NDDC: Akeredolu insists it’s Ondo’s turn to produce MD

By Banji Ayoola Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has insisted that it is the turn of Ondo State to produce the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). According to him: “Going by the provisions of the NDDC Act, 2000, and with specific reference to the position of the Managing Director, it is […]

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Nigeria needs deliverer – Oyedepo

President of the Living Faith Church worldwide otherwise known as Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo has said that Nigeria needs a deliverer to recover from the lingering insecurity and imminent economic collapse. Speaking at the church’s headquarters in Ota, Ogun State, during the 3rd day of the church’s Shiloh 2022 programme themed: Covenant Highways, he […]

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Facebook prepares for Nigeria’s elections, tightens noose on misinformation

Invests $16b in technology, teams to secure platform Social media platform, Meta (Facebook), has said it is preparing adequately well for Nigeria’s elections coming up in 2023. The media platform disclosed it is taking key steps to protect integrity of the elections, including combating spread of misinformation and making political advertising more transparent. At a […]

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Why Afenifere endorses Peter Obi as presidential candidate – Ebiseeni

By Banji Ayoola The pan Yoruba socio-cultural and political group, Afenifere, has cleared the controversies surrounding the Sunday October 30 visit of the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to the Akure, Ondo State home of its immediate former leader, who also doubled as the ex-leader of the core […]

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2023: International group calls for free, fair elections

As preparations for the 2023 elections hot up in Nigeria, an international body, the Public Policy Research and Advocacy Council (PPRAC) has called for free, fair and hitch free polls. In a statement issued on Tuesday by its President and Executive Program Director, Dr. Emeka Umerah and Regional Program Director (Africa Desk), Mr. Eric Oluwole, […]

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Nigeria leads AMAA 2022 with eight wins

The 18th edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) will remain memorable to attendees and winners as Nigerian films led with a total of eight awards. At the awards ceremony that had King Sunny Ade serenading nominees, African film enthusiasts, and practitioners, Tanzania’s ‘Tug of War’ and South Africa’s ‘Surviving Gaza’ came after Nigeria […]

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CBN, NDIC, AMCON stifling banks’ growth, directors cry out

Bank Directors Association of Nigeria (BDAN) has called for the review of necessary regulations to prevent the deposit money banks from paying insurance on deposits sterilised with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The directors said banks have been compelled to insure all their total deposits whereas about 50 per cent of funds are available […]

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Nigeria’s hunger level ‘serious,’ ranks 103 out of 121 countries

Photo: Lucy Ladidi Elukpo Four in 10 Nigerians live below $2 daily UN chief, CDD task leaders on bending worsening poverty curve Guterres: Let us consign poverty to pages of history Make poverty reduction key campaign issue, PWDs urge Nigerians  NHRC: Food crisis has worsened hunger in Nigeria Every minute, more than six Nigerians enter […]

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Falae says Nigeria needs president chosen by divine guidance

By Banji Ayoola A former Secretary to the Federal Government and ex-Minister of Finance, Chief Olu Falae, on Saturday said that Nigeria needs a President who is chosen only by Divine guidance to successfully govern Nigeria from next year in view of the overwhelming problems confronting the nation. Besides, he said that for the country […]

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Nnamdi Kanu not off the hook yet – Security Council

Directs NSA, SGF to investigate oil theft in Niger Delta Denies military involvement in implicating IPOB members Orders reopening of Obajana Cement factory The National Security Council has clarified the Federal Government’s position on the status of the case against leader of proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. As reported by The Nation, […]

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