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All eyes were on Imo state Governor Hope Uzodinma as Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, presided over the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting. The meeting is the first NEC for the year and the first for the newly sworn-in Governor Uzodinma. The newest member of the council exchanged banters with other governors. Nigeria’s constitution provided that the vice president should be the Chairman of NEC. The monthly NEC meeting deliberates on economic planning efforts and programmes of the various levels of government in the country. NEC comprises the 36 state governors, the Governor of…
The former Attorney-General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, and six other co-defendants charged with 42 counts in connection with the controversial 1.09 billion dollars settlement agreement on Malabu Oil Block, on Thursday pleaded not guilty. NAN reports that the arraignment of Adoke was on Wednesday, stalled at the FCT High Court in Gwagwalada over confusion from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,(EFCC) the prosecuting agency. The EFCC counsel Bala Sanga told the court that he did not know why he was in court. “My Lord, we have not served the charge on the first, second and third defendant, we have…
By Harry Awurumibe, STATE HOUSE, ABUJA Chairman of the South West Governors’ Forum and Ondo state Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has assured that the controversial Western Nigeria Security Network code-named “Operation Amotekun” has come to stay. But he gave a caveat that the South West Governors and the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami have agreed to work together to find a middle ground to resolve the issue. Speaking to State House Correspondents today after a meeting which the Vice President presided over to reach amicable solution on the South-West regional security outfit, Akeredolu disclosed that both parties have…
Chief Ugochukwu Okeke, the youthful and charismatic governorship aspirant for the Anambra governorship election, has said he will tap from the best brains in the state to run the first knowledge-driven state in Nigeria. According to him, Nigeria and indeed the third world having missed the industrial revolution would rely on Anambra state for a new primary sources of wealth creation when he is elected. Chief Okeke, said that Anambra State is blessed with some of the finest brains in the information and technology world and that if he is elected, he will harness these brains to provide better life…
The Presidency has described as mere speculations the reported planned imposition of visa restrictions on some African and Asian countries including Nigeria by the America’s government led by President Donald Trump. A presidential spokesman, who is also the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, stated this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some local traditional media organizations including online publications quoted foreign media outfits on Tuesday that the Donald Trump administration had concluded plans to add seven countries across the world, including Nigeria, to…
A Nigerian Army officer and seven soldiers have been killed in a fierce battle against Boko Haram terrorists in Mainok, 60 kilometres from Maiduguri, Borno State, North-East Nigeria. PRNigeria gathered from security sources that the deadly encounter which occurred at about 1 pm on Tuesday before the troops repelled an ambush on 156 Task Force Battalion of Nigerian Army, also left five soldiers wounded and two others still missing in action. But following the ensuing gun duel, some of the attackers were also battered and killed with many injured. “Two gun trucks and three anti-aircraft equipment could not be accounted…
Prof. Kabiru Bala has emerged as the new Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. This was announced on Wednesday by Malam Adamu Fika, the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman Governing Council of the university. Fika said Bala defeated 10 other contestants during an election for the post conducted on Wednesday in Kaduna. He said the new vice-chancellor will serve a single tenure of five years, with effect from May 1, 2020. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that at the beginning of the contest, 18 people vied for the position but after an initial screening, 11 people scaled through. Bala, a…
The Police in Katsina State has announced the killing of a notorious kidnapper, Yunusa Boka, who was terrorizing people of Danmusa and Kankara local government areas of the state. A statement issued by the command’s spokesman, SP Gambo Isah on Wednesday in Katsina, said that kidnapper was killed in the Gwarjo forest, Matazu local government area of the state on Tuesday. “Based on intelligence report, a joint operation of police, military, and repentant bandits was formed which raided a kidnappers den at Gwarjo forest, Matazu local government area. “After a fierce gun duel with the bandits, the operation succeeded in…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The January 2020 FGN Bond Auction by Debt Management Office (DMO) which took place on Wednesday, January 22, 2020, was oversubscribed by more than 300%. A statement from the Office in Abuja on Wednesday said the DMO offered N155.00 Billion of three (3) Instruments (5-Year, 10-Year, and 30-Year Tenors) to investors at the Auction. According to the statement, “Subscriptions received through Competitive Bids for the three instruments at the Auction was N624.498 Billion, while the sum of N1.83 billion was received through Non-Competitive bid making the total subscription received the sum of N626.328 billion. “Investor appetite…
Mr Realwan Okpanachi, a constitutional lawyer in Abuja, says the Supreme Court cannot entertain any application on a case it has decided on, or reverse its judgment. Okpanachi was speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday in Abuja, over the Supreme Court judgment that declared Hope Uzodinma winner of Imo governorship election and unseated Emeka Ihedioha. Okpanachi was reacting to agitations from some quarters calling on the apex court to reverse its judgment on the Imo gubernatorial election held on March 9, 2019. He said the apex court no longer had the jurisdiction to entertain any application…