APC Will Win Anambra Governorship, Nwoye Vows
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the forthcoming November 18, Anambra State governorship election, Dr Tony Nwoye has urged members of the party to brace up to the challenge of ensuring that the party came out victorious in the poll. Addressing the APC major stakeholders from the 21 local government areas of the state at Finotel hotel, Awka, the...
Ekweremadu Suggests Single Term For President, Govs
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, said Nigeria would understudy the Mexican presidential system with a view to benefiting from the single term for the president and the governors. In a statement from Ekweremadu’s media adviser, Uche Anichukwu, the Deputy Senate President made the suggestion when he received the Ambassador of Mexico to Nigeria, Ambassador Garcia Moreno Elizondo, who paid a...
Southeast PDP supports zoning presidency to north
Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the South East geopolitical zone has endorsed the party’s arrangement, which zoned the office of the president to the North and that of the national chairman to the Southern part of Nigeria. Rising from a meeting of the Zonal Executive Committee of...
Willie Obiano kicks off re-election bid, Ngige heads APC campaign
Governor Willie Obiano • Main opposition candidate upbeat about victory Governor Willie Obiano yesterday enjoined his opponents to ensure that there was peace before, during and after next month’s gubernatorial election in Anambra State. He reminded them that they were brothers who must resist every temptation to turn the contest into a do-or-die affair. Obiano, who made the appeal during a rally...
Kukah, Utomi, others caution against violent reaction to agitations
Utomi • Lament hate speeches, quit noticesSome prominent Nigerians yesterday cautioned against the deployment of hate speeches and violent communication in the ongoing debate on restructuring.At a forum organised by the Covenant Christian Centre in Lagos yesterday, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Fr. Matthew Hassan Kukah; Minister of Trade Industry and Investment, Dr. Okey Enelamah; political economist, Prof....
Experts urge refineries’ sale as government seeks N342.72b for repair
Experts have condemned the Federal Government’s move to source another $1.12 billion (N342.72 billion) to repair the nation’s refineries. • NNPC insists on managing facilities Experts have condemned the Federal Government’s move to source another $1.12 billion (N342.72 billion) to repair the nation’s refineries.Their opposition to the plan is premised on the speculation that the government may have spent up to...
US, Spain to buy $7.4bn cashew, tomatoes from Nigeria –Ogbeh
•‘10,000 contractors bidding for projects’ Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has said Nigeria will soon sell cashew and tomatoes to the United States of America retail giant, Walmart, and tomatoes, to a group of companies in Spain. The Walmart deal, said Ogbeh, is worth $7 billion while the BZ Foods deal is between $30 million to $40 million. Ogbeh made...
Kanu’s whereabouts: IPOB lawyer hits Kalu
Eminent businessmen and former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has been flayed by Ifeanyi Ejiofor, head of the legal team of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), over his statement on the whereabouts of the embattled separatist agitator, Nnamdi Kanu. Ejiofor accused Kalu of capitalising on the travail of the embattled IPOB leader...
NJC sacks Zamfara judge over N200, 000 bribe
•Investigates 15 others The battle to rid off bad elements in the judiciary received a major boosts, yesterday, as the National Judicial Council (NJC) sacked Justice Musa Ibrahim Anka of the Zamfara State Judiciary for allegedly receiving a bribe of N200,000. He reportedly collected the bribe from one Zubairu Abdumalik in order to deliver judgment in his favour. The judge was fined by...
CBN’s deadline on forex teller points
THERE is no doubt that the ongoing intervention policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has eased the pressure in the Foreign Exchange (FX) market. However, the policy needs the cooperation of banks in order to have the desired result. So far, that has not happened. Consequently, the CBN issued a four-week ultimatum to the banks and authorised FX dealers...