Following the publication of list of Osun governorship candidates for the July 16th elections, the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke has again extended olive branch to all co-contestants in the primary, urging unity for victory in July. In a statement issued on Friday and signed by the Director…
Transport stakeholders have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently sign into law the National Transport Commission Bill, so as to provide a regulatory body and law for the entire transport sector. Stakeholders from different transportation sectors while speaking yesterday said doing this will attract needed investment to the sector and mobilise the transport policy…
Per a report from RBC, Russia will accept Bitcoin to trade their energy resource. Pavel Zavalny, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Energy, announced today that the country will let “ally” countries pay for their oil with their local currencies or in cryptocurrency. The announcement comes on the heels of a series of international sanctions that…
For Nigeria to take its rightful place in the comity of nations, the quality of leadership in 2023 must change.Also, Nigerians must vote for good leaders, rather than queue behind leaders who mortgage their lives by giving them money and food as incentive in exchange for votes. Former Governors of Ogun, Anambra and Kaduna states,…
Abuja, Nigeria – Wednesday, 23rd March, 2022. Former President, Ernest Bai Koroma has urged West African leaders, policy makers, civil society and diplomats to step up their acts in stemming the re-emergence of coups and the eroding of democratic good governance in the sub-region. President Koroma was speaking earlier this morning at the Transcorp Hilton…
The revenue mobilization of Nigeria and Niger Republic can be improved if the revenue authorities of both countries work together to deepen their relationship, share tax information and engage in mutual administrative assistance, Muhammad Nami, Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has stated. Mr. Nami stated this while receiving his Niger Republic…
Former Governor of Kaduna Satate, Senator Ahmed Makarfi has argued that because of divisions we currently have across the country, whoever becomes the next President of Nigeria should have the spirit of forming a Government of National Unity. Makarfi, who made the call in Lagos on Tuesday at the Fourth Annual Lecture of Freedom Online…
There is nothing, so far, in the race for the national chair of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), that is as significant in form, content and context as the open endorsement of Senator George Akume for the plum party position by the governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum. It was so reassuring…
Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has solicited for water visibility as an imperative for achieving national prosperity as ACCI joins the world in marking the 2022 World Water Day (WWD). The 2022 World Water Day with the theme, “Groundwater: Making the Invisible Visible” is geared towards taking action to tackle the global water…
Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) today signed an official Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) to explore the benefits of rice value chain. The President ACCI, Dr Al-Mujtaba Abubakar at the event commended the representation and commitment of RIFAN to consummate an MoU with the Chamber. The…
