Author: Joy Gyakyor
President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to attend the G20 summit in New Delhi, India as his government begins to promote foreign investment and mobilize global capital to develop infrastructure, the presidency said on Friday. Special Adviser on media and publicity to the President Ajuri Ngelale said while in India, the government will provide a bit by bit daily update on the various presentation made by Tinubu during the summit. The President has embarked on reforms including the removal of subsidy on petrol and floating of the Naira, economic moves which experts say has brought additional hardship to Nigerians who are…
President Bola Tinubu, on Friday approved distribution of over five million pairs of eyeglasses to Nigerians with sight impairments under a partnership between the Federal Ministry of Health’s National Eye Health Programme and the Peek Vision Foundation. Special Adviser on media and publicity to the President Ajuri Ngelale in a statement said Tinubu recounted how close to home his first intervention in eye health was as he made a pledge on behalf of the Federal Government during a courtesy visit by the Founder and CEO of Peek Vision Foundation and Co-Founder of the Vision Catalyst Fund, Prof. Andrew Bastawrous. The…
The Association of Igede Media Professionals (AIMP) has urged lawmakers to always see journalists as partners and desist from attempts to intimidate them at the slightest opportunity. In particular, AIMP urged the member representing Oju/Obi Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. David Ogewu, to make deliberate efforts to improve his relationship with journalists within and outside his constituency in order to avoid unnecessary friction and foster the much needed peace and unity in Igedeland. In a statement by its President, Egena Ode, the group noted the invitation and interrogation of its member, Mr. James Ibechi, by the Department of…
More than ten persons are feared dead as a heavy loaded truck on Thursday failed its break crushing about five vehicles with occupants. An eye witness told NewsQuest that the trailer lorded with items suspected to be bags of flour driving on the Nyanya-Keffi road before the pedestrian bridge suddenly had its trunk collapsed, over-running vehicles and killing several passengers. “I have seen why people should respect their mothers today. A woman inside one of the crushed vehicles died holding her two babies, she did not release any of them as officials of the Road Safety Corps butchered the car to…
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday announced that the umbilical cord joining the people of the Republic of Niger and Nigeria will not be broken despite the unnecessary autocratic actions of the military in the West Africa country and parts of the continent. The President said the failure of leaders in the sub-region to frontally tackle the undemocratic action in Niger will only give room for copy carts as being experienced in Gabon where the military seized power in the early hours of Wednesday. A statement by the President’s special adviser on media and publicity Ajuri Ngelale said Tinubu stated this…
The son of Gabon’s ousted President has been arrested and charged for ‘treason’ by the military coup leaders who stroke early hours of Wednesday with Ali Bongo and some of his family members currently in house arrest. The coup leaders seized power in Gabon saying they were annulling the results of Saturday’s election which the opposition had denounced as “fraudulent”. “President Ali Bongo is under house arrest, surrounded by his family and doctors,” they said in a statement read out on state TV.
Military officers on Wednesday announced they have seized power in Gabon dissolving all institutions and closing all of the country’s borders. According to the BBC, the officers said they were annulling the results of Saturday’s election which the opposition had denounced as “fraudulent” in the Central African nation. There was gunfire in the capital city of Libreville. There has been tension since Saturday’s presidential election where Ali Bongo aimed to continue a 55-year rule of the country by family. Gabon’s electoral body had announced Bongo as winner of a third term. Speaking on a TV Wednesday, a group of high-ranking…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new Board and Management team of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Special Adviser to the President on media and publicity, Ajuri Ngelale in a statement Tuesday said the list include the following: inclusive of the following Board and Management team members: Mr. Chiedu Ebie – Chairman – Delta Dr. Samuel Ogbuku – Managing Director / CEO – Bayelsa Mr. Boma Iyaye – Executive Director (Finance and Admin) – Rivers Mr. Victor Antai – Executive Director (Projects) – Akwa-Ibom Ifedayo Abegunde – Executive Director (Corporate Services) – Ondo Sen. Dimaro Denyanbofa…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Nyesom Wike, has urged contractors handling different projects in the FCT to return to site, promising that the government would ensure prompt payments, he said in a meeting Monday. Many of the contractors handling projects in the city had down tools following the exit of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The minister emphasized that the completion of major roads in Abuja was necessary to achieve a beautiful city. Assuring the contractors that he was in the FCTA to solve problems, the minister said that completing some of the ongoing projects was part…
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Monday disclosed that Nigeria was in a big mess and under the chain of poor governance but with potentials of greatness. The Vice President said, addressing the country’s fiscal and tax policies remain key to realizing Nigeria’s economic development. Shettima’s comments is coming few hours after the minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy, Wale Edun announced that the present administration inherited a bad economy from former President Muhammed Buhari. “We are in a big mess, but I have confidence in your team. This is a great nation chained by poor governance, chained by…