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Senate Seeks Removal Of Emefiele As CBN Board Chairman
The Senate on Tuesday passed for second reading a bill seeking to whittle down the powers of the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The bill, sponsored by Senator Sadiq Suleiman Umar (APC, Kwara), specifically sought amendment to the CBN Act No. 7 to enable the appointment of a person other than the apex bank’s governor as the chairman...
Nigeria More United Now, Says Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has reiterated that the unity of Nigeria remains unshaken and “no region can do it all alone’’. The minister re-echoed his position in Calabar, after a Command Performance by the cultural troupe of the Department of Culture and Heritage, Cross River Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
NDDC Flags Off Obehie-Okeikpe Road In Abia
The Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr. Efiong Akwa, has assured that the re-construction of the 9-kilometres Obehie Junction to Okeikpe Road in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State, will soon be completed. Akwa, who spoke when he inspected the road in the company of other NDDC Directors, assured that several communities in the...
Ikpeazu Sympathises With Ariaria Market Traders Over Flood, Orders Reconstruction
Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has expressed his sympathy to the traders of Ariaria market over the recent flood cases recorded in the market. The governor blamed "torrential rains of the past three days" as being responsible for the flooding of the market, saying the state government lacks power to prevail on rains not to fall in the markets. In a...
2023 Election: We Stand For Peter Obi – Afenifere
The leader of Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, has reiterated why the group will continue to support the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, among other candidates in the forthcoming 2023 General Election. The Afenifere chieftain had earlier declared support of the group for the LP presidential candidate in an online radio programme, ‘Yoruba Gbode’, where...
Why Afenifere Won’t Support Tinubu, Atiku – Chief Adebanjo
The leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has clarified his position on the group’s support for the Labour Party’s candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, stating why the group will not support the All Progressives Congress’ candidate, Bola Tinubu, and the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar. In a statement signed by Adebanjo on...
Retired Soldiers Storm Ministry Of Defence, Protest Unpaid Allowances
Military veterans under the aegis of the Retired Members of Nigerian Armed Forces and the Coalition of Concerned Military Veterans, staged the third phase of their protests over the non-payment of their Security Debarment Allowance, among others, at the Ministry of Defence, in Abuja on Monday. The protesters pitched a tent and blocked access to the Ministry of Defence located...
NUT Pledged Increased Contribution To Nation Building
The Nigerian Union of Teachers on Monday noted that it would continue to contribute to the nation’s building. The union made this known through its president, Titus Amba, during the 2022 World Teachers Day press briefing held at the Federal Secretariat in Abuja. While briefing the press, Amba thanked the regime of the president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) over activities...
Ikpeazu On President Buhari’s Invitation Participates At High Level Event During UN General Assembly
The Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, on Sunday, took part in a high level event organized on the margins of the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States of America. The event, which was organized by the Government of Nigeria, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the European Union, is part...
Nigeria Shall have a Greater Future, Says Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) says he foresees a better future for Nigeria, as the nation prepares to celebrate its 62nd independence anniversary. Osinbajo insisted that the country would not be destroyed by the myriads of challenges confronting it. He spoke during the Independence Anniversary Service held at the National Christian Centre, Abuja on Sunday with the theme: ‘Those Who Wait...
