September 2019

YOUTH AND AMBITION (Ambition should not be open. Ambition should be selective; it should also be guided.) By Godwin Adindu Youth is fun; it is also responsibility. Youth is the stage of life driven by hope and aspiration. Ambition is the…

The Federal Government and World Bank are in talks for as much as $2.5 billion in a new tranche of concessionary lending to Nigeria, the bank’s Vice President for Africa Hafez Ghanem has said. In the past year Nigeria received $2.4 billion…

Transparency in Governance: Ikpeazu leads the way, as Abia publishes audited account In furtherance of his administration’s agenda to ensure full transparency in governance, Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, recently authorized the…

The House of Representatives has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria to suspend the planned Cashless policy. The House resolved to mandate the committee on banking to investigate the policy and report to the House in 4 weeks. The decision…

The Senate, on Wednesday, described the public condemnation of its planned purchase of Sport Utility Vehicles amounting to N5.5bn for the senators as an insult. The Leader of the Senate, Yahaya Abdullahi, stated this in an interview with…

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Chairman of Air Peace Nigeria, Allen Onyema, was yesterday at the House of Representatives to interact with the lawmakers on his role in providing free air flights to…

In a surprise move, President Muhammadu Buhari has sent Winifred Oyo-Ita, the head of service of the federation, on an indefinite suspension. He also named Folashade Yemi-Esan as the acting head of service “with immediate effect”. Oyo-Ita…

Election petition tribunal in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, has this morning dismissed the case filed by the APGA Candidate for Abia South 2019 Senatorial election, Sir Chris Nkwonta and awarded N1. 5M cost against the petitioner,…

Chief Mike Ozekhome SAN, on Tuesday, said President Muhammadu Buhari will soon render Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) loyal to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu impotent in the coming days. Ozekhome made…

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Tuesday, forwarded the names of four women to the state House of Assembly as commissioner-nominees, including a 26-year-old, Miss Joana Kolo, who is currently undergoing her one-year…