With the high increase in the number of reported cases of COVID-19 infections, the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha has stressed that factors that have contributed to rise in numbers from late November 2020 included increased local and international travels, business and religious activities, reopening of schools without strict…
Day: January 12, 2021
Stanbic IBTC Supports Businesses with Bouquet of Solutions
Nigeria’s leading financial institution, Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, has highlighted its array of solutions to support businesses in the country to make the most of 2021. The solutions on offer are geared towards providing access to flexible funding for small, medium and large-scale enterprises thereby addressing inadequate access to capital, exposure to international markets and…
Senator Akpabio and NDDC Scavengers
By Obiaruko Christie Ndukwe A few days ago, some youth groups in the Niger Delta region aired what they termed their resentment in the appointment of Mr Effiong Okon Akwa as Sole Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by President Muhammadu Buhari. One of the groups, Uhrobo Youth Leaders Council (UYLC) was said…
Okorocha Calls For New Political Alliance, Says Bad People In Both APC And PDP
Ahead of the general election in 2023, former Imo State Governor and a serving APC senator, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has called for a new political alliance between good leaders of like minds in the ruling party All Progressives Congress (APC) and the lead opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stating that both parties have…