Rivers govt fires private waste contractors
Rivers State Government has terminated its contract with all private waste contractors. A statement by Kelvin Ebiri, the Governor’s Special Assistant on Media disclosed this at the weekend. The government said the firms’ contract with the Rivers State Management Agency…
Flour Mills gets approval to acquire majority stake in Honeywell
Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc. (FMN) has obtained regulatory approvals to acquire a 71.69% stake in Honeywell Flour Mills Plc (HFMP), formerly a portfolio company of Honeywell Group, and a 5.06% stake in HFMP held by First Bank of Nigeria…
Imo Explosion: Senatorial aspirant slams FG, says N4trn subsidy fraudulent
Senatorial aspirant of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for Imo East Senatorial district, Mr Chyna Anthony, has taken a swipe at the federal government over the loss of lives in the recent explosion at the site of an illegal…
Abia 2023: Nine aspirants declare for Abia governorship seat ticket
The Abia State Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Acho Obioma, has disclosed that the party has nine card-carrying members contesting for the 2023 Abia governorship seat ticket ahead of the upcoming primary election. He made this known when…
Consensus Candidate: Emergence of Saraki, Bala Mohammed divides PDP, Northern elders
The emergence of Former Senate President Bukola Saraki and Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State as the preferred aspirants for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential ticket has failed to achieve the desired outcome of presenting a united front against…
‘I shall be great and I shall be the next Alaafin’-Adeyemi
In 1968, the powerful Alaafin Bello Gbadegesin Ladigbolu passed on to join his ancestors. He succeeded Alaafin Adeniran Adeyemi II, in 1955. The 30-year-old young Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi, then an Insurance executive, with the Royal Exchange Assurance Limited, gleefully pronounced…
2023 PRESIDENCY: APC, PDP keep Nigerians guessing
THE ruling All Progressives Congress, APC; and main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, literally kept Nigerians guessing on where they would zone their presidential tickets. While the National Chairman of the APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, pointedly said his party…
Police arrest notorious criminal who kilĺed 15 people including female corps member in Akwa Ibom
Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have arrested a dreaded criminal who allegedly killəd over 15 people in the state, including a female corps member, Chinwendu Lovina Ezeh. The suspect, Malachi Uwem, 24, is said to be serial…
PDP Congresses: Party clarifies misunderstanding on membership cards
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said the only authority vested with the power to authenticate Party membership cards for eligibility to participate in Congresses, including the 3-man Ad-Hoc Delegate Congresses, are the National Chairman and the National Secretary through…
WAFCON 2022: Super Falcons up against South Africa, Burundi, Bostwana in group C
The Super Falcons of Nigeria will face South Africa, Burundi and Bostwana in Group C of the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations. The draw ceremony took place in Rabat, Morocco on Friday night. The Super Falcons are firm favourites…