Ifeoma Aniebo Rhodes-Vivour is the wife of the Lagos State Labour Party governorship candidate in the 2023 general elections, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour popularly known as GRV. Weeks after the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of the LP governorship candidate against the election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, facts have emerged show how the wife of Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour owed one of her employees called Chika Jones arrears of salaries and agreed bonuses. Trouble started for Ify Aniebo Rhodes-Vivour when the said former employee in a series of tweets, narrated a story of unpaid dues and a back and forth with Mrs. Rhodes…
Author: Michael Chibuzo
Many years ago, the Rural Electrification Agency to a lot of Nigerians, was just another underperforming government agency struggling to churn out visible projects and had been viewed alongside defunct agencies like NITEL, NEPA etc in terms of service delivery and operational efficiency. However, this perception began to change during the last administration with the coming on board of a new management team for the agency. Crucially, since the appointment of Ahmad Salihijo as the Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency on 31st December, 2019, the new MD/CEO of agency has built on the foundations he met on…
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has taken trade facilitation a notch higher with the berthing at the Lekki Deep Seaport of the largest container carrier to sail on Nigerian territorial waters on Sunday 21st January, 2024. According to a statement by the NPA, the vessel measuring 367M in length overall christened “Maersk Edirne” has a Breadth of 48.2 and carried a Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT) of 142,131metric tonnes and a Dead Weight Tonnage (DWT) of 147,340 metric tonnes, constituting 3,376 total cargo onboard was navigated to safety by the highly experienced and thoroughly equipped Pilots of the NPA. The…
An eight-member panel of the supreme court on Friday affirmed Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the duly elected governor of Lagos State while dismissing the appeals filed by both the Labour Party governorship candidate in the 2023 election, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, as well as the PDP candidate, Abdulazeez Adediran (Jandor). In the appeal by Rhodes-Vivour, the appellant had contended that Obafemi Hamzat, the deputy governorship candidate of the APC in the election, was not qualified to be sponsored by the APC having renounced his Nigerian citizenship and taken up that of the US. However, the Supreme Court held that there is no…
Following the dissolution of the Boards and Management of Union Bank, Keystone Bank and Polaris Bank on Wednesday, January 10, the CBN has appointed new executives to oversee the affairs of the banks. Yetunde Oni has been appointed as Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer for Union Bank while Mannir Ubali Ringim is to serve as the bank’s Executive Director. For Keystone Bank, the CBN named Hassan Imam as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer with Chioma A. Mang serving as the Executive Director. Polaris Bank has Lawal Mudathir Omokayode Akintola as the Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer while Chris Onyeka Ofikulu…
By Michael Chibuzo Corruption is a word that is as universal as water in its usage. It is a plague that blights nations, albeit, at varying degrees. In Nigeria particularly, the corruption menace has gotten to apocalyptic levels. Every facet of our society is swimming in endemic corruption, both seen and unseen, explicit and implicit. In fact, in the subconscious of most Nigerians, there is this latent acceptance of pervasive corruption as a norm that has come to stay. The paradox of the Nigerian situation however, is the hypocrisy-laden outrage corruption scandals generate from the populace. It is common to…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has tracked N30 billion of the N44 billion allegedly moved from the accounts of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) by serving and former officials of the social investment agency into various private and corporate accounts. These multiple accounts into which the funds were moved have been frozen by the EFCC as it continues with the ongoing probe of the entire social investment programme. On Wednesday, EFCC detectives grilled the suspended National Coordinator/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NSIPA, Halima Shehu in Abuja. The agency also arrested and interrogated NSIPA’s immediate past Director…
By Temitope Ajayi As the new year 2024 begins with a positive outlook, Nigerians can look forward to a great and economically rewarding year as the Federal Government is set to launch a massive consumer credit system in the country. While seeking the mandate of Nigerians during the last electioneering season, President Bola Tinubu was big and loud on the catalytic effect of consumer credit in driving economic recovery, growth and development, in boosting industrial production and as a strong weapon against corruption. Long before he declared for the Presidency of Nigeria, President Tinubu had been a big advocate of…
The China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) handling the reconstruction of the Port Harcourt to Maiduguri narrow gauge railway says it has completed the laying of tracks on the Port Harcourt to Aba section of the eastern narrow gauge railway. In a post published on the social media platform X, John Zhao, who is an official of CCECC, announced the completion of the Port Harcourt to Aba section. “New year, new progress! The track laying from Port Harcourt to Aba on the Nigeria Eastern Narrow-Gauge Railway project has been completed by #CCECC,” Zhao wrote. The Nigeria Eastern Narrow-Gauge Railway, which…
The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has revealed that the complete automation of passport applications will commence on January 8, 2024. The minister said this during an inspection tour of the facilities of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Abuja. Last year, the Minister had earlier promised Nigerians that the automation process was nearing completion and that when fully automated, Nigerians would only go to immigration centres for fingerprint capturing. The Minister also added that the new system will enable users to upload their passport photographs and other supporting documents from the comfort of their homes. After inspection of…