according to court documents in Chicago. In return, families of the victims will not seek punitive damages from the company. Lawyers for the victims’ families […]
Former South Africa President De Klerk Dies At 85
FW de Klerk, the last president of apartheid South Africa and a key actor in the country’s transition to democracy, has died. The FW de Klerk Foundation’s spokesperson Dave Steward confirmed his death to News24 on Thursday. “The former president died earlier this morning at his home in Fresnaye after his struggle against cancer. He […]
Senate Approves FG $16bn Loans As Nigeria Stock Debt Increases To N42.7tn
Under the 2018-2020 external borrowing (rolling) plan, the Senate had on Wednesday accepted President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to borrow $16,230,077,718; €1,020,000,000; and a grant component of $125,000,000. The approval came after the committee’s report on domestic and foreign debt was reviewed and approved. The Nigeria debt stock of N35.5tn will rise to N42.7tn following the […]
PMB Invites French Investors To Invest In Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari asked President Emmanuel Macron and French investors that the Nigerian economy remains bright, with sustained investments in infrastructure, on Wednesday in Paris, France. “For us in Nigeria, lessons drawn from the pandemic prompted us to redouble efforts to mitigate its socio-economic effects,” said President Buhari in a statement by presidential spokesman, Femi […]
US Officer Says Lagos Joins World Healthcare Map
Duchess International Hospital, a purpose-built 100-bed, a full ensuite health facility that provides primary, secondary, and tertiary healthcare services across a range of specialist and aub-specialty areas, has put Lagos on the world map of cities that offer outstanding health care services, says the acting Consul General, United States Consulate, Mr. Bill Bridgeland. Bridgeland announced […]
Akeredolu: Nigeria Now A Unitary State
Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has said over-centralization of power in the hands of the federal government has turned the country into a unitary state. Akeredolu said the hue and cry about restructuring which has extended throughout the entire country are about devolving power to the states to make them function effectively. The governor who […]
FG: Twitter Has Got To Meet Two More Conditions
The Federal Government has said that Twitter only needed to fulfill two more conditions for its ban to be lifted in Nigeria. The comment was made by Information, Culture, and Tourism Minister Lai Mohammed who insisted that Twitter had to meet the 12 given conditions, in which it had only met 10, for its ban […]
