Rotimi Amaechi
11 Apr
Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, Minister for the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), is an extremely lucky man. The fact that he has remained a permanent fixture at various levels on the nation’s political canvas has been very well established.
26 Mar
The Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has ruled that Celestine Omehia can not receive the pensions meant for former governors and their deputies because he is not a former governor of the state. The immediate past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, withdrew the recognition accorded to Omehia in 2023 while the…
6 Mar
A total of 888 candidates failed the final bar examination conducted in November 2023. This is just as 4,412 candidates were successful out of a total of 5,300 who sat for the exam and were yesterday admitted into the Nigerian Bar.
23 Jan
I have just been thinking how on earth a potentially very rich country like Nigeria can be actually very poor in the midst of that wealth. And I ask myself, why is that so? And, I am not able to put my finger on the answer.
5 Jan
China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), the contractor laying tracks on the Eastern Narrow Railway project, said it has completed tracks laying on the Port Harcourt to Aba section.
6 Nov
Rotimi Amaechi, former minister and governor of Rivers State, at a public lecture on Thursday, October 26, sounded rather melancholic. For a man who has been in government since 1999, first as two-term speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly and later as governor for eight years....
6 Nov
Crash landing of Hawker800 aircraft, at Ibadan Airport last weekend, has opened a new chapter on the prevalence of illegal commercial charter operators by elites, who are rich enough to acquire or lease private jets.
24 Aug 2023
Does the above majority decision satisfy the true meaning of Justice in the real sense of that word? Has justice being served here? Personally I don’t think so, the choice of the people have been thwarted there using undue technicality.
5 Jul 2023
Four years after the former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, flagged off the rail movement of cargoes to/from the Kaduna Inland Dry Port, construction of the rail lines has been abandoned.
1 Jun 2023
Rotimi Amaechi, the former minister of transportation, and his wife Judith have recently unveiled a new song as part of their ongoing series of responsorial psalms, with a particular focus on Psalm 104. This release comes shortly after Amaechi's noticeable absence from the inauguration of Bola Tinubu, the former governor of Lagos State, as president…
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A Federal High Court Abuja, on Tuesday, fixed May 17 for a ruling on a bail application filed by the detained Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan. Justice Emeka Nwite fixed the date after counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Gambaryan’s lawyer, Mark Mordi, SAN, adopted their processes and argued their case against…
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The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has notified the public and all stakeholders that runway 18L/36R has been reopened for flight operations at about 8.00 p.m. This is contained in a statement signed by Mrs Obiageli Orah, Director of Public Affairs & Consumer Protection, FAAN on Tuesday in Lagos. Orah said the development followed…
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Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has appealed to the 15 aspirants who contested for the gubernatorial ticket of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the primary elections held last Saturday to sheathe their swords.
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Development experts have expressed dismay over the slow pace of progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs), noting that it is insufficient to achieve the 2030 targets.
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Lagos State Government, yesterday, said that about 856,680 traffic infractions were captured by the state’s automatic number plate recognition cameras.
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Following the success of its 'Back to School project' at St. Michael's African School, Ipari-Nla, Ogun State, in February, the Angel Foundation has completed another transformative project at the school, which was commissioned on Monday.
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Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, yesterday, said that the state’s Agro-Cargo International Airport would soon begin scheduled and non-scheduled flights.
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Wale Edun, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, yesterday presided over a signing ceremony in Abuja endorsing the Consolidated Guidelines for the implementation of Fiscal Incentives for the Oil & Gas Sector - a cornerstone of the Presidential Directive aimed at enhancing the oil & gas sector's global competitiveness.