Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has threatened to re-impose the suspended COVID-19 lockdown measures if residents fail to adhere to the existing COVID-19 protocols. The governor who gave this warning in a broadcast on Monday said daily figures released from the NCDC show that both the transmission and death rates in the last…
A book ‘The ABC of How to Industrialise Nigeria’ authored by outstanding business magnate and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Caesar Engineering and Construction Limited Dr. Caesar Osaheni Iyayi is poised to be unveiled. The public presentation of the 390-page book which will most likely take place in Abuja is being planned for the…
Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has buttressed the need for pre-marital drug test as a key factor to a stable home. Marwa spoke at a conference organised by an NGO, Coal to Diamond Support Network for young adults over the weekend in Abuja. His…
The President/Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote has disclosed plans to increase the human capacity at the Dangote Refinery Project site from 40,000 to 57,000 personnel in the coming months. According to him, the project currently employs 29,000 Nigerians and 11,000 foreigners at the 650,000 barrels-per-day world’s largest single refinery project located in Ibeju…
The battle lines were drawn, the drums of war drowning the initial applause that greeted the order for the financial probe of the corruption riddled interventionist agency – the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, whose headquarters is in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The first Salvo was fired by the Vice President sometime in May 2019,…
Lagos State Government, on Thursday, read the riot act to the 7-Up Bottling Plant on Mobolaji Johnson Avenue, Oregun, over its incessant creation of traffic gridlocks and environmental nuisance by its trucks. The government warned that any further infraction by the company will attract severe penalties. A statement signed by the Commissioner for the Environment…
The Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has ordered the freezing of the assets and funds to the tune of N19, 178, 253,050 belonging to a convicted former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB Plc, Francis Atuche. Justice Lateefat Okunnu gave the order on Tuesday, August 31, 2021, following an ex parte application…
Business conditions in Nigeria’s private sector improved modestly midway through the third quarter, but the rate of growth slowed to a six-month low. Softer upticks in output, new orders and employment contrasted with quicker expansions in held inventories as firms seek to take advantage of faster lead times, and protect against any future supply shocks.…
Justice Tijjani Garba Ringim of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture of the funds as well as properties traced to the suspended aide to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, Abidemi Rufai. Justice Ringim gave the order, following an ex parte application filed by the Economic and Financial…
The All Progressives Congress has released the names of judges in the Rivers Judiciary apparently being used to issue ‘black market’ injunctions against it by desperate politicians in the State. They are Justice Opufa Ben-Whyte, Justice Okogbule Gbasam, Justice Chiwendu Wogu and Justice Fiberesima. The APC in a statement signed and issued by its spokesman,…