President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja on Saturday, January 11, to participate in the 2025 edition of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW 2025). His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, invited President Tinubu to attend the Summit, which will take place in the emirate from January 12 to 18. Presidential Adviser of Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said the Summit will bring together global leaders to accelerate sustainable development and advance socioeconomic progress. The event, ‘The Nexus of Next; Supercharging Sustainable Progress,’ will enable policymakers, business, and civil society leaders to explore…
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By Andrew Abah, ABUJAPhilanthropist, Sports Icon and Chairman, Federal Capital Territory Football Association, Alhaji Adam Mohammed Mouktar has been conferred with a Chieftaincy Title, “Abegyi Bwaya” by His Royal Highness Dr. Ibrahim Yaro (JP), the 17th Sa-Bwaya, Esu Bwari and Chairman Council of Traditional Rulers Bwari Area Council, FCT. In a letter personally signed by the Royal Father to FCT FA Chairman, Mouktar, the Traditional Ruler, stated that, the title is in recognition of his good service and hardwork in development and progress of Bwari Chiefdom and the FCT in general. The title, “Abegyi Bwaya”, means the Progress of Bwari, which no…
***As contestants vow action against inclusion of non-Rivers candidates By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau Dim Uchechukwu Nnam Okwukwu, candidate contesting for President-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo in the forthcoming Ohaneze Ndigbo election has promised to unite all Igbos if elected President-General of the apex socio-cultural group of Ndigbo on January 10, 2025. This is even as other contestants from Rivers state have stated their resolve to boycott any election or activity that will include the former Inspector General of Police (IGP), Chief Mike Okiro as Rivers state candidate in the forthcoming election. This disclosure was made in an interview and…
An abandoned one-day-old baby has been recovered by operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command. Consequently, the mother, one Khadija Ali has also been arrested. The command spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, on Sunday, said the baby was abandoned along a bush path near Crush Rock, behind an uncompleted Red Bricks Market, Mpape. She said the command got a distress call on Friday, at about 10:00am by Police operatives from Mpape Division’s Juvenile and Women Care Section (JWC) who found the baby wrapped in a cloth. The statement reads further, “The child was promptly rescued and taken to Mpape Primary…
New York City has become the first to implement congestion charge scheme for vehicles in the United States. Car drivers will pay up to $9 (£7) a day, with varying rates for other vehicles, BBC reports. The congestion zone covers an area south of central park, taking in well known sites such as the Empire State Building, Times Square and the financial district around Wall Street The scheme aims to ease New York’s notorious traffic problems and raise billions for the public transport network, but has faced resistance, including from famous New Yorker and President-elect Donald Trump. A congestion charge…
***Develop Commodities Market By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has emphasized that protecting investors remains a cornerstone of its mission assuring that the Commission will intensify efforts to stamp out Ponzi and pyramid schemes while paving the way for legitimate investment opportunities to thrive in 2025. Director General of the SEC, Dr. Emomotimi Agama who stated this in a New Year message to the capital market community at the weekend, expressed excitement about the road ahead and opportunities it holds for the capital market. Dr. Agama noted that this year the Commission will focus on key initiatives…
The Bishop of Ijesa North Anglican Diocese, Rt. Revd. Isaac Oluyamo, has called on President Bola Tinubu to focus on policies that will give the poor a better life. Prompt News reports that in his New Year message to Nigerians, Oluyamo urged the president to prioritize the needs of the poor and work towards uplifting them from poverty and hardship. He urged the president not to forget the poor and the vulnerable in his policies and programmes, stressing that the very essence of government is to positively impact the most vulnerable in society. “The president must prioritize the welfare and…
Upper Room Baptist Church, Global, made history again today 30th of December, 2024 as Pastor Oluleke Akinola the General Overseer of the Church for 21years passes the baton of leadership to Pastor Rufus Olalekan Dada as the New General Overseer.Pastor Oluleke Akinola took over the leadership of the Church from Pastor Abiodun Longe (of blessed memories) from 1st of January 2004. Pastor Abiodun Longe who voluntarily retired in 2004 to pave the way for a younger person to take over the leadership of the Church was called to Glory during the first half of this year 2024.Pastor Oluleke Akinola before…
I was at the brink of tears as I stayed glued to the television watching the maiden media chat of our beloved President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed and “Non-armed” Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. I was impressed by the calm disposition of the President with the confidence and brilliance he exuded as he answered a barrage of questions from journalists paraded at the event. Hidden behind this self-assured mien is a seemingly troubled conscience, because he was aware his responses were at variance with the facts on ground. His responses failed to address the…
Only three Nigerian leaders have been invited by the British Monarch for state visits to Buckingham Palace. They are General Yakubu Gowon GCFR (90) and his wife Victoria Gowon (78) (12–15 June 1973), President Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari GCFR (25 February 1925 – 28 December 2018) (17–20 March 1981) and General Ibrahim Babangida GCFR (83) and his wife, Maryam (9–12 May 1989).In fact, Nigeria is more favoured than most African countries that have been invited for state visits to Buckingham Palace. On the other hand, the British Monarch had visited Nigeria twice. Queen Elizabeth II (21 April 1926- 8 September…