The Federal Government has given the assurance that it will continue to showcase the progress made so far in the Nigerian economy in order to attract more foreign investment into the country with a view to improving on the lives of Nigerians The Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, gave the assurance in Washington as the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings intensify in Washington DC when he granted audience to some newsmen. Director, Information and Public Relations, Mohammed Manga in a statement quoted the minister to stated that the bold, courageous and strategic reforms of…
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Apparently piqued by their inability to arrest the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared him wanted. The Antigraft agency in a Statement said, “Former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, is wanted by the EFCC for offences relating to economic and financial crimes to the tune of N80.2 Billion. “Anybody with information as to his whereabout should report immediately to the Commission or the nearest Police station.” The commission indicated it may be forced to use the military option to effect the arrest Mr. Yahaya Bello, after it failed to effect the arrest…
***Says, ambition of Wike, Atiku to be president will kill the party Elder statesman Chief Edwin Clark has has advised the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peolples Democratic Party (PDP) to be courageous enough to set up a Disciplinary Committee to investigate the anti-party activities, particularly the roles played by some members which led to the failure of the PDP in the 2023 elections. This was contained in a statement by chief Edwin Clark as the National Working Committee of the PDP meets with a poser – PDP: To be or not to be? This was as he observed…
***Says Nigeria cannot grow its economy in Darkness ***Expresses sadness that Nigeria is the lowest per capita wattage in the World. ***wants a Technical Task Force in Place. The incessant power situation in the country with record of national grid collapse 141 times in 11 years is a case for urgent pragmatic solutions, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi has indicated He expressed deep concerns that Nigeria has only 13,000mw while the demands are about 200,000mw. Obi pointed out that even with the 13,000mw, only about 3,500mw are available for homes…
Ahead of the party’s National Executive Committee meeting, scheduled to take place on Thursday, the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr Nyesome Wike attended the PDP’s national caucus meeting on Wednesday. Since after the presidential election last year, this is the first time that the former Rivers state governor will be attending a meeting of the PDP. Mr Wike has been at loggerheads with the PDP leadership and did not support the party’s choice of Abubakar as the party’s presidential candidate…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has indicated it will on Thursday, April 18, 2024 arraign a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The antigraft agency said Bello will be arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite alongside three other suspects, Ali Bello, Dauda Suleiman and Abdulsalam Hudu on 19- count charges bordering on money laundering to the tune of N80, 246,470, 088.88 The arraignment is being perfected following a warrant of arrest and enrolment order granted the EFCC by the court on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Count one of the…
***Raise concern over insecurity in the state All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) in Niger state has set four million metric tonnes of cash and food crops production as its target for the 2024 wet sesson farming even as the association expressed concern over the insecurity in parts of the state. The Chairman of the Niger state Chapter of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Alhaji Shehu Galadima spoke in Minna on Wednesday when he met with members of the association from the 25 local government areas of the state ahead of the 2024 wet season farming. He disclosed…
From Ahmed Rufai, Dutse Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu has commended the examplary achievement of Dangote Oil and Gas Limited, in reducing the gantry price of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), also known as diesel. The Group recently reviewed the gantry price of AGO, downwards from ₦1,650 to ₦1,000 per litre for a minimum of one million litres of the product, as well as providing a discount of ₦30 per litre for an offtake of five million litres and above. The price review represented a 60% drop, which will, in no small measure, impact the prices of sundry goods and services. A…
***Summons Heads of Security agencies to appear before it The Niger State House of Assembly has expressed grave concern over what it described as the return of youth restiveness in Minna the state capital as it called for a decisive action against the perpetrators. The Speaker of the state House of Assembly Rt Hon Abdulmalik Sarkindaji stated this on Wednesday when he addressed the house at its plenary after i resumption from one month recess for the Easter and the Sallah celebrations. Sarkindaji said the return of youth restiveness to the state, especially Minna the state capital is capable of…
***Describes Him as Hero of Present Administration By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja DR Salisu Ogbo Usman, Rector of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, has been commended for crushing cultism and cultist activities and other social vices and his frontal approach in repositioning the institution. Barr Abdulsalami Ozigi Deedat, the state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, gave the commendation on Tuesday in Lokoja when he paid a courtesy visit on the Polytechnic. Barr Deedat who also described the Rector as “Hero of Present Administration” expressed delight over the rapid development of the institution with proofs of enhanced academic excellence, infrastructural development,…