By Joe C. Anatune (Guest Columnist and Blogger) Currently, 84% of the global palm oil supply is shared between Indonesia and Malaysia. Nigeria, Columbia, and others make up the remaining percentage. United States, China, India, EU, and Pakistan are the biggest off-takers. The global market value is 61.1 billion USA dollars. Apart from getting back to once again be a global player in this industry, Cee Cee Soludo wants to use the free distribution...
ABUJA — The Chief Whip of Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu says he has 13,000 Nigerians under his employment across different sectors of the economy. The former governor of Abia made the disclosure in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday. Kalu, who was responding to questions on presidential aspirants, said anyone aspiring to become Nigeria’s president should be an individual with capacity to improve the economy, security and make all Nigerians happy. He reiterated...
ABUJA — Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that he contested the governorship position four times before he finally won in 1999 as Vice President. Atiku disclosed this on Tuesday during an interaction with leaders of over 200 support groups across the country, in Abuja. Addressing the leaders of the groups, Atiku said he is delighted that more young people are now participating in politics, adding that his dream is to mentor the young...
Nigeria’s Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has officially declared his intention to contest the 2023 presidential election, putting to rest months of speculation. He made the declaration in a short broadcast shared via his Twitter handle. “In the past seven years, I have served as Vice President under a true Nigerian patriot, a servant of the nation in war and peace, and a man of integrity, President Muhammadu Buhari. “We have, together, worked through some of the most difficult...
Southern governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have demanded that the party’s presidential ticket be zoned to the region ahead of the 2023 general elections. They kicked against the purported recommendation of the PDP Zoning Committee that the slot be thrown open for all to contest. The governors who held an emergency meeting to deliberate on the matter stated that any attempt by the party’s leadership to throw the presidential...
The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, boosted to have remained the most preferred and favored contender to clinch the presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress in the 2023 general elections. While expressing his wish to appoint Nigeria’s first female Vice President, if he gets the ticket of the APC for the 2023 elections and its approval to choose his running mate, he said mundane things like zoning should be discarded in the...
ABUJA –– Kogi State Governor and presidential aspirant, Yahaya Bello has said his administration had turned no fewer than 2,000 persons in the state into millionaires. The governor spoke at the opening ceremony of the “Second Governor Yahaya Bello (GYB) Seminar for Nigeria’s Political and Crime Correspondents” in Abuja on Friday. Recall that last Saturday, Bello formally declared to run for President in 2023 at an elaborate event at the Eagles Square in Abuja, with...
AWKA — The council of all Traditional Rulers in the Anambra Central Senatorial zone, today gave total support to the aspiration of Uzuegbuna Okagbue, to represent the zone in the 10th Senate. Uzuegbuna Okagbue, the APGA leading aspirant for Anambra Central Senatorial zone top job at the National Assembly, was commissioned by all the Traditional Rulers of the Senatorial zone when they not only endorsed his aspiration but also pledged to give all the support...
LAGOS — The General Overseer, of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, (RCCG) Pastor Enoch Adeboye says he will never endorse any Politician, Party, or engage in Partisan Politics but pray for the growth of the nation. Pastor Adeboye during a special Thanksgiving Service held at the Church National Headquarters, Ebute Meta, Lagos, dissociated himself from partisan politics, while reacting to insinuation in some quarters over alleged endorsement of political candidates and parties. “I have...
By Emmanuel Chigbata, Staff Reporter AWKA — Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has informed Anambarians that today, Monday, April, 4th, 2022, officially marks the end of Monday Sit-At-Home in the state Governor Soludo disclosed this on his official Facebook page on Monday. According to him, “we have prayed to God, admonished our people, and made a commitment to ensuring that everyone concerned gets expeditious justice. “Following the unanimous agreement of our leaders across the...
