THE All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, governorship candidate in Zamfara State, Alhaji Abdulahi Shinkafi, has attacked the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami over his call for postponement of 2019 governorship election in Zamfara State.

Managing Director/Chief Executive, Heritage Bank Limited, Ifie Sekibo in this interview on the sidelines of the Vanguard Economic Summit, sponsored by the bank, spoke about the expected entrance of Payment Services Banks in the industry, listing of Heritage Bank on the Nigerian Stock Exchange as well as the unique selling points of    the bank’s Octopus platform. Excerpts:   

The agrarian people of Umumbo community in Ayamelum Local Government Area of Anambra state have cried out to Governor Willie Obiano to rescue them from what they termed bondage of herdsmen in the area.

COST of funds in the interbank money market is expected to moderate further this week in response to inflow of N579 billion from maturing treasury bills. Last week, average short term cost of funds defied the liquidity mop up efforts of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, falling by 238 basis points (bpts).

UNITED Capital Plc, a Lagos based investment house, may have leveraged its Collective Investment Scheme, CIS,  over the years to grow its assets in excess of N100 billion.

ABUJA— The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has issued six queries to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, following the postponement of the general elections by the electoral umpire.

ONE of the  most memorable  events for me in our  2019  Elections is the unearthing of one of the fossilised ancestors of military impunity. Some ethno-regional  organisations  had jointly endorsed the candidacy of Abubakar Atiku of the Peoples’ Democratic Party , PDP.  The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, organised its own endorsement; Retired General Paul Chabri Tarfa was resurrected to lead a hitherto unknown ethno-regional body, the Kungiyar Dattawan Arewa Initiative (KDAI).

Senator Annie Okonkwo has condemned the postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections by INEC, describing it as the height of executive recklessness and insensitivity by a national agency vested with so much trust and responsibilities.

We should invest more in agriculture

Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 39-year-old woman, Iwuagwu Onyinyechi, for allegedly defrauding a church based organisation known as MIA Enterprise of N110 million, while pretending to assist the organisation raise funds for its charity programme.