The Presidential Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has revealed how his administration will transform the economy of country. Speaking at the 7th edition of the Kaduna Economic and Investment Summit (KadInvest 7.0) on Saturday, Tinubu said his administration will build an economy that will achieve double-digit growth. The former Lagos State governor highlighted the role technology will play in delivering such growth as well as relevant policies. He recalled how during his time as the governor of Lagos state, he was able to delivered landmark developmental projects through coordinated set of oolicies. “I…
Author: Victor Fola
Excitement rented the air on Saturday as for the first time in the history of Ekiti state, it received its first aircraft at the the new Cargo Airport in Ado-Ekiti. The inaugural landing of the aircraft was witnessed by a jubilant crowd and other dignitaries, including Governor Kayode Fayemi; Minister of Trade, Industry and Investment, Niyi Adebayo; Ekiti Speaker Funminiyi Afuye, his deputy, Hakeem Jamiu and other top government officials. The flight with registration number NAF 930 belonging to the Nigerian Air Force landed the airport around 10:20 am with the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika and officials of the…
Harry Potter actor Robbie Coltrane has died aged 72 The Scottish star who goes by the real name Anthony McMillan, was best known for playing the beloved Hogwarts gamekeeper Hagrid and starring as criminal psychologist Dr Eddie ‘Fitz’ Fitzgerald in ITV’s crime drama Cracker. His agent of 40 years, Belinda Wright, confirmed his death on Friday. Wright appreciated the medical staff at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert, near Falkirk in Scotland for their “care and diplomacy”. In a statement, she added: “Robbie was a unique talent, sharing the Guinness Book of Records Award for winning three consecutive Best Actor…
A high court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara state, has sentenced Basheeru Seyi, a student of Kwara Polytechnic, to six months in jail over $9,891 fraud. According to NAN, Seyi is an indigene of Oyan in Odo-Otin LGA of Osun. He is a student of marketing at Kwara Polytechnic. The 31-year-old was arraigned for fraud charges by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday. The charge against him reads: “That you, Basheeru Azeez Seyi, sometime between July 2020 and January 2022 in Ilorin, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court knowingly had under your control the gross sum of…
The Osun Local Government election organized by the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) on Saturday recorded a low turn out of voters in some parts Osogbo, the state capital. The Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) had fixed Saturday, October 15, 2022, for the local government poll in the state. This is despite the objection of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and who had instituted legal proceedings to put a stop to the exercise. The Osun State chapter of the All progressive congress (APC) is the only political party that participated in the election. The ballot paper is marked…
The crisis dividing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has continued to fester as aggrieved governors of the party who are referred to as G5 on Friday jetted out to Spain for a crucial meeting. Sources confirmed that the governors departed the country for Madrid on Friday night after the Rivers Governor fired more allegations on the party Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu. Those on board with Wike are Governors Seyi Makinde (Oyo); Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) and Samuel Ortom (Benue) with the Enugu State governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi likely to join subsequently. Wike, during a media chat in Port Harcourt on Friday, laid more…
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu says that the megacity Lagos is today is as a result of the foundation he laid when he was governor. Tinubu was the governor of Lagos from from 1999 to 2007 with many legacies having been attributed to him by successive governments and critical stakeholders. In a programme that aired on Channels TV on Friday night, Tinubu said he laid the foundation that all other Lagos State governors after him built upon and are still building on to make the state what it is today. Tinubu narrated how…
The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed its officers have neutralized two notorious bandits and recovered arms and ammunition. In a statement on Friday, DSP Mohammed Jalige said the command had at about 0800hours of 12th October 2022 received information that some heavily armed bandits in large numbers were sighted around the Idasso area of Kidandan in Galadimawa District of Giwa LGA. He said the bandits were about to unleash mayhem on innocent people in the community when the command on the tip-off, mobilized a nearby crack squad in a bid to thwart their nefarious mission. He said the officers…
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Iyorchia Ayu has revealed that he collected N100 million from a presidential aspirant during the party’s presidential primary. Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike had accused Ayu of corruption, saying aside the N100 million taken from the governor, Ayu also collected N1 billion from a Presidential aspirant in Lagos. Ayu denied the allegation when he was answering questions from journalists after a meeting of the Board of Trustee (BoT) at the party headquarters in Abuja. He said that the issue of N1billion started when they resumed office and needed money to…
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has threatened to disclose the untold sins of the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu in a latest development that has deepened the crisis bedeviling the party. Wike said that the sins of the national chairman are so grievous that when revealed, Ayu’s children will disown him. Recall that Wike had called on the Ayu to resign as the national chairman of PDP since the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as the party presidential flag bearer. In a live media chat in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Wike said Ayu had…