May 3, 2022

I’ve Empowered 5,000 Constituents In 3 years – Bamidele

May 3, 2022 4:25 pm

The Senator representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District, Opeyemi Bamidele, says that more than 5,000 members of his senatorial district have benefitted in his empowerment programmes in the last three years.
Bamidele made the disclosure during his 2021 mega empowerment programme, held at Oluyemi Kayode Stadium, Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday.

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He said that his empowerment programme had never been on the basis of membership of All Progressives Congress (APC), adding that it was aimed at bringing dividends of democracy to all his constituents.

“For record purpose, today’s occasion marks the third edition

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Yahaya Bello Is Best Positioned For Presidency – Hafsat Abiola

Yahaya Bello Is Best Positioned For Presidency – Hafsat Abiola

May 3, 2022 4:24 pm

The Director-General of the Hope ’23 Yahaya Bello Campaign Council, Hafsat Abiola-Costello has said that no candidate is better positioned for the 2023 Presidency than the leading aspirant, Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi State.

Abiola-Costello who is also the  daughter of the acclaimed winner of the 1993 presidential election, late Chief MKO Abiola, made this known on Tuesday during an interview where she rolled out reasons Yahaya Bello remained Nigeria’s best bet in the forth-coming 2023 presidential election.

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She explained that 30 years after June 12, Bello was in …

Sustainable Security In Gulf of Guinea Our Focus – Jamoh

Sustainable Security In Gulf of Guinea Our Focus – Jamoh

May 3, 2022 3:19 pm

 Dr Bashir Jamoh, Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) on Tuesday said that sustainable security in the Gulf of Guinea was their focus.

Jamoh noted that to that regard, NIMASA as lead Agency under Ministry of Transportation and Nigerian Navy in partnership with the Inter-Regional Coordination Centre ICC Yaoundé concluded arrangements to host the fifth plenary of the Gulf of Guinea Maritime Collaboration Forum.

Jamoh in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos noted that the Gulf of Guinea Maritime Collaboration Forum was for the Shared Awareness and Deconfliction (GOG-MCF/SHADE).

The Gulf of Guinea MCF/SHADE 5th …

APFFLON Tasks Aspirants Over Nigeria’s ‘Sick’ Logistics Chain System

APFFLON Tasks Aspirants Over Nigeria’s ‘Sick’ Logistics Chain System

May 3, 2022 2:07 pm

The African Association of Professional Freight Forwarders and Logistics of Nigeria (APFFLON) on Tuesday said that the country’s logistics supply chain management was in urgent need of efficacious remedial measures.

Mr Godfrey Nwosu, Chairman, APFFLON Tin-Can Island Port Chapter in a statement in Lagos declared Nigeria’s logistics supply chain management system as ‘sick’.

According to Nwosu, with Nigeria’s 2023 general elections fast approaching, it was unfortunate that addressing the issues in the country’s logistics supply chain was not forthcoming from any of the political gladiators.

He noted that the acts of omission or commission of the three tiers of government …

Expert Attributes NGX Rally To Uncertainties In Fixed Income Securities

Expert Attributes NGX Rally To Uncertainties In Fixed Income Securities

May 3, 2022 9:47 am

The Managing Director, ARM Securities Ltd., Mr Rotimi Olubi, has attributed sustained rally on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd (NGX) to heightened uncertainties in the fixed income space.

Olubi disclosed this in an interview on Tuesday in Abuja.

He added that positive earnings performance by some quoted companies continued to the current rally in the stock market.

He predicted that the uncertainties were expected to persist till the third quarter (Q3) when fixed income yield would peak.

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Olubi said the development would encourage more inflow of funds into the stock market, stressing …

Lawyer, Group Disagree With MultiChoice On Tribunal

Lawyer, Group Disagree With MultiChoice On Tribunal

May 3, 2022 9:46 am

A legal practitioner, Festus Onifade has disagreed with MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, the operator of DStv and Gotv, over the firm’s application challenging the jurisdiction of the tribunal in a suit filed against it over alleged tariffs hike.

Onifade and Coalition of Nigeria Consumers (CNC), in a counter-affidavit filed before a Federal Competition and Consumer Protection (FCCPC) Tribunal sitting in Abuja described the prayers by MultiChoice as “incongruous.”

Onifade and CNC are 1st and 2nd claimants, MultiChoice and Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) are 1st and 2nd defendants respectively.

The company, in a motion on notice dated April …

Tucano Jets: Saraki Lied To Impeach Buhari On Purchase - BMO

Tucano Jets: Saraki Lied To Impeach Buhari On Purchase – BMO

May 3, 2022 8:54 am

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has accused former Senate President Bukola Saraki of rewriting history in a bid to claim credit for the United States of America’s deal with Nigeria on the purchase of the Super Tucano light-attack aircraft for the ongoing war against insurgency.

This is in the aftermath of suggestions by the opposition figure that the 593million dollars deal might not have scaled through without his intervention as the then head of the 8th Senate.

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BMO said in a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi …

S/West: IPAC Sets Up Zonal Executives, Demands Governance

S/West: IPAC Sets Up Zonal Executives, Demands Governance

May 3, 2022 8:33 am

The Inter- Party Advisory Council (IPAC), South-west zone, says it has set up an executive team, headed by Mr Dare Ojo, who is the Oyo council Chairman.

The IPAC zonal Secretary, Mr Olusegun Mobolaji, in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos said the executive committee officials were nominated and set up at the zonal inaugural meeting, held on April 30 in Ibadan, Oyo.

Mobolaji said that the council had called  for a more inclusive governance across states in the zone, to enhance a better society.

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“Government, both at federal and

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We’re Working On Return Of Kidnapped Victims Of Train Attack – Buhari

We’re Working On Return Of Kidnapped Victims Of Train Attack – Buhari

May 3, 2022 4:52 am

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured families of those kidnapped by bandits in the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train service of March 28 that efforts were on-going to ensure their safe return.

The president gave the assurance on Monday in Abuja when he hosted residents of the FCT who paid him Sallah homage.

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He directed security agencies and the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) to provide detailed information to families of the victims regularly saying the government would explore every opportunity to secure their return alive and unhurt.

“As we celebrate this occasion with

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Israel Demands Apology After Russia's Hitler Comments

Israel Demands Apology After Russia’s Hitler Comments

May 3, 2022 2:44 am

Israel on Monday requested an official apology from Russia describing the Russian foreign minister’s recent comments about Adolf Hitler and antisemitism an ‘outrageous statement and a terrible historic mistake.’

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that in an interview with an Italian television show on Sunday, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov revealed that he believes Adolf Hitler had Jewish roots and suggested Jewish people may be the worst anti-Semites.

Lavrov’s comments came after he was asked how Russia can claim to be ‘denazifying’ Ukraine when the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is Jewish.

‘When they say ‘What sort of nazification …

Why I Announced Ban On Street Begging In Edo - Gov. Obaseki

Why I Announced Ban On Street Begging In Edo – Gov. Obaseki

May 3, 2022 2:39 am

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has confirmed that his administration was set to commence the evacuation of street beggars who are not ready to accept decent and meaningful ventures.

Obaseki gave this confirmation while addressing the Muslim faithful who were on a courtesy visit to the Government House, Benin City, on Monday.

He warned that anyone, whose children were not in school but on the street begging or trading, would be arrested and consequently prosecuted.

Obaseki pointed that that in the next few weeks or months, street begging would become history in the State.

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600 Palestinians Held By Israel Without Charge – Rights Group

May 3, 2022 2:34 am

An Israeli rights group have alleged that Israel is holding no fewer than 600 Palestinian detainees without charge or trial, which is the highest number since 2016.

HaMoked which is an Israeli based rights group that regularly gathers figures from prison authorities, on Monday disclosed that as of May there were 604 detainees held in administrative detention. Nearly all are Palestinians, as administrative detention is very rarely used against Jews.

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So-called administrative detainees are arrested on ‘secret evidence’, unaware of the accusations against them, and are not allowed to defend themselves in court. They are usually held …

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