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Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose says he is not contemplating dumping the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for another party. Mr Lere Olayinka, his Media Aide, said this in a statement in Ado Ekiti, on Friday. Olayinka, explained that the claim in some quartres that Fayose had concluded arrangements to embrace the All Progressives Congress (APC), was false. “Someone of the status and pedigree of Fayose can never join APC,” he said. He said, a statement purportedly made by the state chapter of APC to the effect that Fayose was not qualified to join the party, was therefore unthinkable and…

The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has stated that his administration is already creating an enabling environment for businesses to thrive. He equally declared that his administration has kick-started the process of making the state investment-friendly. Governor Makinde, who made this known while on an inspection tour of a private farm, Agrited Nigeria Limited, Fiditi, Oyo, added that efforts to turn Oyo State into an industrial destination in order for businesses to thrive were already in top gear. According to him, the present administration would continue to assist investors with a view to expanding the state’s economy. A statement signed…

ABUJA – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday, February 21, 2020, continued its intervention in the inter-bank foreign exchange market by injecting the sum of $292.34million into the retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS). The Bank also intervened with the sum of CNY 22.8million in the spot and short tenored forwards segment of the inter-bank foreign market. The Director of Corporate Communications Department, Isaac Okorafor disclosed this, noting that the dollar-denominated intervention was for requests in the agricultural and raw materials sectors, while the Chinese Yuan was for Renminbi-denominated Letters of Credit. He said the Bank’s Management continued…

OSOGBO – Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, the Oluwo of Iwo was on Friday suspended for six months by the Osun State Council of Traditional Rulers. A committee headed by Orangun of Ila, Oba Wahab Adedotun, was also constituted by the council to further investigate the matter involving Oluwo and Obas in Iwo land, The Punch reports. Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi The royal fathers at their emergency meeting held at Osun State Government Secretariat, Abere, presided over by Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, arrived at the decision to suspend Oba Akanbi. The PUNCH reports that part of the reasons…

Beacon of ICT (BoICT) Distinguished Lecture/Awards Series, widely regarded as the most prestigious annual event available in the ICT industry in Nigeria, has been slated to hold on April 25, in Lagos, according to Communication Week Media Limited, organisers of the event. The BoICT Lecture and awards series, now in its eleventh year, is the largest gathering of professional from ICT, banking and other related industries under one roof. The theme of this year’s event is “Cyber security and its Critical Role in Nigeria Economy”. Ken Nwogbo, founder and CEO, Communication Week Media Ltd, said that the theme leans heavily…

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has charged the media to brace up to their constitutional responsibility of educating the populace with the intendment of fostering national cohesion. This was even as he assured that the National Assembly on its part had taken up the challenge of living up to the expectations of Nigerians by delivering on good governance. The Senate President stated this in his remarks at the Presentation of Award to him as “Daily Asset Man of the Year 2019” by the Daily Asset Newspaper. Lawan, who was represented by Senator Bello Mandiya, said the duty of advancing…

The sacrifices of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) in conflict areas in Nigeria are well appreciated, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. Receiving Dr Christos Christou, International President of the organization at State House, Abuja, Friday, the President said the sacrifices as individuals and as a group were quite enormous, particularly on non-profit basis. Commenting specifically on the situation in the North-east, President Buhari said despite criticisms, the government has made substantial progress. “We know the pathetic situation of children not knowing where their parents are, or the communities they come from, and that was why we established the new Ministry of…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday held a closed–door meeting with President Roch Marc Christian Kabore of Burkina Faso at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kabore, who arrived the presidential villa at about 3.10p.m, was received at the forecourt of the villa by President Buhari. NAN reports that though the agenda of the meeting between the Nigerian leader and the visiting president was unknown, the two leaders are expected to deliberate on some regional and continental matters including the Nigeria’s border land closure. NAN reports that the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government had on…

Some residents of Enugu have expressed concern over the astronomical rise in house rent in the city. A cross-section of the people, who spoke on the development in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Enugu on Friday, said that decent accommodations in Enugu were becoming unaffordable to low income earners. They called for urgent government’s intervention to make accommodation affordable, especially for civil servants. Mr Dennis Orji urged the state government to enact a law to control rent in Enugu, in order to check the arbitrary increase in rent by house owners. “If rent control law is…

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has offered free medical treatment to 1,000 residents of Maikusidi community and environs in Wushishi Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger. Mrs Funmilayo Ajayi, NYSC Coordinator in Niger, said on Friday that the gesture was part of the NYSC quarterly initiative tagged “Health Initiative for Rural Dwellers (HIRD).’’ News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the exercise was carried out in collaboration with Late Alhaji Muhammad Makusidi Global Foundation. Ajayi said the outreach was part of the policy of the scheme to identify rural community in need of medical attention and rendering free health…