Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has declared that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will reclaim Ondo State from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 2024 governorship election. The Governor stated this on Monday, 6 May, 2024, when he hosted leaders of the party from the South-West geopolitical zone, who converged on Ibadan to kick-start the process of reconciling PDP tendencies in Ondo State. Governor Makinde noted that the PDP family has begun to speak with one voice and that the PDP governorship candidate, Mr. Agboola Ajayi and other parties would team up to ensure that the party has…
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The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has applauded the leadership qualities of the President of the Senate and the Chairman of the National Assembly, Senator Godswill Akpabio, stating that his disposition as a leader has united the National Assembly across party lines.Ogbuku, who spoke during the home-coming reception organised by the people of Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District, in Akwa Ibom Sate, in honour of Senator Akpabio, said that as a Niger Deltan, he was proud and privileged to be the Managing Director of the NDDC, at a time a worthy Niger Deltan was…
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has assured that the 2024 Free Healthcare Programme, which it relaunched at Ukana Cottage Hospital, in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State recently, will go round the nine states of the Niger Delta region before the end of June. Speaking in an interview with newsmen at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt, the Commission’s Director for Education, Health and Social Services, Dr George Uzonwanne, said that after the flag off in Akwa Ibom State, the medical outreach had been conducted at the Oguta General Hospital in Imo State. He said that NDDC’s efforts…
Former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is fast developing a reputation for distorting and manipulating facts for his self-serving objective of discrediting the current administration. In his latest press statement, the defeated PDP presidential candidate made wild claims on a number of issues that need to be corrected so that the public will not be misled into accepting fallacies as the truth. The President Bola Tinubu-led administration believes that every true and patriotic Nigerian, regardless of political differences, should work to promote the unity and economic well-being of the country…
University Don, Dr. Falade Adesola, former HOD of the Computer and Information Sciences Department of Trinity University, commended the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for its regulatory excellence over the telecoms sector. In an OpEd titled ‘The NCC, Telcos and the Tariff Discourse’, Dr. Falade examined the Nigerian telecoms sector in connection to the role of the NCC, while interrogating issues in the sector. He wrote, “The telecoms sector in Nigeria is viewed by some as a model of regulatory excellence. Other African countries often visit Nigeria to study the sector, aiming to understand the regulatory framework established by the NCC.…
Zenith Bank Plc has announced its unaudited results for the first quarter ended 31st March 2024, with an impressive triple-digit growth of 189% in Gross Earnings, from ₦270 billion reported in Q1 2023 to ₦781 billion in Q1 2024. This is despite the challenging operating environment and tightening monetary policy stance. From the unaudited statement of account submitted to the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) on Friday, 3 May 2024, this impressive growth in the topline also enhanced the bottom line, as profit before tax (PBT) rose to ₦320 billion in Q1 2024, representing an increase of 270% from the ₦87 billion…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, feels obliged to dissociate itself from a phantom report circulating in sections of the media claiming it has released a full list of ex- Governors being investigated for alleged corruption. The report headlined: ” EFCC Releases Full List of 58 Ex- Governors that Embezzled N2 .187 Trillion”, in one of the news outlets, is false and mischievous as the Commission neither issued the said list nor entertained discussions on investigation of ex-Governors with any news medium. This invariably means that the so-called list is a disingenuous fabrication designed to achieve motives known only…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dele Momodu, has faulted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s conduct in its attempt to prosecute the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. He said he had expected the anti-graft agency’s boss, Ola Olukoyede, to have learnt from the cases of his predecessors, who he said were “booted out ignominiously”. Momodu, who spoke on his Instagram Live show, while responding to questions on the burning topic by viewers, also frowned at the issue of selective prosecution, saying “a situation where EFCC would have to be told who can be touched and…
Nigeria’s former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Michael Aondoakaa has advised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to follow due process in its handling of the investigation of former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. Giving a background into the ongoing controversy surrounding the matter, Aondoakka noted that the EFCC had made an error by including Bello in a charge relating to events predating his tenure as Governor and that it was on the basis of this and other antecedents that the Governor approached the court to enforce his fundamental human rights. The former Minister,…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, has stated that the huge purchase of food items by the government as palliatives for distribution to vulnerable citizens is a contributor to the galloping food inflation in the country. Cardoso made this disclosure in his contributions during the March Monetary Policy Committee meeting, which was published on the CBN website on Monday, 29 April, 2024. At the meeting, the Monetary Policy Committees, MPC raised the benchmark interest rate to 24.75 percent from 22.75 percent, which it said was aimed at tackling inflation. The Consumer Price…