archiveJuly 2018

The Public Service Institute of Nigeria (PSIN) is collaborating with HIIT PLC to expand its ICT scope in line with global best standards of ICT in the Public Service. The collaboration is in acknowledgement of the pivotal role of Information Technology in driving the present day economy which is reflected...

    Recent developments relating to my nomination as Chairman of Board of Directors of Asset Management Corporation (AMCON) by His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, the President & Commander in Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, GCFR, have opened a new page in my public life necessitating some sort...

Aliko Dangote, chairman of Aliko Dangote Foundation, has challenged the government to muster the will to provide critical infrastructure that will make the nation’s environment conducive to commerce and industry. Dangote made this appeal while delivering the third Eminent Persons Business lecture and inauguration of the Aliko Dangote Complex, a...

  John Isemede, former Director-General, Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), has advised Federal Government against signing the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) agreement. Speaking at a business roundtable on Wednesday in Lagos, Isemede said the country did not have the capacity to compete with...

  The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has reacted to Tuesday’s siege on the residences of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu. In a statement, the association described the action of the security operatives as ”a siege against Nigeria’s democracy”. The statement signed by the media...

  Bishop David Oyedepo, the Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, better known as Winners’ Chapel, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to resign, as it is the “honorable thing” to do for a “non-performing leader”. The cleric said this to his congregation at Cannan Land in Ota, Ogun...

  The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has asked the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to be “verse in little basic issues” that guide public governance  so as to be properly guided in his utterances to avoid unnecessary character assassination and unfortunate misinformation of ...

  The 37 members of the House of Representatives who defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday have disclosed that “victimization and criminalization of APC members with divergent views” made them dump the party. A cross-section of the defectors led by Razak Atunwa (now PDP, Kwara) said...

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday wished all the lawmakers, who defected from the All Progressives Congress to other parties, in “best in their future undertakings.” On his Twitter handle, President Buhari reacted to the defections that were the order of the day at the National Assembly. In his tweets,...

    The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has reacted to reports making the rounds that he was made juicy offers by President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC, to remain in the ruling party. Last week, the Senate President and other aggrieved members of the APC...