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The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State, Peter Mbah, is leading after collation of results of the Saturday’s governorship election from all the 17 local government areas of the state. PREMIUM TIMES reported that the Labour Party (LP) candidate in the election, Chijioke Edeoga, was leading with a slim margin after collation of results of the elections from eight of the 17 council areas in the state. But the PDP candidate overtook him after the collation of the nine remaining council areas in the state. The results of the entire 17 local government areas of…
The Debt Management Office (DMO) has re-opened four Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) Bonds valued at N360 billion for subscription through a primary market auction window. According to a statement issued by the DMO on Tuesday, the bonds are a 13.98 per cent, February 2028 FGN Bond; a 12.50 per cent, April 2032 FGN Bond; a 16.25 per cent, April 2037 FGN Bond; and a 14.80 per cent , April 2049 FGN Bond. The four bonds are all valued at N90 billion, totalling N360 billion. According to the debt management office, the bonds are offered at N1,000 per unit with…
My aim of writing this article is to address what has been a major factor in the lack of economic development and breakthrough that the African people have so long waited for. Because I have lived in Europe for the past 30 years, I can clearly see the difference between developed countries and developing countries. There are reasons why some countries are more developed than others. These reasons are many. I wish to only address one of such reasons today. I want to address the fact that lies and deceptions have been a factor which has held Africa in bondage…
The United States of America has filed charges against at least 18 Nigerian nurses for allegedly fraudulently obtaining educational credentials, PREMIUM TIMES can report. The Texas Board of Nursing charged the health workers at the District Court for the Southern District of Florida saying the nurses allegedly participated in a wire fraud scheme that created an illegal licensing and employment shortcut for aspiring nurses. According to the charge documents, the scheme fraudulently sells nursing degree diplomas and transcripts obtained from accredited Florida-based nursing schools to individuals seeking licenses and jobs as registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical/vocational nurses (LPN/VNs). The…
The Bank of Industry (BOI) and the French Development Agency (AFD) have signed a grant agreement for €2.5 million, delegated by the Green Climate Fund (GCF), to boost their partnership to fight climate change in Nigeria. Xavier Muron, Country Director of AFD Nigeria and Olukayode Pitan, MD/CEO of BOI, and Her Excellency Madame Emmanuelle Blatmann, Ambassador of France to Nigeria and ECOWAS France has committed more than €1.5 billion to the Green Climate Fund since 2019 and on 23rd August 2022, BOI and AFD signed a €100 million credit line for the expansion of green finance in Nigeria. This was…
Aside from losing her first Oscar nomination in the ‘Best Original Song’ category to Naatu Naatu”, the soundtrack of Bollywood blockbuster ‘RRR’, Tems‘ dramatic outfit has seen her trend in nearly 24 hours. The outfit was a flowing white tulle gown designed by Ukrainian-born, LA-based fashion designer Lessja Verlingieri of Lever Couture. In addition to its avant-grande structure, the dress had a headpiece surrounding the “Essence” singer’s head and shoulders. However, many users quickly pointed out that the Grammy winner took the famous saying, “Go big or go home,” too far with her outfit. The gown, especially the headpiece, was…
After the round of 16 in the three European football competitions—UEFA Champions League, Europa League, and Conference League—were all played this week, we have only four Nigerian players left in the three tournaments as they seek to join a select list of winners. Four is the number, similar to the number that played in last season’s finals in the Europa League and Conference League, though none of the players won. Joe Aribo, Leon Balogun, and Calvin Bassey all played for Rangers in the final against Eintracht Frankfurt, while in the Europa League, Cyriel Dessers lost with Feyenoord against Roma in…
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Thugs, in the wee hours of Monday, went wild in the Adamawa State capital, Yola, smashing cars and inflicting injuries on motorists and other passersby. The youths who had expected that the APC governorship candidate in Adamawa State, Senator Aishatu Ahmed Binani would be declared governor-elect, had taken to the street after the failure of their expectation. The thugs who had gone on celebration earlier in the evening, proclaiming that Binani had won the election, had become angry hours later, around midnight, and had turned against motorists and other residents who happened to run into them. Incidentally, many of their…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State on Sunday responded to the “lamentation and hallucination of Labour Party, LP, governorship candidate, Chinedu Rhodes-Vivour”. Publicity Secretary, Seye Oladejo said the ruling party empathized with the budding politician “on the dazing and dizzying impact of the defeat”. The spokesperson, in a statement, which referred to Gbadebo as Chinedu, advised him to desist from acts that are capable of disrupting peace. Oladejo noted that the flagbearer threatened to make the state ungovernable if the election results “did not favour his warped imagination”. The APC said Rhodes-Vivour’s “disposition to anarchy” is not representative…
