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Vice President Kashim Shettima has said poor governance has a “direct bearing” on the spate of banditry and kidnapping in the north-west geopolitical zone. Shettima spoke when he hosted the Coalition of Northern States’ Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture, CONSCCIMA, at the presidential villa in Abuja. The coalition was led by Dalhatu Abubakar, its president. The vice president said …

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has directed all international airlines to vacate the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, from October 1, 2023. This became necessary, according to him, to give room for total maintenance work at the airport. The minister disclosed this during a tour at the international airport in Lagos, where he was accompanied by …

At least 110 top bank executives and junior staff members have been sacked for fraud-related cases in the past two years, findings by The PUNCH have shown. These were contained in the ‘Reports of Fraud and Forgeries in Nigerian Banks’’ released by the Financial Institutions Training Centre between the second quarter of 2021 and Q2 2023. FITC’s institutional members are …

…Says governance not about party Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike, yesterday, bragged that he is yet to see the party chieftain, who will suspend him from the party. Speaking in an interview on Channels Television, Wike also said governance is not about membership of a political party. Asked whether it was right for him to …

*Factors that’ll produce Obaseki’s successor *LP lead quest with 15 aspirants, APC 9, PDP 6 The Edo State governorship election is more than 12 months away but the Edo political firmament is already astir. The field is crowded with a host of aspirants who are seeking to succeed Governor Godwin Obaseki, whose second term will lapse on November 12, 2024. …

Wike had last week ordered that the commercial motorcyclists and Keke NAPEP operators be taken off Abuja roads. No fewer than 500 commercial motorcycles were on Thursday impounded and crushed by the Joint Task Force of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on the orders of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom WIke. Wike had last week ordered that …

The Rwandan and Cameroonian governments have reshuffled their military in what is believed to be a reaction to the recent coups in Niger and Gabon. Rwanda President, Paul Kagame and Cameroon President, Paul Biya According to a Rwandan national newspaper, News Times, the Federal Government approved the retirement of 12 generals and several officers. The publication stated that the retirements …

“His diplomatic cards and visas and those of the members of his family have been cancelled. The police have been instructed to proceed to his expulsion” Niger’s new military rulers have withdrawn the French ambassador’s diplomatic immunity and ordered police to expel him, according to a letter seen Thursday by AFP. The envoy “no longer enjoys the privileges and immunities …

A repeat of the 2022 devastating flooding that led to the death of over 600 people and the destruction of farmlands and properties stares down Nigeria in the face as neighbour Cameroon opens the floodgate of its Lagdo dam that threatens to expose the flaws in the food value chain of Africa’s biggest economy. Located in northern Cameroon, the dam …

…ALGON donates 18 sienna buses The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has donated 150 motorcycles to members of Edo State Security Vigilante Network (ESSVN) to boost their operations in ensuring security of lives and properties across the state. At the handing over of the motorcycles, in Government House, Benin City, the governor said the motorcycles will boost the operations …