Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri on Wednesday emerged candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the November 11, 2023 governorship election. Diri won the ticket with a total of 305 votes as the sole aspirant of the party out of 313 votes cast during the primaries which took place[Read More…]
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission ((INEC) has for the first time responded to accusations that it failed to follow the Electoral Act 2022 and also failed to abide by its own guidelines on mode of collation of results in the last presidential election. TheNiche in a report says, INEC’s response[Read More…]
Analysts have advised the Federal Government to continue to hold off its external borrowing plans over the short-to-medium term in line with the global central banks’ monetary policy tightening measures They advocated that most of the borrowing plans over 2023E to be carried out in the domestic capital market even[Read More…]
In its bid to encourage digital transactions and savings, the leading retail bank, Access Bank Plc, has commenced rewarding its customers with cash prizes for opening DiamondXtra Digital accounts. The campaign is designed to deliver on its promise to repay Nigerians for their loyalty and continued savings with the country’s[Read More…]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, over the weekend call in response to expectations of global growth over the next five years to languish at the slowest pace for more than three decades. In her speech ahead of the Spring Meetings, Georgieva said countries should fight inflation[Read More…]
Policy makers in the health sector have been urged to, as a matter of urgency, automate the administration of hospitals, in order to ensure an effective and efficient service delivery in Nigeria. This and more were the focal points of an event which brought various health sector stakeholders under the[Read More…]
The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has reiterated the Commission’s commitment to continually drive initiatives that accelerate broadband deployment to increase penetration and make internet connection readily available to telecom consumers. The EVC stated this at the 10th[Read More…]
Dangote Cement has demonstrated how to put into appropriate use, its variants of cement to achieve the best results as part of its public enlightenment programme. The Company at the on-going Trade Fair at Enugu, gathered together stakeholders in the built industry and demonstrated the use of its Falcon cement[Read More…]
The Supreme Court has directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to act on its judgement that recognised Edozie Njoku as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA. The apex court, through its Registrar, Litigation, Zainab Garba, forwarded the Certified True Copy, CTC, of its judgement on[Read More…]
The board of Lekki Port LFTZ Enterprise Limited (LPLEL), the promoters of Lekki Deep Sea Port, has approved the promotions of Weiliang Willian Zhong and Daniel Odibe as the new Chief Technical Officer and Deputy Chief Operating Officer of the company, respectively. As the new Chief Technical Officer, Zhong will[Read More…]
