…inaugurates presidential coordination council President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, pledged to inject about N2 trillion into the nation’s economy to turn it around within six months. Tinubu gave the indication while inaugurating the Presidential Economic Coordination Council in Abuja. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, disclosed this to newsmen after the inauguration. Edun, who was flanked by the Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote; chatirman of Heirs Holding, Tony Elumelu; and the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, said the N2 trillion initiative will be pumped into power and energy, agriculture, among others.…
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…says Kyari’s claim from old play book of deceit Seyi Tayese, Yenagoa A group, the Movement for Sustainable Development of the Niger Delta (MSDND) has written President Bola Tinubu over the recent outburst by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) and the Group Managing Director, Mr. Mele Kyari over their alleged false claims of rising cases of illegal pipeline connections and illegal refineries in the Niger Delta region. According to the group, the outburst of the NNPCL and Mr. Mele Kyari is not consistent with what is on ground in the Niger Delta region and is a false battle…
Seyi Tayese, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Government says it will continue to use sports as a veritable means to develop youths of the state as well as dissuade them from crime and criminality. Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, stated this during a courtesy visit by members of the Central Organizing Committee of the Prosperity Cup and the international scouts to Government House, Yenagoa, on Wednesday. Senator Ewhrudjakpo noted that the prosperity administration would continue to maintain a conducive environment for young sportsmen and women to progress in their careers, stating that he was pleased with the sustainability of the tournament. While…
Seyi Tayese, Yenagoa A Bayelsan State High Court sitting in Ogbia Local Government Area Council has sentenced the four men who kidnapped a former Commissioner for Trade and Investment in Bayelsa State, Hon Federal Otokito to Igbomotoru bush and demanded ransom in 2022, to 40 years imprisonment each. The court, presided over by Justice S.W.Amaduobogha, while delivering judgement in suit numbered OHC/4c/2022 , declared that Kingsley Obhesi (24yrs), Joshua Abi (32yrs), Gift Damene (38yrs) and Powell Inegite (36yrs) are guilty as charged with conspiracy, kidnapping and unlawful possession of fire arms. The convicted persons were arrested by operatives of the…
Immediate past deputy governor of Edo State, Phillip Shaibu says he has been vindicated by the Federal High Court judgment which invalidated the governorship primary election in Edo State. Shaibu, in a reaction on Thursday to the judgment delivered by Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo, claimed that what PDP tagged as a primary election on February 22, 2024, was nothing but a tea party with no force of law. The former deputy governor said he had consistently and persistently cried out loud and clear that the PDP killed internal democracy with the fraudulent ways its purported primary election was conducted at…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, voided the Peoples Democratic Party’s primary election that produced Asue Ighodalo as its governorship candidate. The PDP primary election conducted on February 22, 2024, was voided on the ground that 378 delegates who were supposed to vote at the primary election were unlawfully excluded by PDP. Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo nullified the primary election while delivering judgment in a msuit instituted by the aggrieved delegates. The suit marked THC/ABJ/CS/165/2024 was instituted by one Hon Kelvin Mohammed in a representative capacity. Justice Ekwo held that both the provisions of the Electoral Act…
…throws out order stopping Amaewhuele, others from parading as lawmakers Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, nullified the expulsion of Martin Amaewhule and 24 others from the Rivers State House of Assembly by the Rivers State High Court. A three-man panel of the Appellate Court ruled that the lower court lacked the jurisdiction to grant the exparte order. Appeal Court, however, held that the exparte order was made without jurisdiction and therefore null and void. The Appellate Court ruled that Section 272(3) of the Constitution gives the Federal High Court powers to determine whether the seat of a…
The Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organisation Foot Soldiers Independent Council (LACO-FSIC) has described a statement credited to the governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, Mr. Agboola Ajayi, that Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa is incompetent, as the output of an empty mind. Ajayi reportedly called the governor “incompetent” on Wednesday while speaking with newsmen at the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Press Centre, Akure, where he revisited the nullification of the 33 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) by an Akure High Court. But in a swift response, the Campaign Council through its State Director of Information, Mr. Kayode Fasua,…
Seyi Tayese, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Government has expressed its readiness to partner with the Aliko Dangote Foundation on quality healthcare delivery services and other critical sectors to improve the overall wellbeing of the people of the state. Governor Douye Diri made this known on Wednesday while inaugurating the National Food Intervention Programme being organised by the Aliko Dangote Foundation in Yenagoa, the state capital. Governor Diri, represented by his Deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, commended the Foundation for donating 10,000 bags of 10kg rice for distribution in the state to alleviate the economic hardship among Bayelsans, especially the less privileged.…
Segun Babatunde, Gombe The North East Development Commission (NEDC) has shored up healthcare services in Gombe State as the state government has received donations of medical consumables from the Commission to boost healthcare delivery services. The initiative is aimed at enhancing the well-being of the state’s residents by ensuring effective and efficient healthcare service delivery across the state. The donations were formally handed over to State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Habu Dahiru, during a ceremony held at the headquarters of the Ministry in Gombe on Wednesday. Acting State Coordinator of NEDC, Rufa’i Lawan Baba Manu, stated that the donations were…