Adequate security would remain the centre point of Nigeria’s economic recovery and development, while the North would be the vortex of the nation’s buoyant economy, Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), maintained on Tuesday. Obi, in a BBC interview ahead of the unveiling of the LP campaign council on Wednesday, said Nigeria’s top priority today, which his administration would address immediately ahead of other priorities remained the maintenance of adequate security, adding solving other problems such as the present high food inflation, would rely on how much the government succeeded in tackling the security question. His words:…
Author: Elvis Eromosele
Not more than 95 million Nigerians will vote in next year’s general elections, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The presidential and National Assembly elections are scheduled for 25th February, while the governorship and state assembly polls hold a fortnight after. At an event organised by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems at the NED headquarters in Washington DC, United States, the INEC Chairman, Prof, Mahmood Yakubu said: “There are 18 political parties in the race to produce the next President to be elected by 95 million voters. We had over…
The Federal Government has announced that at least 30 per cent of Nigerians are illiterates. Adamu addressed the Education Writers’ Association of Nigeria (EWAN) 2022 Summit with the theme ‘Toward Safe Schools in Nigeria’. The minister was represented by Vivian Wategre, Director of Education Service in the ministry. He noted that actions and policies toward safe schools show the Federal Government’s commitment to Nigeria’s present and future times. The minister said 31 per cent of citizens were illiterate as of 2021, as against 38 per cent in 2015. Adamu expressed the ministry’s commitment to increasing the country’s literacy level. He…
The Nigerian federal government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the global tech giant, Microsoft Corporation, to train five million citizens on high-demand technological skills that are needed to advance their respective careers. The deal was signed this week in Dubai, UAE inside GITEX GLOBAL, the world’s largest startup and tech event that started October 10 and ends tomorrow October 14. While signing the agreement on behalf of Nigeria, the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, commended Microsoft for the offer. He said that the process and the implementation of the MOU would…
Mohamed Salah came off the bench to score an incredible six-minute hat-trick as Liverpool obliterated Rangers in the Champions League. The striker netted three times in his sensational first 13 minutes on the pitch to silence a once-euphoric Ibrox crowd. Scott Arfield had given Rangers an early lead with their first group goal, but a Roberto Firmino double and a Darwin Nunez strike set Liverpool on their way, with Harvey Elliott getting a seventh after a VAR check. It was a mesmeric second-half performance from the Premier League club, who now just need a draw against Ajax in Amsterdam in…
Nigeria’s Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola, says 30 per cent of inmates in custodial centres across the country should be released. The minister said he will meet with state governors to decide on the mass release of the inmates, adding that 90 per cent of them are being held for contravening various states’ laws. Speaking over the weekend in a NAN forum in Abuja, Aregbesola said over 70 per cent of the 75,635 inmates across the country are awaiting trial. The minister added that the decongestion of the 253 custodial centres nationwide was necessary as some of the inmates have no…
The Federal Government has officially granted the Lagos State Government approval to build the Lekki International Airport. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika personally and officially handed the approval document to the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the ongoing Ehingbeti Lagos Economic Summit 2022. Sirika had commended the decision and vision of the Lagos State Government to build another airport. He said the quickest way to connect Lagos to the rest of the world was by infrastructure and civil aviation. The Lekki International Airport is expected to be both passenger and cargo airport.
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday said it detected 2.7 million cases of double registration carried out during the last Continuous Voter Registration and that the affected persons have been deleted from the voter register. The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at a National Endowment for Democracy event in Washington DC in the United States. The spokesperson to the Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, confirmed the development to newsmen. The chairman, who raised concerns about security challenges across the country, assured stakeholders that the commission will do its best. He said “It is a perennial issue because, at the end…
African Alliance Insurance Plc has demonstrated its commitment to customer satisfaction with the payment of N6.65 billion in claims as of the end of the third quarter of the year. This is coming on the heels of this year’s Customer Service Week with the theme ‘Celebrate Service’. Restating the firm’s relentless devotion to customer satisfaction, the MD/CEO, Joyce Ojemudia, assured of the leading insurer’s commitment to prioritizing her esteemed policyholders. “At African Alliance Insurance PLC, paying genuine claims is a trust we do not intend to break. For 62 years, we have done this without fail and this is exactly…
Nigeria expended a sum of $264 million on shea butter and vegetable oil importation in 2021, the latest report from the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) has shown. Speaking at a strategic sectoral dialogue session on the future of the chemical and pharmaceutical industry in Nigeria in Lagos, Mr Rotimi Aluko, said the country spent $114 million on the importation of shea butter in 2021 while another $150 million was spent on castor oil importation. The Chairman of the council who was represented by the Director, Mineral Material Development Department, RMRDC, Dr Mohammed Buga, however, said the council…