NAC, WesBank meet over national vehicle finance scheme
The officials of the National Automotive Council (NAC) and WesBank of South Africa have met in Abuja on the proposed roll-out of made-in-Nigeria vehicle finance scheme later in the year. A statement by the NAC said its Director-General, Mr Aminu Jalal, led the Director, Policy and Planning, Mr Luqman Mamudu and Director, Industrial Infrastructure, Mr Waheed Odetoro to discuss the scheme.
Dickson vows to diversify Bayelsa economy
Yenagoa— Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has said that the major focus of his administration was to transform the state’s economy from a consuming to a production-oriented one to cushion the effects of dwindling oil revenues.
Shame! Guinea hammer Eaglets in 3rd place match
The Golden Eaglets of have finished fourth at the 2015 AYC after losing 3-1 to the Syli Babes of Guinea in a 3rd/4th place playoff match at the Stade Général S. K.
Akenzua warns against death wish campaigns
BENIN—THE Enogie (Duke) of Obazuwa and younger brother to the Benin monarch, Prince Edun Akenzua, has warned the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that their ‘death wish’ campaigns against the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, may be their albatross in the forthcoming general elections, if they don’t stop.
2015: IPF denies endorsing APGA candidate
AHEAD of the March 28 National Assembly elections, the Igbo Political Forum, Abuja and political stakeholders of Igbo extraction in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have denied Abuja based newspaper publications which claimed that Barr. Maxwell Opera, the APGA candidate for the AMAC/Bwari federal constituency election has been purportedly endorsed by Eze Ndigbo, (FCT), Eze Ibe Nwosu.
Workers shut down Njaba LG over non-payment of salaries
OWERRI—Government activities were grounded yesterday as staff of Njaba local government shut the gates of the council headquarters to press home demand for payment of their January and February salaries.
Group flays Buhari’s speech at Chatham House
A SOCIO-political group, Good Governance Initiative, GGI, has described as laughable the speech made by the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London.
One killed, others injured as gunmen attack PDP rally in Rivers
PORT HARCOURT—One person was shot dead and several others injured when gunmen opened fire at the governorship campaign rally of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Bakana, Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State, Saturday evening.
FMBN to lift embargo on estate loan
Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) has disclosed readiness to lift embargo on Estate Development Loan (EDL) subject to commitment on timeliness by developers.
Oshiomhole remains Edo North leader for life —Alimikhena
Edo North All Progressives Congress, APC, senatorial candidate, Major General Francis Alimikhena, has challenged Mr Abubakar Momoh, member representing Etsako federal constituency at the National Assembly over his claim of leadership vacuum in Edo North in 2016 at the expiration of Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s tenure as the governor of the state
Police nab 2 siblings, others over theft of N4m BMW car
Akure — DETECTIVES from Ondo State police command have arrested three suspected robbers, including two brothers, who at gun point, snatched an unregistered BMW car valued at N4 million and sold it for N700,000.
