Waive: One year of meaningful representation
By Shedrack Onitsha When Rt. Rev Hon Francis Ejiroghene Waive threw his hat into the ring to contest for the House of Representative position to represent Ughelli North, Ughelli South, and Udu federal constituency on the platform of the All Progressive Congress APC, many people did not take him seriously. On that faithful day of […]
CWG partners Clari5 to help African banks combat real-time financial crime
Leading information technology company CWG, today announced that it has partnered with Banking Enterprise Financial Crime Risk Management products company Clari5 to jointly help African banks combat enterprise fraud and money laundering. Through this strategic partnership, CWG and Clari5 will provide solutions to African banks to counter enterprise-wide fraud and money laundering risk. Banks across […]
Marcelo takes a knee as Madrid wins at its training center
Playing a home game but not at its famed Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Real Madrid resumed its Spanish league campaign with a 3-1 win over Eibar on Sunday to keep pace with leader Barcelona. The game saw Marcelo take a knee during a goal celebration in apparent support for the Black Lives Matter movement. The Brazilian […]
Oronsaye Report: MDAs to go
*…how FG rejected many recommendations By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief Faced with a consistently escalating recurrent expenditure in the face of dwindling revenue, the federal government has been seeking ways to cut the huge cost of government for many years. Several committees have been set up by successive administrations towards reducing the number of federal […]
People Talk: Assessment of democracy under Buhari’s administration (2)
By Bose Adelaja &Olayinka Latona “The situation on ground makes me think that our democratic values have been lost. There is lack of power supply, bad roads, infrastructural decay especially in schools and other public places. “Many Nigerians lack shelter, food and other good things of life. There is no improvement under Buhari’s administration.” […]
Oko Erin Bridge Accident: Kwara govt condoles victims’ families
…Warns against arbitrary refuse dump, blockage of waterways By Demola Akinyemi The Kwara State Government last night commiserated with the families of those who were feared dead or missing following the collapse of the embankment of Oko-Erin bridge in Ilorin, the state capital. The Deputy Governor, Mr Kayode Alabi, mourned the victims after inspecting the […]
Pope Francis appeals for end to Libyan civil war
In an impassioned plea during his noon address in St. Peter’s Square, Francis said he was pained by the situation in Libya, which has had no stable central authority since dictator Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown by NATO-backed rebels in 2011. For more than five years Libya has had rival parliaments and governments in the east […]
Excellence Hope gives homes, COVID-19 palliatives to indigents
Excellence Hope Initiative, a nonprofit organisation, has donated homes and COVID-19 palliatives to indigents of Anambra and Enugu states. While the provision of homes for the homeless “even preceded the formal launch of the Initiative,” residents of communities — Nawgu, Ukpo in Dunukofia Local Government Area of Anambra State; Mbu Akpoti in Enugu State, among […]
How rape can be stopped by Bello Foundation
The Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation has expressed concern over the astronomical increase in incidences of sexual and other forms of gender-based Violence in Nigeria.
Obaseki seeks political survival, visits Wike in bid to pitch his tent with PDP
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo was in Government House, Port Harcourt on Sunday to visit Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers, in an apparent bid to pitch his tent with the PDP. The purpose of the visit was, however, not disclosed but the two governors later held a closed-door meeting at the Government House. Obaseki’s visit […]
Influx of Sub-standard Goods: Reps back return of SON, NAFDAC to ports
There are indications that fresh moves are underway to get the Federal Government to revise its earlier decision to restrict the Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON, and the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, to the ports and Nigeria’s borders.
