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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Ezra Yakusak as Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Export Promotion Council, NEPC. Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. According to the presidential aide, the appointment is for an initial term of four years in accordance with the provision of Section 7 (1) of the NEPC (Establishment) Act, 1987. ”The appointment is with effect from Nov. 27, 2021,” he added. Until his appointment, Mr Yakusak, who holds a PhD in commercial law from Ahmadu Bello University,…

The House of Representatives has approved the establishment of two development commissions for the South-East and South-West geopolitical zones of the country. The commissions, which establishment Bills were passed into law by the Green Chamber on Tuesday, are akin to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and North-East Development Commission (NEDC), which were established to fast-track development and remediation in the Niger Delta and North-Eastern parts of the country battered by years of oil exploitation and insurgency respectively. While the House adopted reports of its committees on the commissions for South-East and South-West, the Bill seeking to establish the North-Central…

The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to rescind its decision which subjected the Independent National Electoral Commission to seek approval from the Nigerian Communications Commission before it could transmit elections results electronically. The upper chamber also voted in support of the conduct of party primaries only by direct method. The Bill is titled, “Recommittal of amended clauses of a bill for an Act to repeal the Electoral Bill 2021 and enact the Electoral Act 2021.” The Senate had in July, during consideration of a report on 2010 Electoral Act ( Amendment ) Bill 2021 submitted by its Committee on…

The Prelate of Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence, Dr. Samuel Chukwuemeka Kanu-Uche, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to grant amnesty to the detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, and Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a. Igboho, to end the clamour for self-determination in the South. Kanu-Uche, who spoke to journalists in Abuja yesterday, said many prominent people in the country had the listening ears of the agitators, adding that the government could use them to dialogue with the separatists. “He also suggested that the Federal Government pay N25,000 monthly stipend to repentant bandits and Boko Haram…

President Buhari budgets N1.6bn for his cars, N650m for Mambilla Power Project The federal government N1.6bn for ongoing phased replacement of vehicles and spares N1.6bn for vehicles in the Presidency, just as it proposed N650m as counterpart funding for the Mambilla Power Project in the 2022 budget. According to Daily Trust, the project, which has lingered for years, is among President Muhammadu Buhari signature projects. In the 2022 budget, the Ministry of Power has a N301bn budget for next year, higher than the N204bn in 2021. According to the highlights of the 2022 budget presentation by the Minister of Finance,…

There is the likelihood that President Muhammadu Buhari will sack more ministers when the ongoing performance appraisal is completed. The president alluded to this on Monday at the opening of a two-day Mid-Term Ministerial Performance Review Retreat organised to assess the achievements of the nine key priorities of the administration and the performances of top government functionaries. The retreat is being attended by ministers, permanent secretaries and other top government officials. Buhari said that he will sit through all the sessions to listen to the cumulative assessment of the administration’s performance over the last 2 years. During the past reviews,…

Senator Orji Kalu In Crucial Meeting With Speaker Djibouti National Assembly, Hon. Mohamed Houmed Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate Senator Orji Uzor Kalu is about now meeting with the Speaker National Assembly of Djibouti, Hon. Mohamed Ali Joined. Sen. Kalu, representing Abia North senatorial district along with other National Assembly members are participating in the 76th Session Of The Executive Committee And The 43rd Conference Of The National Parliamentary Assembly Of African Parliamentary Assembly Union. See photos below:

At a time Nigerians are struggling to survive due to harsh economic conditions, former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has urged the masses to prepare for worst times ahead. Frank is the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) Ambassador to East Africa and Middle East, said his fear was predicated on the “2022 Budget of Economic Growth and Sustainability” recently laid before a joint session of the National Assembly by President Muhammdu Buhari. He said since the purchasing power of the average Nigerian has been inexorably eroded by rising cost of…

Veteran Nollywood actor, Chiwetala Agu, who was arrested on Thursday by men of the Nigerian Army has been handed over to the Department of State Services (DSS). Spokesperson of the Service, Dr Peter Afunanya, who confirmed this, did not volunteer more information. Agu was arrested at Upper-Iweka, Onitsha, Anambra State while adorning an outfit that reflected the colours of the Biafran flag. Military spokesperson, Onyema Nwachukwu, had said in a statement that Agu was picked up for questioning while inciting members of the public to join the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) which had been proscribed by the Federal Government.

A renowned Nigerian businessman and philanthropist, Mr Obinna Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, has been voted the 2021 Man of the Year by Nigerians both at home and in the Diaspora. In a 14-day Leadership Excellence Awards voting by Nigerians via online platforms, monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Obi Cubana was voted ahead of three other nominees. He defeated Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Mr Tony Elumelu, Chairman UBA Group and Mr Abdul Rabiu, Chairman and founder of BUA Group to clinch the position.. The philanthropist and entertainer emerged winner with 2,667,845 votes just as…