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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, celebrated author, Chimamanda Adichie and former chairman, Etisalat Nigeria, Hakeem Belo-Osagie, on Wednesday, had a public discussion on leadership at the Klarman Hall of the Harvard Business School. A Facebook user, who was present at the discussion, Oladimeji Mudele, shared photos from the event and his lessons. Mudele said, “It was great listening to these great Nigerians at close range today at the Klarman Hall of Harvard Business School. I learned interesting lessons about the character of leadership, especially for Africans like myself. There is indeed such a thing as African…

The moral right of citizens to demand accountability from government on what their taxes have been used for, is dependent on when citizens have themselves heeded to their civil obligations to pay taxes. This was the position of the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami during the unveiling of the FIRS Service Charter on Tuesday in Abuja. Mr. Nami, while delivering the opening remarks at the unveiling, which was one of the events hosted by the Service in commemoration of the 2022 Global Customer Service Week, called on citizens to be fair to the government…

Lai Mohammed, the minister of information and culture, says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will loot the country’s treasury if the party ever has access to power. The minister made the remark in reaction to the controversy over the return of N122.4 million by members of the PDP’s national working committee (NWC). Speaking on Thursday in an interview with NAN in Arusha, Tanzania, the minister said the PDP has not yet learned its lessons. “If a man can steal from himself, he will steal without any restrain from other people,” he said. “The problem is that PDP will never change…

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has said about 18 state governors across party lines are currently working behind the scene for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. It, however, did not name the state governors. The group’s Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. He said, “As we speak, about 18 governors from the North and South, cutting across party lines, are behind the scenes putting up structures for Obi to be the winner of the 2023 presidential election. In addition, some former Presidents and elder statesmen are in support of Obi’s…

Terrorists on Wednesday freed 23 remaining captives of the Kaduna train attack. This was disclosed by the Secretary of the Chief of Defence Staff Action Committee, Usman Yusuf. Yusuf said that the hostages were released at about 4pm on Wednesday. He said that the committee took the custody of the victims who were kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists during an attack on a moving passenger train in Kaduna on March 28, 2022. The terrorists, who attacked the AK9 Train in Kaduna, had before now released hostages in piecemeal with the last release being on August 19, 2022. The insurgents had…

A final year student of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Oluomachi Nwoko, has been delivered of quintuplets at the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia. Nwoko, who is 24 years old, gave birth to three girls and two boys on Tuesday. Speaking to ABN TV, a nurse on duty said “The female babies came first and she is the first to give birth to quintuplets in the facility in a long time.” Both mother and children are in good health condition.  

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has been conferred with the honorary citizenship of Dallas in the United States of America. Obi shared photos from the event on his Twitter handle on Wednesday, saying, "Today in Dallas Texas United States, I met with the Mayor of Dallas and his team. I had the privilege of being conferred with the honorary citizenship of Dallas. I also met with a select group of Texas Judges.-PO." See photos

The Managing Director of the Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority (OGFZA), Senator Tijjani Yahaya Kaura, alongside the Honorable Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Managing Director of Nigerian Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), and other Special Economic Zones stakeholders to attended the Rank Decoration Ceremony of the First set of Special Economic Zones Security outfit officers (SEZSO), of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), which took place at the NAF Conference Center Abuja. This special security outfit is set-up for the Protection and sustainability of investments made in the Special Economic Zones in Nigeria, which will assure our…

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority, Senator Tijjani Yahaya Kaura in his Goodwill Message to Nigerians on the occasion of the Nation’s 62nd, independence celebration, stated that the Oil and Gas Free Zones in Nigeria, hold enormous potentials to unlock various economic opportunities in Nigeria’s oil and Gas Sector. Responding to questions from members of the Press over the weekend, in his Kaura Namoda country-home, during the 62nd independence celebration, he emphasized on the enormous opportunities the Oil and Gas Free Zones hold in attracting Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in Nigeria,…

Julius Berger Nigeria Plc has switched on the streetlights on the Second Niger Bridge to test the illumination. According to Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing, the bridge, which is in its final stage of construction, will be inaugurated in December 2022 and opened to vehicular movement. The Second Niger Bridge is a federal government project that is being managed by the federal ministry of works and housing in collaboration with the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA). Construction on the bridge commenced on September 1, 2018. The bridge, which is being constructed across the Niger river, will span from…