Tinubu appoints new heads for CAC, SMEDAN, SON, others

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointments of new chief executive officers of several agencies and parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment. Ajuri Ngelale, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, issued a statement on the appointments on Friday. Ngelale said the appointments were in line with the president’s “resolve to base Nigeria’s economic revival on the foundation of trade expansion through small, medium and large scale industry facilitation...

CBN lifts foreign-exchange ban on 43 items

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has ended an eight-year ban on 43 items that had been restricted from accessing foreign exchange, forex, on the official market. The importers of all the previously restricted items “are now allowed to purchase foreign exchange in the Nigerian foreign exchange market,” Isa AbdulMumin, CBN’s director of corporate communications said in a statement on Thursday. In 2015, the CBN banned manufacturers and importers of the items from accessing forex...

Enugu Governor Flags Off Construction of New City, 40km Dual Carriageway, 71 Urban Roads

The Enugu State Governor Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah assures residents of the Coal City of reconstruction and construction of 71 roads within the urban area before the end of the year. Dr. Mbah stated this on Thursday when he flagged off the construction of New Enugu City roads made up of 17km dual carriageway and feeder roads, 40km Owo-Ubahu-Amankanu-Neke-Ikem dual carriageway, and the construction/reconstruction of 71 urban roads in Enugu capital city; the 71 urban...

Senator Ifeanyi Ubah Confirms Move to APC

The senator representing Anambra South senatorial district, Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah, has joined the All Progressives Congress – APC. This very move is considered in many quarters as a very strategic, though unexpected one, for some reasons, might change a lot of political permutations in Anambra and the Southeast in the coming weeks ahead. Only yesterday, the senator was seen in a photograph with some of his Anambra brothers in Abuja the nation’s capital, in what...

Ifeanyi Ubah parts with YPP  over “irreconcilable differences” and joins APC

Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah has on Thursday announced his decision to defect from the Young Progressive Party (YPP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ubah, who made his decision known in a letter read by President of Senate, Godswill Akpabio at plenary said that he decided to join the APC because of some irreconcilable differences in the YPP. He said, “I am writing to formally notify and inform you that due to irreconcilable differences, I have...

Coal Mining Firm To Pay N1billion For Remediation Of Enugu Environment

Following an agreement with the Enugu State Government, Milhouse Energy Services Ltd, a coal mining firm at Awhum in Udi Local Government Area is to pay the sum of one billion naira only into the Enugu State Environmental Remediation Trust Fund; the company will also pay a hundred thousand naira only (N100,000) for tax on every truckload of coal evacuated from the site. The Fund will be managed by an independent committee of professionals and...

President Tinubu names new EFCC chairman, secretary

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Olanipekun Olukoyede as the executive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale, who announced the new appointment on Thursday, also said President Tinubu appointed Muhammad Hammajoda to serve as the secretary of the commission. Mr Olukayode will take over from Abdulkarim Chukkol, who took charge of the agency in an acting capacity after AbdulRasheed Bawa was suspended. Bawa was suspended on June 14, two...

“Look for Boko Haram terrorists, find them and kill them,” CDS Musa order troops

Christopher Musa, the chief of defence staff (CDS), has ordered troops of “Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK)” to be on the offensive in the war against Boko Haram jihadists. “Don’t just come and sleep in the theatre, make sure you look for Boko Haram and kill,” the CDS charged the soldiers on Tuesday at the Maimalari cantonment, Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. General Musa told the soldiers to always attack the insurgents first. His instruction was...

Burna Boy loses out on 7 BET Hip-Hop Awards

Nigerian Afro-fusion singer Damini Ogulu, known by his stage name Burna Boy, did not win any award at the 2023 BET Hip-Hop Awards. Burna Boy was among the top nominees for the Awards with seven nods out of the 17 award categories, but he lost all seven nominations. He lost the “Hip-Hop Artiste of the Year”, “Lyricist of the Year” and the “Best Live Performer of the Year” awards to U.S. rapper Kendrick Lamar. 50...

“Tinubu needs no reintroduction” APC replies Peter Obi

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that President Bola Tinubu needs no reintroduction after ex-Anambra Governor Peter Obi asked the President to reintroduce himself to Nigerians because of the controversy over his identity and academic records. Specifically, Obi urged Tinubu to “let the world know his name, nationality, place of birth, parentage, the primary and secondary schools he attended with dates as well as the actual universities he attended and certificates obtained.” He said...

WP2Social Auto Publish Powered By : XYZScripts.com