Infrastructure Development: Kogi, China agree to partner in transport business

NewsNigeriaPoliticsInfrastructure Development: Kogi, China agree to partner in transport business

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 21, 2023

…Plans underway to make Kogi, northern industrial hub To boost infrastructural development in Kogi State, the Kogi State Government and the Chinese Construction giant, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) have concluded plans to partner in business relationships in the areas of planning, financing and execution of transport infrastructure. At a meeting held at the headquarters of CCECC in Abuja on Thursday, Abdulkareem Siyaka, the Executive Officer of the Kogi State Investment Promotion and Public...

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Abuja electricity distribution company boosts network with three additional feeders

NewsNigeriaPowerAbuja electricity distribution company boosts network with three additional feeders

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 21, 2023

…Assures consumers of improved supply The customers of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) Plc in Gwarinpa, Life Camp, Kubwa, and environs, have been assured of improved electricity supply as the company has completed the construction of three 33KV feeders and the installation of auto reclosers at the Dawaki 2x60MVA, 132/33KV transmission station in Abuja. The Chief Marketing Officer of the company, Donald Etim, in a press statement said that the new project which was commissioned...

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FEC approves billions of naira road contracts, less than 40 days to go

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFEC approves billions of naira road contracts, less than 40 days to go

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 21, 2023

Less than 40 days to its exit, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday, approved a number of road contracts running into billions of naira. According to reports, the contract awards were approved following memos presented by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, under the purview of Babatunde Fashola, including an augmentation cost for the Ogun Shagamu road project. While giving an insight into the projects, Fashola...

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Osun: Timi Frank warns that desperate politicians plan to upturn Adeleke’s victory

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOsun: Timi Frank warns that desperate politicians plan to upturn Adeleke’s victory

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 21, 2023

…Urges Supreme Court judges to resist inducement, maintain integrity, Comrade Timi Frank, former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has called on the Supreme Court Judges to maintain integrity and resist any attempt of subversion through inducement as regards the Osun governorship election, even as he raises alarm that desperate politicians are on the are strategising to upturn the victory of Governor Ademola Adeleke at the Appeal Court. The former APC...

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Zelenskky, Ukraine president congratulates Nigeria’s president-elect, Tinubu on victory at presidential poll

NewsNigeriaPoliticsWorld NewsZelenskky, Ukraine president congratulates Nigeria’s president-elect, Tinubu on victory at presidential poll

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 21, 2023

…Invites Tinubu on state visit after inauguration Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine,  has congratulated Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on his victory at the presidential poll. The Ukraine leader in a congratulatory letter he personally signed, expressed gladness at the peaceful conduct of the just-concluded 2023 general elections and particularly praised the victory of Tinubu as the next President of Nigeria, stressing that his country is determined to further strengthen cooperation with Nigeria. Zelenskyy...

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Two women killed in Anambra road crash

NewsNigeriaRegionsTwo women killed in Anambra road crash

PilotnewsApril 20, 2023

A road accident occurred at Tempo, 300 metres away from Odumodu junction, along the Nteje-Onitsha Expressway, Anambra State, late on Tuesday. It was a lone crash, involving a commercial Toyota Sienna with registration number: LND502YE belonging to Young Shall Grow Motors. According to eyewitnesses, the driver, who was on speed, lost control of the vehicle which somersaulted after hitting a pedestrian crossing the expressway, and crashed. It was gathered that seven persons were involved in...

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Kogi Guber: I’ll run inclusive government if elected – Dino Melaye

NewsNigeriaPoliticsKogi Guber: I’ll run inclusive government if elected – Dino Melaye

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 20, 2023

…Igbos, others will be involved The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Kogi State, Senator Dino Melaye has said that if he emerges the governor of the state, he will run an inclusive government. The former lawmaker said that Igbo people and other nationalities like Idoma, Tiv, etcetera, will be part of his government., Melaye while speaking on Arise TV on Wednesday said, “We are going to run an inclusive government. It is not...

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Africa ranks low in global business environment rankings

AfricaBusinessNewsAfrica ranks low in global business environment rankings

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 20, 2023

Singapore, Canada and Denmark will be the three countries with the best business environment over the next five years, according to the latest business environment rankings, BER, by the Economic Intelligence Unit, EIU. EIU’s BER measures the attractiveness of the business environment in 82 countries quarterly, using a standard analytical framework with 91 indicators. The latest ranking for the second quarter of 2023 shows that North America and Western Europe continue to be the best...

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Eight Abducted Female Students Escape From Kidnappers’ Den In Kaduna

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaEight Abducted Female Students Escape From Kidnappers’ Den In Kaduna

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 20, 2023

The eight abducted female students of Government Secondary School, Awon, Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State, who have spent almost 14 days in captivity in a thick forest bordering Kaduna and Niger states have escaped from their abductors’ den. But the commissioner said on Tuesday that the students escaped from the kidnapper’s den after spending almost 14 days with their captors in a thick forest bordering Kaduna and Niger states. According to Commissioner for...

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PoS Operator In Police Net Over N280m Received In Error

BusinessNewsNigeriaPoS Operator In Police Net Over N280m Received In Error

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 20, 2023

Police in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital have confirmed the arrest of a Point of Sale operator Alfa Rafiu who erroneously received N280m transferred to his account by a commercial bank in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital has been arrested by the Police. It was gathered that the suspect who resides at the Akuji compound, the Abayawo area in the Ilorin West Local Government Area of the state was arrested on Monday when he went...

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