Author: Idongesit Atakpa
The Central Bank Governor, Yemi Cordoso has acknowledged what he called the glaring defects in the apex bank, and attributed it to the prevailing cash scarcity witnessed in the country. The CBN Governor, who spoke yesterday at the launch of the World Bank Nigeria Development update in Abuja, observed what he called critical flaw in […]
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission ,INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, says the electoral umpire has no candidate in the November 11, 2023 governorship polls in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states. In a statement yesterday, the electoral chief pledged to ensure a level playing field for all political parties and candidates in the elections. He also […]
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has set out to support effective dry-season farming across the country. Minister for Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari made this known in Lagos, when he undertook a tour of the Apapa Bulk Terminal Facility of Flour Mills of Nigeria PIc. According to the Minister, who […]
The Presidency has reacted to the former Labour Party Presidential Candidate; Peter Obi’s content of the press conference that was held yesterday in Abuja. in a statement by special adviser to the president on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the presidency urged Mr Peter Obi to move away from what it called Obi’s delusion. The […]
Awa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has felicitated the Serving Overseer, Pastor Simeon Afolabi and members of First Love Assembly as they mark 25th Anniversary. In his message of felicitation at the grand finale of a 5-day convention commemorating the church’s anniversary, held at the church’s Headquarters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, he described […]
Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has ordered the distribution of an additional two hundred and twenty operational vehicles, including water cannons, armoured personnel carriers, helmets, bulletproof vests, and tear gas canisters to the three states where elections will hold this weekend. Force Public Relations Officer at Force Headquarters, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who spoke in […]
Federal Government and a Germany geo-scientific technology company based in Berlin have signed a pact. The duo says it will stimulate the exploration of Nigeria’s mineral deposits worth more than seven hundred billion naira. Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, who dropped the hints while briefing State House reporters after yesterday’s Federal Executive Council, […]
The first semi-finalists for the maiden edition of the African Football League have been confirmed. Al-Ahly of Egypt qualified for the semi-final of the African Football League following their 1-1 home draw against Simba of Tanzania. The Egyptian giants progressed into the last four on a superior away goal rule having drawn the first leg […]
Akwa Ibom State Government has commenced a compulsory biometric capturing of all automobile technicians and spare part dealers in the State. In a release by the State Commissioner of Transport, Orman Esin, those to be captured in that category are automobile operators, Mechanics, Spare part dealers, Vulcanizers, Iron Benders, Keke and Motorcycle Mechanics, and Refrigerator […]
A total of Six players and eight officials of the Super Falcons have arrived in Addis Ababa for the 2024 Olympics Qualifiers first leg against Ethiopia. The nine-time African champions departed Nigeria for the North Eastern Country on Sunday, October 22, 2023. The Nigeria Football Federation Head of Competition, Dayo Enebi told Journalists yesterday that the […]
