archiveNovember 19, 2022

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, has announced $10.5 million dollars in new funding for the flood response in Nigeria. Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, disclosed this at a news conference at UN headquarters in New York. Haq said that Schmale announced the funding in a...

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has dared the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu, to sue him if he is innocent of the corruption accusation levelled against him. Wike stated this while speaking at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium during the flag-off of the PDP...

    The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has reacted to reports of him saying former Governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili, was his classmate at Christ the King College (CKC) in Onitsha. Obi said his comment on Odili at a function in Port Harcourt was misinterpreted. He...

  The five aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), otherwise known as the G5, attended the flag-off of Rivers State PDP campaign on Saturday. Governors Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) and Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, (Abia) were pictured in Port Harcourt for...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission is set to hold a series of training and interactive workshops on dialogue and mediation as tools for preventing and mitigating election-related disputes and violence for political actors and stakeholders in Nigeria. The workshop, the Commission said is part of its...

  The AELP has today gone live on integrating the African capital markets by facilitating cross-border trading and free movement of investments in the continent through the AELP Link platform. The go-live happened when the platform was officially switched on at 0000 UTC. The interconnectivity platform enables the trading of...

The Carbonated Soft Drinks Sub-Sector of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has raised an alarm over the Federal Government’s proposed 20 per cent Ad-valorem Excise Tax on Non-Alcoholic Beverages which covers the widely consumed Carbonated Soft Drinks segment. The sectoral group heads rising from a meeting on Thursday 17th November...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is to appeal the ruling of Justice Charles Agbaza of the Federal Capital. Territory High Court Abuja, which today dismissed the 10-count charge of corruption brought against a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal. Lawal,  his younger brother,...

  VP declares open 2022 World Toilet Summit in Abuja Says enhancement of social inclusion, poverty reduction, expanding access to quality education, affordable healthcare vital 85 Local Government Areas attain Open Defecation Free (ODF) status   To attain global sanitation targets, Nigeria will have to triple current investment levels in...

  explains why Nigeria must focus on agro exports, processing   Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, has expressed his administration's readiness to support the Odu'a Investment Company Limited, a business conglomerate owned by the South-West states, to succeed in its mandate and its plan to expand the business and in...