The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over his call that opposition parties merge to defeat the ruling party in the next presidential election. The APC said Atiku, the flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 presidential election, and his party failed at the polls…
Sterling Bank Plc has signed a $75m agreement with the African Export-Import Bank to foster non-oil exports in Nigeria. The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the just concluded Intra-Africa Trade Fair in Cairo, Egypt. A statement from Sterling Bank disclosed that the deal would boost trade financing in the country. It stated that…
The United Bank for Africa Plc has said that it is looking to support Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in four sectors including Agro-processing, Automotive, pharmaceuticals, Transport and Logistics with the $6bn facility from the Africa Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat. According to a statement from the lender on Wednesday, UBA’s Deputy Managing Director, Muyiwa…
The women’s wing of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State has lent its voice to the ongoing appeal judgments at the Election Petition Tribunal which sacked no fewer than seven federal legislators of the party. Clad in black attire to express their displeasure over the judgment, the women at a rally in Jos, the…
The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries has refuted reports that an elderly female worshipper died during a church programme ….
The Labour Party candidate in the February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi, has challenged the Federal Government to disclose the nation’s incurred deficit by the President Bola Tinubu-led administration. The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, on Monday, lamented that the current administration inherited a bankrupt country from the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari. According…
Dino Melaye, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State, has called for the cancellation of the polls in five Local Government Areas (LGAs). Melaye, who made the demand via his official X account, identified the affected LGAs as Okene, Okehi, Ajaokuta, Adavi, and Ogori/Mangogo. According to Melaye, the election results…
The Kogi State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen Dino Melaye, has been declared the winner of his polling unit. Melaye claimed 210 votes to defeat his main challenger, Ahmed Ododo of the All Congress candidate (APC), who polled 22 votes.Leke Abejide of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) came a distant third…
The Deputy Inspector General of Police, DIG Ahmed Habu Sani who is in charge of maintaining security during the Kogi governorship election issued the warning in Lokoja while briefing journalists on the preparedness of the police for the exercise. “Any person that will want to test our capacity, ability in the smooth conduct of the…
