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Imo state governor, Emeka Ihedioha, Wednesday, said that his administration inherited a begging economy from his immediate predecessor, Rochas Okorocha. Okorocha-Ihedioha Ihedioha disclosed this through his Chief Press Secretary, Chibuike Onyeukwu, yesterday in Owerri. Part of what the governor claimed would be his strategy to revive the economy of the state, was to partner with…
Says Stadia maintenance to gulp N1.2bn yearly By Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE Minister of Youths and Sports Department, Mr. Sunday Dare on Wednesday said that arrangements are on for President Muhammadu Buhari to host Nigerian medalists at the African Games held in Morocco in August. Also to be hosted by the President are the D’Tigers and…
….Says compensation on 2nd Niger Bridge hits N10 billion ….As FEC approves N8.2bn for roads projects By Johnbosco Agbakwuru MINISTER of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Wednesday said that non-release of all budgetary allocations and unreasonable compensation demands by host communities were the key challenges facing government in fixing the deplorable roads across…
The Chief Executive Officer, Money Making Machine Gang, MMMG, Mr. Agbontan Godson Owens aka Owens Leo has disclosed that to excel in music industry it requires more than passion. In this interview with Gabriel Olawale, Owens said that money plays a key role in delivering the kind of quality your fans will admire. Why the…
Some banks customers have expressed disappointment on the directive of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) on new charges on certain lodgements and withdrawals. A cross section of customers who spoke to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday described the policy as unfriendly. NAN reports that CBN…
The Abia State Police Command has said it has no plan to arrest the father of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Nnamdi Kanu IPOB had at the weekend raised alarm about the presence of policemen at Kanu’s home, Afara, Umuahia. IPOB had claimed that Kanu’s father was the target of the…
The Niger Police Command has arrested five members of local vigilantes in Kontagora for allegedly torturing one person to death. Three of those arrested belong to the state Hisba Commission while the remaining two are members of Yankumiti vigilante group. The five were said to have torture one Ibrahim A. Ibrahim to death over a…
Nigerian equities market on Wednesday rebounded with N133 billion after two days of consecutive downward trend. Nigerian Stock Exchange Specifically, the market capitalisation which opened at N13.342 trillion inched N133 billion or one per cent to close at N13.457 trillion. Flooding: FCTA distributes N150m agro-inputs to Abuja farmers(Opens in a new browser tab) Also, the…
Experts said the South Africa should work with its African counterparts to finally tackle the underlying root causes of the xenophobic attacks. Somadoda Fikeni, a political analyst with the University of South Africa, said on Tuesday that the issue of limited resources in poor communities could not be ignored and the governments should be serious…
Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson will obey any ruling that his suspension of parliament is unlawful, a lawyer for the government said on Tuesday, on the first day of a hearing by Britain’s highest court. The Supreme Court began hearing legal challenges to Johnson’s suspension of parliament until Oct. 14, amid accusations that he aimed…