The Speaker of Anambra State house of Assembly, Rt Hon Rita Maduagwu has been impeached.Maduagwu was impeached by 22 out of 30 members of the state assembly, DAILY CHAMPION reports. She was impeached following a motion moved by a member of the House, Hon Ikemba Uzoezie and seconded by Hon Onyebuchi Offor.Part of the reason…
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Qua Iboe power plant attracts $1bn investment deal
Chairman of Qua Iboe Power Plant Limited (QIPPL) and the Emir of Kano , Muhammadu Sanusi II says one billion dollars is to be invested in the Power plant in a partnership involving Mobil Producing Nigeria. Sanusi said this when he paid a courtesy call on Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom in Uyo.He said…
Equity market gained 0.03% Tuesday
COMFORT EKELEME The Nigerian equities market closed the second trading session of the week positive, gaining marginally by 0.03per cent.However, in today’s trade, market breadth index was negative with 16 gainers against 26 stocks that declined. Today’s performance was driven by the gains in UnityBank +9.86 per cent, Glaxosmith +9.55per cent, Meyer +9.09 percent, Mbenefit…
Nnaji urges FG to invest in battery storage
UGO AMADI Power sector players have described the recent project that won The NLNG “Nigeria prize for science” as catalyst to transforming the renewable energy space. Invariably, this shows strong commitment by NLNG as it joins the rest of the world on the global campaign to accelerate investments in battery storage for energy systems in…
Kwara bye-election: PDP cautions against police intimidation of voters
OBIORA IFOH, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari to perish the on-going plot to use the police as a tool to intimidate voters and rig the Irepodun/Ekiti/Oke-Ero/Isin Federal Constituency by-election, in Kwara State, scheduled for Saturday. The party cautioned President Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to bear in…
Girl , 12, kidnapped in Kwara, escapes in Ekiti
.From abductors Johnson Ojo, Ado Ekiti A twelve-year-old girl, Tawa Taiwo, who was reportedly kidnapped in ilorin, Kwara State, has been found in Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State.She was said to have escaped from her captors on Monday. Tawa, at the time of filing this report, is being kept in safe custody at Oye-Ekiti Police Station from…
Atiku having difficulties in raising funds, APC alleges
… You ‘re wrong; 2019 is about supreme will of people – Atiku Obiora Ifoh, Abuja The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its the presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar are facing serious difficulties raising funds for the 2019 election campaigns. The party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena,…
I regret getting married in 2014 – Lawson
Ex-beauty Queen, Dabota Lawson has expressed regret over her marriage with estranged husband, Sunny Aku.In a post on her Instagram page on Monday, the former Miss Nigeria, while lamenting decisions she made in life, said the only thing she did right was making the decision to keep her baby. According to her, she regrets getting…
Oshiomhole: Reps member, Kurfi attacks Okorocha , others over APC chairman
The Deputy Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), Hon. Danlami Mohammed Kurfi has added his voice with others who are pleased with the leadership style of the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole. Speaking with some select journalists in Abuja, Kurfi who is representing Dutsin-ma/Kurfi Federal…
NAPE confab to address critical oil and gas challenges
The Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) will from November 18-22, 2018 in Lagos deliberate on major critical issues in a quest to address the challenges in the Nigerian Energy industry. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos to unveil the conference, NAPE President , Dr. Andrew Ejayeriese said that Oil and Gas will continue…
CBN, NDIC monitoring investigations of directors of Sky Bank
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) are monitoring the investigations of law enforcement agencies instituted against the directors and management of the failed Skye Bank Plc to determine their culpability in the failure of the bank. The Managing Director and Chief Executive of the NDIC, Umaru Ibrahim, announced…
UI hijab ban is an invitation to chaos, says MURIC
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has described the recent ban on the use of hijab by female Muslim students of the University of Ibadan International School (UIIS) as an invitation to chaos and a threat to girl-child education. MURIC’s intervention was expressed in a press statement issued on Tuesday, MURIC‘s Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola The principal…