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The leadership tussle rocking the Ebonyi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, may not be resolved soon despite a Federal High Court judgment last Thursday that sacked the Fred Udogu-led Caretaker Committee and affirmed the State Executive Working Committee headed by Onyekachi Nwebonyi as the authentic leadership of the party in the state. The Udogu camp has vowed to challenge the judgment at the Appeal Court, describing it as full of flaws. The political battle for who controls the PDP leadership in Ebonyi State is believed to have started on November 17, 2020, when the National Working Committee,…

The Executives of Ogun State Chapter of Atikunation held its maiden physical meeting towards actualisation of Alhaji Atiku Abubarka’s presidential aspiration in 2023 in Abeokuta over the weekend Mr. Dele Adebayo-Oyetoro who is the State Director welcomed members of AtikuNation Ogun State Executive and gave a briefing on the goals of the group which is the sensitization and mobilization of the grassroots towards and Alhaji Abubakar Atiku Presidential bid in 2023. Mrs Afusat Adekanmbi who is the State Women leader charged all members of the state Executive of Atikunation to be proactive and cooperate in working together towards actualisation of…

The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a global management consultancy firm, has proposed the promotion of financial inclusion, equitable distribution of resources, infrastructural development and formulation of requisite fiscal policies as initiatives that will drive Nigerias post-Covid economic recovery. The measures were highlighted in a recent BCG report titled “How to Forge an Inclusive Post-Covid Recovery in Nigeria authored by Tolu Oyekan, a Partner at the firm’s Lagos office. The report stated that the initiatives, which form part of Nigerias sustainability plan, are critical in staving off the Covid-19 induced economic contraction which could further compound the poverty situation in the…

(Lagos, Nigeria. February 15, 2020) Interswitch Group, Africa’s leading technology-driven company focused on the digitization of payments in Africa, has announced the launch of Quickteller Business, a new comprehensive corporate solution focused on empowering businesses of all sizes, facilitate payments and manage transactions from anywhere in the world – through one, simple integrated platform. Complementing Interswitch’s existing Quickteller platform, Quickteller Business will broaden its payment management capabilities to businesses and merchants of all sizes, allowing them to access a wide range of integrated payment offerings, ranging from disbursements to value financing. The addition of Quickteller Business to the existing consumer…

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The minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige and the striking non-academic staff unions of Nigerian universities are further torn apart over claims and counter claims that Thursday meeting to ensure a suspension of the industrial action embarked upon by the workers was inconclusive. The unions had walked out of Thursday’s meeting after several hours, without offering interview to any journalists, but reacted off camera that the meeting failed to address their demands. But, in a statement by minister of labour, Chris Ngige on Friday evening and signed by deputy director press in the ministry, Charles Akpan, the Federal Government…

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has charged Nigerian leaders at all levels to emulate the humility, patriotism, and the life of service exhibited by the first civilian governor of Lagos state and former Minister of Works, Alhaji Lateef Jakande. Expressing sadness over the death of late Alhaji Jakande, in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbodiyan, the party holds that the life of the late leader remains a true stencil and his exceptional patriotism was demonstrated in his manifest spurn for materialism. The party also recalled the role of Alhaji Jakande in the development of the Nigerian…

Some residents of the Oke-Egan Community, Kayetoro in Eleko area of Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos on Friday staged a peaceful demonstration at the State Assembly demanding compensation for the demolition of their houses by officials of the state’s physical planning authority The protesters claimed that their houses, which were about 400 in number were demolished in the early hours of Monday 8th February, 2021 by the state Government The distraught residents, who chanted various protest songs, carried placards with different inscriptions. Leader of the protesters, Etim Odiase said that they were never served any notice, and that they only heard of the…

No Justifiable Reason To Protest, Say Lai Mohammed