The former executive governor of Kwara State is the newly elected senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from Kwara North senatorial district. In this interview, he speaks on how he emerged victorious in the contest, his vision for agricultural development in Nigeria and his views on the new senate, among others. How would you describe your emergence as a…
The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) scored another first with the granting of the Best Renewable Project in Africa Award to the Cabeolica Project, at the recent Africa Energy Awards held in Johannesburg. The Cape Verde based Cabeolica wind farm project was singled out for being the first commercial scale Public Private Partnership (PPP) wind farm in Sub-Saharan Africa. AFC is…
The Rivers State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) says it has suspended its state chairman and other members for anti-party activities. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that, three days to the governorship and House of Assembly elections, the chairman, Uche Okwukwu, announced that he had quit the party. Mr Okwukwu said his reason for quitting was…
At least 108 INEC staff from Enugu State have been deployed for the conduct of the Imo governorship supplementary election today. Josiah Uwazuruonye, INEC resident electoral commissioner in Enugu State told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Enugu that the directive came from INEC headquarters in Abuja. Mr Uwazuroye said: “As a result of what happened in…
For their alleged roles in the subversion of the will of the people of the Oguta and Ohaji Egbema council areas, through armed thuggery, brigandage and snatching of ballot materials, the All Progressive Grand Alliance governorship candidate, Rochas Okorocha, has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of Joan Nzeribe, the wife of former senator Arthur Nzeribe, and Goodluck Opiah,…
Lynxxx takes album launch to Abuja New hip-hop revelation, Lynxxx will continue his promotional tour to Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja this month. According to a press release from the PR consultant to Syndik8 Records, Lynxxx’s record label, the Dynamix Awards nominee will be in Abuja with ally hip-hop group, Show Dem Camp on Saturday May 14 for a launch concert…
Age Beeka’s entrance into the café was unassuming; as he apologised repeatedly for his lateness, it was immediately apparent how humble he is. Born in 1975, the soul/rock musician’s foray into music started early, performing on stage at the young age of ten. By the time he was 13, he had written more than 20 original songs. He has a…
Nollywood actress and The Rochas Foundation Volunteer Corps’ Face of Hope ambassador, Nkiru Sylvanus, introduced her pet project, ‘I’ve Got Talent’, at a press briefing on Tuesday. Speaking at the briefing, which took place at Planet 1 in Maryland, Lagos, Sylvanus revealed that ‘I’ve Got Talent’ will be a talent exhibition television show that will help raise funds for the…
Uwaoma Ekeoma, assistant director, African Financial Institution (AFI), says the African Development Bank (ADB), has increased its project implementation in Nigeria from 21 percent to 48 percent. Mr Ekeoma made the announcement on Tuesday in Abuja at a workshop on Improving Financial Management and Disbursement Implementation Capacity for Projects. She said the workshop was aimed at improving the quality of…
The Bauchi State Fadama III Office says it has disbursed N58 million to Fadama Community Associations (FCAs) in the state between January and March 2011. The state Coordinator, Ali Garba, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi on Tuesday. Mr Garba said that the money was disbursed to FCAs in the 20 Local…
The boards of directors of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) and FinBank yesterday announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the recapitalisation of FinBank and the combination of both banks. FCMB, in a statement yesterday, said the MoU execution followed a competitive process supervised and approved by the board of directors of FinBank, adding that the proposed…
5 May 2011 Unheralded Sporting Braga edged domestic rivals Benfica 1-0 in a nerve-jangling semi-final second leg on Thursday to set up an all-Portuguese Europa League final with league champions FC Porto. Braga's success saw the club from northern Portugal advance on away goals after a 2-2 aggregate draw and thwarted neutrals' hopes of a clash between traditional rivals Porto…
6 May 2011 Despite training just once on Wednesday evening, Nigeria B team still managed to beat their Liberian counterparts 1-0 to get the defence of the WAFU Cup in Abeokuta off to a winning start. Eagles drew the first blood in the 20th minute when Ekhigo Ehiosun fired in the opener which drew wide jubilation from the fair crowd…
6 May 2011 Manchester United will go on to secure a record 19th title if they defeat Chelsea in this weekend's Premier League shoot-out, Alex Ferguson said Friday. Speaking at a press conference ahead of United's showdown with Chelsea on Sunday, Ferguson said he was convinced that a win against the reigning champions would guarantee the title. United, who lead…
The 2011 general elections have come and gone. Like in every other state of the federation, Edo State participated fully in the exercise, except for the governorship election which was put on hold till 2012 when the tenure of the current governor, Adams Oshiomhole will expire. In appreciation of the unwavering support of the people and for voting overwhelmingly for…