NDDC Probing: Akpabio Releases Authentic List of Contract Beneficiaries – NDDC Official

NewsNigeriaNDDC Probing: Akpabio Releases Authentic List of Contract Beneficiaries – NDDC Official

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 5, 2020

The authority of the Niger Delta Development Commission has said that the list of contract beneficiaries released by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio is authentic. Akpabio has mentioned some federal lawmakers and former governors as beneficiaries of the contracts awarded by the commission. Some of the lawmakers on the list include Peter Nwaoboshi, chairman of the Senate committee on NDDC; Matthew Urhoghide, chairman of the Senate committee on public accounts; and Orji...

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PDP Asks Oshiomhole to Produce His Primary Six Certificate if He Really attended School

NewsPoliticsPDP Asks Oshiomhole to Produce His Primary Six Certificate if He Really attended School

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 4, 2020

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adam Oshiomhole, to present his Primary School Leaving Certificate if he truly went to school. This was said by the PDP Campaign Council Chairman for the Edo governorship election, Chief Dan Orbih while he was addressing party members and supporters in the Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of the State. Orbih also asked Oshiomhole to tell Nigerians the cause...

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Nigerian Governors Condemn Boko Haram After Attack on Member, Say Governors Are Also Vulnerable

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaNigerian Governors Condemn Boko Haram After Attack on Member, Say Governors Are Also Vulnerable

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 4, 2020

The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has condemn Boko Haram terrorists’ attack on the convoy of the Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, the says the attack is a proof that governors are also vulnerable. The NGF also decry the worsening security condition in the country, lamenting all the efforts of government in curbing the situation. This was disclosed in a stated signed by the chairman of the forum and Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi and made...

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Shoprite to Leave Nigeria After 15 Years of Operation – Official

BusinessNewsShoprite to Leave Nigeria After 15 Years of Operation – Official

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 3, 2020

South African Company, Shoprite Holdings Limited, has said it will auction off its outlets in Nigeria. The Cape Town-based retail company with presence in most Nigerian cities considered the sales of all his major stores following the effect of COVID-19 pandemic which has disrupted businesses globally. The decision of the megastore company to close down after 15 years it opened its first store in Lagos in December 2015 is contained in a trading statement for...

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NDDC Probe: Akpabio Links Contracts to Ibori, Uduaghan, Kalu and Others

InfrastructureNewsNigeriaNDDC Probe: Akpabio Links Contracts to Ibori, Uduaghan, Kalu and Others

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 3, 2020

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has linked two former governors of Delta State, Messrs James Ibori and Emmanuel Uduaghan, to the various contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commissions. In the list submitted to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, on July 23 by Akpabio, the names of the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu and Senator Ifeanyi Ararume, among others are included....

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Service Chiefs Have No Tenure – Lt. Gen. Akinriade

MilitaryNational SecurityNewsNigeriaService Chiefs Have No Tenure – Lt. Gen. Akinriade

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 2, 2020

The former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Alani Akinrinade (retd) says the sacking of the heads of the armed forces in the country is at the discretion of the President, who is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. The former COAS said service chiefs could resign if they feel they do not have anything new to contribute again or wait to be sacked by the President. Akinrinade discloses this in an interview with...

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No APC Member Has the Right to Oppose Tinubu’s 2023 Presidency – Babachir Lawal

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNo APC Member Has the Right to Oppose Tinubu’s 2023 Presidency – Babachir Lawal

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 2, 2020

The former Secretary to the Federal Government, Babachir Lawal, says nobody in the All Progressives Congress (APC) has the right to oppose the party’s national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, from contesting the 2023 Presidency. Lawal discloses this during an interview with the Punch on Sunday. The former SGF also canvasses that power should be shifted to the South, particularly South-West. He expresses displeasure over some notable northerners desiring Presidency to be retained in their region. He...

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Nigeria Has Consistently Been Hazardous to the Yoruba Nation – Prof. Banji Akintoye

NewsNigeriaNigeria Has Consistently Been Hazardous to the Yoruba Nation – Prof. Banji Akintoye

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 1, 2020

Leader of the Yoruba World Congress, which is the umbrella body of over 300 Yoruba groups worldwide, Prof. Banji Akintoye, has said that the Nigerian environment has been consistently harsh to the Yoruba people of the South-West part of the country. The professor says that though the association is committed to peaceful activities, and peaceful purposes, the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has already begun to make step against it by removing the Yoruba World...

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Why Nigeria Should Take Decisive Method in Managing Public Assets – Olusegun Aganga

EconomyNewsWhy Nigeria Should Take Decisive Method in Managing Public Assets – Olusegun Aganga

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 1, 2020

The former Nigerian Finance Minister, Olusegun Aganga, has said there are many assets belonging to Nigeria ministries, agencies and departments that are not managed actively. Aganga disclosed this at a webinar organized by EY Nigeria Alumni on Thursday evening. He adds that the country needs to take decisive actions in growing and diversifying its economy. He says, “As a country, we do have so many assets held by different MDAs that are not actively managed....

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Soldiers Goes Mad, Kill Senior Officer Over Eight Months Frozen Salary Account

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSoldiers Goes Mad, Kill Senior Officer Over Eight Months Frozen Salary Account

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 31, 20201

An unidentified soldier serving with the 202 Battalion of the 21 Special Armoured Brigade, Bama, Borno State, is being reported to have shot dead his adjutant, Lt. Babakaka Ngorgi, for allegedly refusing to give him a travel pass which will enable him to resolve the issues around his inability to access his eight months frozen accounts. The soldiers, whose identity could not be ascertained, is reported to have fired some rounds at Ngorgi, who was...

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