Synergy key to improving, repositioning pharmaceutical services – PSN President

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSynergy key to improving, repositioning pharmaceutical services – PSN President

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 13, 2023

…PCN orders pharmaceuticals drugs wholesalers out of S/Gari Market Prof. Cyril Odianose Usifoh, President of Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has said that collaboration of stakeholders is key to improving and repositioning the pharmaceutical sector in the country. The PSN president said this during the two days annual colloquium of the association with the theme “Repositioning Pharmacy In An Unstable Economy” which was held at Amber Residence, Ikeja area of Lagos State. Usifoh noted that...

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Lagos LP Rally: Peter Obi berates attacks on his supporters

NewsNigeriaPoliticsLagos LP Rally: Peter Obi berates attacks on his supporters

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 12, 2023

…As supporters were stopped from accessing TBS venue of rally Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) has condemned the attack on supporters of his party in Lagos State on Saturday. Reports have it that suspected hoodlums attacked LP’s supporters who were said to be on their way to the venue of the party’s presidential campaign rally. While reacting to the development, Obi via his verified Instagram handle on Saturday, condemned the...

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CBN criminalises selling of Naira notes

BusinessNewsNigeriaPoliticsCBN criminalises selling of Naira notes

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 12, 2023

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says selling the naira notes constitutes an abuse of the nation’s legal tender. The West African Pilot News reports that amid the ongoing cash scarcity, many Nigerians have resorted to selling the redesigned naira notes at an exorbitant amount. In a tweet accompanied by a flier on Friday, the apex bank also listed other forms of naira abuse, including selling, money bouquets, and defacing. The CBN urged Nigerians to...

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Buhari prepares to hand over, sets up presidential transition council

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBuhari prepares to hand over, sets up presidential transition council

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 12, 2023

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a presidential transition council to oversee the handing over of power by his government to his successor. The president also signed the executive order No. 14 of 2023 on the facilitation and management of presidential transitions to ensure the smooth transition of power from one administration to another. President Buhari disclosed this on his Twitter handle on Thursday, saying the presidential transition council would be chaired by...

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Ex-Gov. Nnamani mocks PDP NWC, says his explosion is nullity

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEx-Gov. Nnamani mocks PDP NWC, says his explosion is nullity

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 11, 2023

Dr Chimaroke Nnamani, the former Governor of Enugu State and the Senator representing Enugu East, has  mocked Senator Iyorchia Ayu led National working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying that his expulsion is a nullity Senator Nnamani, in a statement on Friday said that Ayu has no powers to suspend or expel him from the party, stressing that the Ayu led NWC didn’t follow due process and strict compliance with the provisions...

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Abia 2023: APC tells Ogah, stakeholders to support gubernatorial candidate, Emenike

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAbia 2023: APC tells Ogah, stakeholders to support gubernatorial candidate, Emenike

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 11, 2023

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has told Uche Ogah, the former Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, and all stakeholders of the party in Abia State to rally support for the party’s governorship candidate,  Ikechi Emenike in the forthcoming elections. It will be recalled that Emenike was on Thursday affirmed by the Supreme Court as the authentic governorship candidate of the party in the state, ending a...

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Naira Redesign: Labour Party, SWAGA back council of state decision

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNaira Redesign: Labour Party, SWAGA back council of state decision

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 11, 2023

The Labour Party (LP) and the South-West Agenda for Asiwaju (SWAGA’23) have thrown their weight behind the position of the National Council of State (NCS) that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), should print more new naira notes or recirculate the old ones. Dr Yunusa Tanko, Chief Spokesperson of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council (LP-PCC) noted on Friday that the best way the naira redesign policy can work is when more new naira notes...

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NDDC asks contractors not to pay commission to middlemen

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNDDC asks contractors not to pay commission to middlemen

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 11, 2023

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has asked contractors not to pay commission to contractors and declares as illegal the payment of percentages on contract sums and all forms of financial inducements to middlemen who claim to be fronting for the Commission’s officials. The call was made on Friday during an interactive session with contractors at the Commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt by the Managing Director of the Commission, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, He described the...

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2023: INEC bars partisan, card-carrying politicians from collation, returning officers’ jobs

NewsNigeriaPolitics2023: INEC bars partisan, card-carrying politicians from collation, returning officers’ jobs

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 10, 2023

Prof Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the electoral body is sticking to its previous arrangement to pick collation and returning officers from the ivory tower, and so has said that partisan, card-carrying members of political parties are not eligible to work as collation or returning officers in the 2023 general elections. He stated that despite some unpalatable experiences, the commission will continue to rely on the academic...

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Naira Swap Deadline: CNPP accuses APC of using court to arm-twist CBN to buy notes

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNaira Swap Deadline: CNPP accuses APC of using court to arm-twist CBN to buy notes

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 10, 2023

Conference Of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP), the umbrella body of registered political parties and political associations in the country, has stated that the action of Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in seeking to ambush the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is a plot to retain the old naira notes for the purpose of vote buying during the 2023 general elections. The group in a press statement issued on...

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