Onyekachi Ona , a crayfish trader popular in the eastern part of the country says she started her small business with just N3,000, but has paid her off in so many ways as she smiles to the bank . ADEOLA AKINBOBOLA, writes. Starting a business and nurturing it to an enviable height is the greatest challenge of many entrepreneurs, with Read More
Sokoto state governor, Barr Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has assured the people of Rabah local government that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has the capacity to tackle security challenges currently ravaging the country. Tambuwal, who stated this in Rabah town, headquarters of Rabah local government while addressing thousands of supporters during the PDP rally, said the presidential Read More
President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, Monday, warned staff against compromising the processes of the election tribunal. She said anyone who violates the processes and procedures with the view to compromising the outcomes will be sacked and prosecuted. The legal icon, who gave the warning at the opening ceremony of the capacity building workshop for election petition tribunal Read More
Vice-presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and governor of Delta, Sen Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, Tuesday, challenged Deltans to produce no fewer than one million votes for the party in the forthcoming general elections. Okowa said the votes would justify his emergence as running mate to the party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and urged the people to make Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday charged security agencies that would be engaged with various support services in the 2023 elections to maintain a high sense of professionalism. Speaking at the commissioning of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) newly acquired estate in Idu-Karmo, Abuja, the President urged the agencies to handle the distribution and monitoring of classified materials and other logistics ‘‘professionally Read More
In the past 12 months, the Nigerian equity market recorded positive performance despite volatility in the global market and low economic activities resulting from insecurity problems, forex scarcity among others. AMAKA IFEAKANDU in this report x-rays factors that contributed to the growth trend of the market in 2022. Despite volatility in the global market, Nigeria stock market recorded good performance Read More
The Bishop of Anglican Communion Kaduna Diocese, Timothy Yahaya, has urged Nigerians to be patient and hopeful, while predicting that the hopelessness in the country will soon give way for a better and greater Nigeria of hope. Speaking in his Christmas message to Nigerians, Bishop Yahaya urged for a level playing ground for the politicians, while tasking them to play Read More
The European Union (EU), Wednesday December 21, 2022, announced the deployment of an EU Election Observation Mission (EOM) to observe the 2023 general elections. Press Officer, Delegation of the EU to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Modestus Chukwulaka, in a press statement in Abuja, said: “In response to the invitation by the Independent National Electoral Commission of Nigeria, the European Union has Read More
A group under the aegis of United Sports Stakeholders (USS) has revealed plans by the incumbent President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Engr.Habu Gumel, to disqualify some candidates in the forthcoming election billed for Jalingo,Taraba state next week. A statement from the spokesman of the group, Comrade Sylvanus Ofekun, on Thursday December 8, 2022 alleged that Engr. Gumel had Read More
The Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Hon. Christopher Maikalangu, has urged Senator representing the FCT, Philip Aduda, not to forget the challenges facing the council if re – elected in 2023. He made the appeal Wednesday, when the Senate Minority Whip, Aduda (FCT – PDP) campaign team visited AMAC secretariat. Maikalangu encouraged the Senator not to forget issues Read More
Over the years, alleged neglect and a myriad of challenges have continued to plague the indigenous people of Abuja, otherwise known as the Original Inhabitants of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). In this report, KEHINDE OSASONA gives more insight. UN standpoint and the law Globally, there are an estimated 476 million indigenous peoples living in over 90 countries. According to Read More
National Chairman of Peoples’ Democratic Party, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, is focused and disciplined and has the capacity to deliver PDP from it’s challenges and take it to victory during the 2023 general elections, a coalition has said. The Peoples Democratic Party Coalition for Professionals Group and Peaceful Co-existence (PDPCUP), a pressure group, said Dr Iyorchia Ayu, has made many sacrifices Read More
The current challenges facing the county has been attributed to bad governance and lack of good leadership with capabilities at all tiers of governance. Senator Tolu Odebiyi representing Ogun West district, Ilaro, stated this in Akure, the Ondo state capital, at the inauguration of Movement for Good Governance and Ethical Leadership (MGGEL) in the South-west. Senator Odebiyi who was represented by Read More
The Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group), Mr Oscar Onyema, has said that blended finance can solve many of the challenges facing African countries. In an interview with CNBC Africa, Onyema, responding to a question on how NGX Group could participate in the mobilisation of financial capital on the continent said that the company, post-demutualisation from the Read More
In a bid to give verve to expansion of broadband services in the country, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has inaugurated an industry-wide committee to facilitate the deployment of broadband infrastructure under a project named, National Communications Backbone (NCB). A statement by Director, Public Affairs NCC Reuben Muoka on Sunday, said the committee is chaired by NCC’s Director of Digital Read More
The realisation that the wealth and prosperity of a nation is not dependent on its endowment with abundant natural resources but on prudent and transparent resource management practices, informed the establishment of mining Cadastre among nations. TOPE SUNDAY reports. Nigerian Mining Cadastre Office The federal government in pursuit of its mining sector reform programme, implemented by the Ministry of Mines Read More
Ahead of the June 18 and July 16, 2022 Ekiti and Osun governorship elections respectively, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said in order to provide more eligible voters with the opportunity to register, it is considering the devolution of the exercise nationwide beyond its state and local government offices. Yakubu also said party primaries for the Osun Read More
Governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Dr. Paul Tavershima Angya, Tuesday, visited the Catholic Bishop of Makurdi, Diocese, Most Reverend Fr Wilfred Chirkpa Anagbe, to intimate him of his intention to run for the seat of governor of Benue. Speaking during the visit, Dr Angya said the visit to the Bishop House Makurdi, was also Read More
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed dismay over attacks by Governor Samuel Ortom on their leader, the Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs Senator George Akume. The APC said the attacks on their leader have been brewed consistently over time and intermittently unleashed on him with great mischief only to tarnish his image and scuttle his ambition to Read More
A real estate firm, Big Homes, has lamented the increasing housing deficit in Nigeria, saying house financing is a major challenge developers are facing in the country. Speaking with Blueprint in Abuja Monday, on the sideline of the commissioning of its new houses, Bello’s Court and Zee Project, in Mabushi, the Managing Director of Big Homes, Mr Topsy Essien, lamented Read More
Importation is one of the major challenges the nation is facing for a long time and the present administration is fighting hard to end it. However, the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) is taking giant strides to achieve this, as the council is working to save the nation from losing over $200 million to the importation of starch Read More
Delta State Command Tuesday arrested notorious Automated Teller Mechine (ATM) fraudster, one Ojo Amos at Ozoro, Isoko north local government area of the state. The suspect, 38yrs who hails from Agbara-Otor, Ughelli North Local government area specialised in snatching ATM cards from unsuspecting victims. According to the state Public relations officer (PPRO), DSP Bright Edafe, “On 2/11/2021 at about 1300hrs, Read More
Indigenous Civil Society Organisation under the auspices of Abuja Grassroots Advocacy Projects (AGAP) has concluded plans to stage a mass protest in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday over what they described as gross failure of the FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello. Comrade Yunusa Ahmadu Yusuf, Coordinator of the group, who made this known Saturday said that they Read More
Governors, traditional rulers, business and political elites in the Yorubaland must carefully weigh various options and seriously consider backing Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in 2023, an All Progressives Congress youth group has advocated. According to members of the South West Movement for Osinbajo (SOWEMOVE) who presented a report and copies of correspondence with several Obas and other eminent personalities in Read More
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