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Insecurity in Edo: IPAC begs Presidency to intervene

Ihesiulo Grace 12 October 2017 0

The chairman of the Edo State chapter of Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Hon. Agol, has added her voice to the recent call by some residents of the state to the presidency to intervene in the security situation in the state and address the issue holistically. She stated that the call has

Insurance

NEM Insurance explains drop in investment, gross earnings

Ihesiulo Grace 28 August 2017 0

NEM insurance plc, has explained that its decrease in gross earnings for the 2016 financial year was due to merger of its Ghana operations. The company’s Chairman, Dr. Fidelis Ayebae , revealed during his company’s 47th Annual General Meeting held in Ibadan, Oyo State. He said that following the directive of the National Insurance Commission, […]

News

Budget defence: Journalists barred from covering Osun’s revenue agencies

Ihesiulo Grace 22 February 2017 0

Journalists were, on Monday, barred by the Osun state House of Assembly from the coverage of the defence of the 2017 budget by the executive. It was learnt that the journalists had stormed the assembly following announcement that some revenue-generating agencies in the state would be defending their budget between Monday and Friday. It was […]

Nigeria Politics

Only Supreme Court can remove Makarfi as PDP chairman, says Fayose

Ihesiulo Grace 19 February 2017 0

In a statement released in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday, he said the Makarfi faction had already appealed the Appeal Court’s ruling, adding that “when we got the judgement at the lower court, affirming the Caretaker Committee, Sheriff was still parading himself as the chairman.” Fayose also spoke about the 2018 governorship elections and the apprehension among […]

News

Angry youths set houses of chairman, directors ablaze over N14.6billion

Ihesiulo Grace 10 February 2017 0

Hundreds of irate youths from seven host communities in Eleme, in Elelme local Government Area, in Rivers State, have burnt down the houses of the Chairman of Elano Investment Limited, Chief Gomba Okanje, his sprawling shopping mall, as well as the houses of two other directors, including the home of a sympathizer to the cause […]

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Christian Commission to partner national hajj commission to better pilgrimage operation

Ihesiulo Grace 3 February 2017 0

The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Rev. Tor Uja, has stressed the need for continued cooperation between the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission and the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON). He disclosed this during a courtesy visit to the Chairman of NAHCON Alhaji Abdullahi muktar in Abuja. The NCPC boss described […]

Business

Adopt scientific measures, Jacobs tells cassava farmers

Ihesiulo Grace 5 January 2017 0

Mr. Umoroye Jacobs, Chairman, Cassava Growers Union (CGU), Abua /Odual Chapter, Rivers State, has called on cassava farmers in the area to adopt scientific methods in the fight against pests. Jacobs who stated this on Monday during the Union’s 2016 end of year activities in Abuja noted that apart from weeds, pests remain one of the major […]

Business

20,000 barrels refinery: Integrated Oil boss calls for FG’s support

Ihesiulo Grace 28 December 2016 0

Capt. Emmanuel Iheanacho, Chairman, Integrated Oil and Gas Ltd, yesterday appealed to the Federal Government to provide the enabling environment for operators to achieve ongoing 20,000 barrels modular refinery targets. Iheanacho made the appeal in an interview with newsmen in Lagos against the backdrop of government’s importation of refined petroleum products into the

Politics

Crisis of confidence hits Accord Party, as chair is dragged to court

Ihesiulo Grace 14 December 2016 0

THE leadership crisis rocking the Accord Party has taken  a new dimension as a Benin High Court will today commence hearing into the suit between the National Secretary of the party, Dr. Samson Isibor, and the national leadership of the party led by Mr. Lawal Muhammad Nalado Also sued along with them is the Independent National Electoral […]

Business Capital Market

Skye bank management allays fears on capital problems

Ihesiulo Grace 12 July 2016 0

  Mr. M.K. Ahmad, a former Director General of the National Pension Commission, and the new chairman of Skye Bank Plc has further re-assured the bank’s customers and investors that the bank was not distressed but only had corporate governance issues under the old board. He said the bank’s fundamentals remain strong and that it […]

News

Ekiti PDP Elders’ Forum Faults Chairman’S Removal

Ihesiulo Grace 18 May 2015 0

The Peoples Democratic Party’s Elders’ Forum in Ekiti State has faulted the removal of the its Chairman, Idowu Faleye, by a faction led by the state Vice Chairman (North), Mr. Olatunde Olatunde. Olatunde, who at a press conference in Ado Ekiti last week said he had been elected by the State Executive Committee as the […]

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Obiano Felicitates with Obi of Onitsha

Ihesiulo Grace 18 May 2015 0

Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano has congratulated the Obi of Onitsha and Chairman, Anambra State Traditional Rulers Council, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe, on his 74th birthday. Obiano, in a statement in Awka on Monday, thanked God for the gift of Achebe to humanity and the state. He said it was with a sense of pride and […]

News

I Didn’t Say I Won’t Work With Buhari – Kuku

Ihesiulo Grace 15 May 2015 0

  The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Chairman, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Hon. Kingsley Kuku, has denied saying that he will leave with President Goodluck Jonathan rather than work with Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd), as credited to him on some social media portals. In a press release by the Head, Media and […]

News

Election Petition Tribunal Commence Sitting in Oyo.

Ihesiulo Grace 4 May 2015 0

  The Election Petition tribunal in Oyo State Monday held its inaugural sitting with the Chairman, Justice J,G Abundaga warning the counsel to petitioners against any waste of time as it would not exceed it’s statutory 180 days to dispense with all matters brought before it. Though the tribunal Chairman, who was flanked by two […]

News

Jonathan Appoints Adedoja as pro Chancellor

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2015 0

President Goodluck Jonathan as appointed Prof. Taoheed Adedoja, a former Minister of Sports and Special duties as the Chairman and Pro-Chancellor of Federal University, Dutse in Jigawa State. Adedoja, while addressing newsmen in Ibadan on Friday, said that he gave glory to God for the new appointment, promising not to disappoint the people. Adedoja, a […]

News

Prosecute Fasehun, says factional UPN

Ihesiulo Grace 29 April 2015 0

As the crisis rocking the Unity Party of Nigeria ( UPN) lingers on, some factional members of the party, under the leadership of Chairman, Okuwa Bankole has called for immediate prosecution of Frederick Fasehun, who according to them had seized to be the party’s National Chairman. In a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday […]

News

APC Urges Jega to Caution Rivers REC

Ihesiulo Grace 27 April 2015 0

The All Progressives Congress (APC), in Rivers State, has urged the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, to caution the State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mrs. Gesilla Khan. It expressed dissatisfaction with the state’s INEC’s refusal to allow its agents to have access to election materials, which were to be presented

News

FG Won't Terminate Amnesty Programme – Kuku

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2015 0

Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Chairman, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Mr. Kingsley Kuku, has assured beneficiaries that the incoming administration of General Muhammadu Buhari would sustain the programme and the peace in the Niger Delta. He gave the assurance, in the United States, at a meeting with foreign special scholarship beneficiaries,

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Strike: Trade Union Leaders Cautioned against Violence, Thuggery

Ihesiulo Grace 17 April 2015 0

  The Committee for the Defence of Human Right Rights (CDHR), Osun State Chapter, has warned trade union workers to desist from violence. The right group said this while reacting to a violence caused by the factions of Trade Union Congress in Osun over differences of opinion on a three-day strike. During the crisis, journalists, […]

News

Zamfara Earmarks N40m for Mass Wedding

Ihesiulo Grace 15 April 2015 0

  The Zamfara State Government on Wednesday said it has set aside N40 million to cater for a mass wedding, organised by the Association of Widows and Divorcees in the state. Speaking in Gusau, the Chairman of the Zamfara State Hisbah Commission, Dr Atiku Zawiyya, said that the State Government decided to assist the widows […]