Nestlé Nigeria Plc has notified its shareholders, The Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, and the investing public of the appointment of its Managing Director, Mr. Mauricio Alarcon as the Market Head of Nestlé Central and West Africa Region comprising 25 countries with head office in Ghana, effective September 1, 2020. A …
Read More »Ohanaeze Ndigbo NEC passes vote of confidence on President General, Nwodo
Members of the National Executive Committee, NEC, of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Tuesday passed a vote of confidence on the President General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Chief John Nnia Nwodo. Moving a motion at their NEC meeting, the Anambra State President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Damian Okeke, according to a …
Read More »Gov. Wike slams N7billion suit on Thisday Newspapers
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has slammed a N7 Billion suit against ThisDay Newspapers being damages for libel written and published in ThisDay’s Tuesday, June 23, 2020 edition. A statement by Paulinus Nsirim, Rivers state Commissioner for Information and Communications, said that in the publication captioned, “With Wike, Obaseki …
Read More »NNPC records 43 per cent drop in oil pipeline vandalism in May
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has recorded an encouraging 43 per cent drop in cases of willful damage of its oil pipeline infrastructure by suspected oil thieves in May, 2020. The corporation, in a release by its Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru, explained that …
Read More »Nigeria: SERAP condemns attacks on #RevolutionNow protesters
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has “strongly condemned reported violent attacks on #RevolutionNow protesters in Abuja, Osogbo and other parts of the country. The government of President Muhammadu Buhari must end the use of excessive force against protesters, and allow people to peacefully exercise their human rights,” the group …
Read More »Funtua, honour not deserved (2) By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 The fire stoked by the Nigeria Press Organisation, NPO, comprising the Newspaper Proprietors Association (NPAN), the Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) and the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), in renaming the NIJ House after the late Mallam Ismaila Isa Funtua, is still raging. The issue …
Read More »IPOB asks Ohanaeze to help work towards its de-proscription
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has called on Ohanaeze Ndigbo to assist it in working towards the deproscribing of the group. As part of consolidation of the peace accord recently established between IPOB and Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the leadership of IPOB Tuesday visited Ohanaeze Ndigbo National Executive Committee, NEC, at …
Read More »PPMC fixes ex-depot price of PMS at N138.62 per litre
By Edith Ike-Eboh Abuja, Aug. 5, 2020 The downstream subsidiary of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), has fixed the ex-depot price of premium motor spirit (PMS), known as petrol at N138.62 per litre. PPMC disclosed this in a memo signed by its Manager, Sales, Mohammed …
Read More »Alaigbo Development Foundation condemns massacre of Christians in Southern Kaduna; Urges Buhari to urgently intervene
A socio-cultural and economic group, Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF), has unequivocally condemned what it described as the mindless massacre of Christians in Southern Kaduna by Fulani militants and called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently intervene to stop the genocide. ADF, in a statement by its Spokesman, Abia Onyike, said …
Read More »Security challenges: You must rejig security strategy, Buhari tells Security Chiefs
By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Aug. 4, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari has again challenged the nation’s security chiefs to rejig their strategies in the ongoing battle against insurgency, banditry and other violent crimes in some parts of the country. The National Security Adviser (NSA) to the President, retired Maj-Gen. Babagana Mongonu, …
Read More »Manchester City sign Valencia winger on 5-year deal
Manchester (UK), Aug. 4, 2020 Manchester City announced on Tuesday they have signed Spanish winger Ferran Torres from Valencia, with the 20-year-old putting pen to paper on a five-year deal. Financial details were not disclosed by the English Premier League (EPL) clubside, but British media reported the transfer fee was …
Read More »President Buhari congratulates NMA President, Prof. Ujah, on election; Salutes Chairman of Bua Group, Rabiu on 60th birthday
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with Prof. Innocent Ujah on his election as President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), congratulating all the Executive Members for the zeal and diligence brought into the organisation within a short period. President Buhari, according to a statement by Garba Shehu, his Senior …
Read More »New York’s health commissioner resigns over COVID-19 handling
New York, Aug. 4, 2020 New York’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Oxiris Barbot, has resigned over alleged under-utilisation of the department’s “incomparable disease control expertise.” “I leave my post today with deep disappointment that during the most critical public health crisis in our lifetime, that the Health Department’s incomparable disease …
Read More »Pa Fasanmi buried as Fayemi, Akeredolu,Tinubu pay tributes
By Ariwodola Idowu Ado Ekiti, Aug. 4, 2020 Eminent Nigerians on Tuesday paid tributes to the late Afenifere leader, Pa Ayo Fasanmi, as his remains were interred in his country home in Iye Ekiti, Ilejemeje Local Government Area of Ekiti. Fasanmi, a Second Republic Senator, died on July 29 at …
Read More »CIoTA President advocates safer road transportation · Jamoh commiserates with families of container accident victims
President of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria (CIoTA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has restated the institute’s commitment to safety of all modes of transportation in the country, especially those operated within the port environment. Jamoh stated this on Tuesday in Lagos while reacting to a recent incident …
Read More »COVID-19:Bayelsa schools are ready and safe to re-open – Gov Diri
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa on Tuesday announced that the state has put in place safety measures to check the spread of the coronavirus preparatory to resumption of final year students on Wednesday Aug 5. Diri, stated at the ‘Safe School Reopening Train-the-Trainer’ programme that the government has provided 10,000 …
Read More »Apostle (Dr.) Uzonwanne bows out gloriously at 49
The passage of Apostle Dr. Francis Chukwuemeka Uzonwanne (1971-2020), has elicited lamentations and outbursts of sorrow around the world. The exit of the much loved man of many parts has also led many to give thanks and praise to God for the glorious and fulfilled life that the born again …
Read More »CODECAMP Initiative: Unubiko Foundation empowers Abia youths
A non-governmental organization, Unubiko Foundation, is to select 20 youths across Abia state for this year’s #CodeCamp Youth Empowerment Programme, which starts on Monday August 10, 2020. In a statement by Unubiko Foundation in Umuahia on Thursday, July 30, 2020, Dr. Benjamin Isani, Project Director, said the #CodeCamp initiative is …
Read More »Mrs Daina Udensi passes on at 89
The passage onto glory of Mrs. Daina Nwannediya Udensi (nee Oti) has been announced by the family. Aged 89, late Mrs. Udensi, will be buried on August 29, 2020, according to the announcement by Sir Fred O. Udensi and Deaconess Uche V. Igwe on behalf of the family. She is …
Read More »Woman stopped at German airport with husband’s bones in luggage
Munich (Germany), Aug. 4, 2020 A 74-year-old Armenian woman was stopped at Munich airport and human bones were found in her luggage, German federal police said on Tuesday. Officials found the remains in a wooden box, and subsequently called on customs officers, a doctor and the public prosecutor to examine …
Read More »EDO 2020: INEC, security agencies should be neutral – Wike *Says Obaseki’s integrity, credibility, performance makes election easy to win
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) and Security Agencies to be apolitical in the September 19, 2020, governorship election in Edo State. Speaking as Guest on a Television Programme, Governor Wike charged the electoral umpire to use the Edo election to correct …
Read More »Amaechi, Malami correct NASS on Sovereign immunity Say, diplomatic immunity not same as commercial immunity
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami Tuesday joined Minister of Transportation, Rt Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi to set the records straight on Nigeria’s sovereignty not being at risk in the country’s loan agreements with China. There is a difference between international diplomatic immunity ‘which …
Read More »Presidency berates Trade Union Congress over plan to protest corruption at NDDC, EFCC, others
The Nigerian presidency has berated the Trade Union Congress, TUC, over its plan to protest alleged widespread corruption in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and some other government Agencies. A statement by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), …
Read More »Reposition Nigerian Bar Association, Obi tasks Akpata; Hails his emergence as President
Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, Mr Peter Obi, has congratulated Olumide Akpata on his recent election as President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), while urging him to draw on his decades of professional experience to reposition the Association to greater heights. …
Read More »NDDC invites President Buhari to commission signature project
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has invited President Muhammadu Buhari to commission the 29-kilometre Ogbia-Nembe Road in Bayelsa State. The road, built in conjunction with the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, creates a land link to the ancient city of Nembe for the first time. The Commission’s Director of …
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