By Emmanuel Kwada Afreximbank has announced an initial disbursement of US$2.25 billion under a syndicated US$3.3 billion Crude Oil Prepayment Facility sponsored by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. The announcement was published on its website on Saturday. The Cairo-based bank stated that the landmark financing is the largest syndicated loan ever raised by Continue Reading
By Emmanuel Kwada Management of Dangote Industries Limited has doused the concerns of stakeholders following the visit to its Head office in Lagos by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) saying it was ready to assist the Commission in its investigations. The foremost indigenous conglomerate in a statement disclosed that it received […]Continue Reading
Key points 2023 was a tough year for all Nigerians Nigerians should rekindle their love and faith in the promise of Nigeria despite challenges FG poised to accelerate the pace of its service delivery across sectors 500,000 hectares of farmlands to be cultivated across the country to grow maize, rice, wheat, millet and other staple […]Continue Reading
Bishop Matthew Hassan KUKAH Those invisible men came to the Plateau again, bearing their gifts of death and destruction. They came from the deepest pit of hell, the habitat of the devils that they are. They are children of darkness, sons of Satan. They opted to extinguish and snatch the light of the joy […]Continue Reading
By Emmanuel Kwada The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has arrested ten persons for alleged illegal production, distribution and counterfeiting of Seaman Schnapps, Henessy, Chelsea, McDowells, Gordons, Smirnoff ice, Eva Non-Alcoholic Drink, among others. This was disclosed by the Director-General of the Commission, Prof Moji Adeyeye in Continue Reading
By Emmanuel Kwada The Uk’Omu Igala Organization, a national socio-cultural group of Kogi East Senatorial District, Kogi State, has called on the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, to relocate the Kogi State Governorship Elections Petition Tribunal for the November 11, 2023 governorship elections to Abuja, in order to guarantee the safety of […]Continue Reading
… Saw Palmetto cancer drug price surges from N65,000 to N200,000 in just one year. Key points: Patients now result to use of unregulated drugs Essential medicine scarce, out of stock Major health crisis looms as prices of drugs prices soar How GSK’s exit complicates Nigeria’s drug problem Government need to promote localization of pharmaceutical […]Continue Reading
Key points Earth temperature all time high in 2023 The media should ensure solution based reporting of climate change World leaders should go beyond statement to action in climate change issues The media should provide credible information on climate change beyond COP 28 Journalists can give voice to grass root initiatives and foster knowledge sharing […]Continue Reading
By Emmanuel Kwada The Uk’Omu Igala Organization, one of the foremost socio-cultural groups in Kogi East Senatorial District, has tagged as fraudulent, the November 11, 2023 governorship election in Kogi State in which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mr Usman Ododo as winner. In a statement on […]Continue Reading
By Emmanuel Kwada In a move to enhance the national cybersecurity programme in Nigeria, the Senate Joint Committees on ICT & Cyber Security and National Security & Intelligence have issued a Public Hearing notice inviting stakeholders and the general public to contribute to the amendment of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc) Act 2015. The notice, […]Continue Reading
Key points: IReV, data reveal frauds in 2023 Kogi governorship election Results make nonsense of N105bn investment in BVAS, IReV Figures at variance with those of previous senatorial and governorship polls What Electoral Act says about over-voting ‘INEC must arrest, investigate and prosecute officials who compromised’ Theophilus Abbah The data on the INEC Result Viewing Continue Reading
By Emmanuel Kwada The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that fresh elections will be conducted in 59 polling units in Kogi state. This development means that the winner of the governorship poll held on November 11, 2023, will not be announced until after the fresh elections are conducted in the affected areas. INEC […]Continue Reading