Author: NPO Admin II
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday accused the media of creating false impression of crisis within the All Progressive Congress. The president, who returned to the convention ground for the inauguration of the new National Executive Committee, said the media made it look like the party was divided. He said the successful hosting of the national convention is an indication that the party is intact. The Abdulahi Adamu led 79-member NEC of the party was elected through consensus in the early hours of Sunday. In a statement made available to the NPO Reports he said, “The APC Convention hosted this weekend…
Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Nyesom Wike on Sunday declared himself the best presidential candidate that the opposition People’s Democratic Party can put forward for the 2023 elections. This was just as he indicated his intention to contest during a visit to the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom at the Government House in Makurdi. He said he is the best man to take over power from the ruling All Progressives Congress. He said, “To remove APC from power, I’m the person who can tell them enough is enough. We must take this power and I’m ready to take it for…
Chelsea’s four prospective new owners have an April 11 deadline to submit their final bids to buy the Blues. The Raine Group, the New York merchant bank in charge of the sale, has set that deadline for final bids to keep Chelsea on course to have new owners by May. Chelsea’s remaining suitors will have the chance to table improved offers to buy the Stamford Bridge club, with commitments required for at least one billion pounds (1.3 billion dollars) of future spending. Chelsea have instructed Raine to seek those future spending commitments in a bid to safeguard the west London…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has lamented the high number of unclaimed dividends in the capital market. A statement by the Commission in Abuja on Sunday, said Mr Lamido Yuguda, the Director-General of SEC, expressed the regret when Prof. Kabiru Bala, Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, visited him. Yuguda appealed to investors to mandate their accounts for electronic payment to reduce the number of unclaimed dividends. He noted that many investors had shares in the market which they had abandoned. “People have not come forward to claim their dividends and this has led to huge unclaimed dividends.…
German Formula One driver Mick Schumacher says he is not feeling any lingering effects from his massive qualifying crash which ruled him out of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. “I’m completely fit,” he said in the paddock on Sunday. “That shows the safety of the cars today.” The son of F1 record champion Michael Schumacher would have been “ready” to compete but his Haas team did not have sufficient spare parts at just the season’s second race. Instead, the priority was damage limitation in order to be competitive at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne in two weeks time. Schumacher…
The Congress of the University of Ilorin (Unilorin) Alumni Association on Sunday extended the tenure of its Steering Committee to pilot the affairs of the association for the next six months. Prof. David Durosaro, the Chairman, Body of Past Presidents of the association, who presided over the congress, explained that it has approved the nomination of an audit-firm to scrutinise the bank accounts of the association. According to him, this is due to allegations and counter-allegations bordering on financial impropriety in the running of the old students’ group. He stated that the elongation of the tenure of Prof. Jeleel Ojuade-led…
Arrested Drugs Barons Excrete 165 Wraps at Airport The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said that two drug traffickers have excreted a total of 165 wraps of cocaine following their arrest at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, (NAIA), Abuja. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr. Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi who named the suspects as Elvis Iro, 53 and Uwaezuoke Christian, 42 said that they were arrested by operatives of the NDLEA. He said that the suspects excreted the drugs while under observation in the Agency’s custody. According to him, the…
Former Nigerian Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Chief James Ajibola Ige, is trending on social media on Sunday after the emergence of impeached deputy governor of Osun, Senator Iyiola Omisore. Many users have taken to the social media especially the twitter to make reference to the celebrated killing of the nation’s number one law officer who was killed in his Bodija, Ibadan residence in December 2001. The newly installed National Secretary of the APC, Omisore was one of those prosecuted over the killing of the former minister who was also once Governor of the old Oyo State. The…
The Nigeria Customs Service has debunked media reports that its Comptroller General, Col. Ahmed Alli has been flown abroad for medical reasons. NCS stated this known in a statement released by Public Relations Officer of Customs, DC Timi Bomodi on Sunday afternoon. The statement made available to the NPO Reports noted that the news of customs boss slump and flown abroad was baseless and has no iota of truth. Timi said that the motive behind the report by some online publications is best known to them. It said such reports wont stop agency from building a world-class institution worthy…
One year after, troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have discovered the wreckage of the Alpha Jet of the Nigerian Air Force that went missing while conducting an operation in the dreaded forest. The Nigerian Army stated this on its verified Facebook account on Saturday while giving update on the recent success recorded by the troops in overrunning the terrorists’ Camp Zairo in the Sambisa Forest. The NAF Alpha-Jet was declared missing after it lost contact with the radar during an interdiction mission on March 31, 2021. The Facebook post reads, “troops of Operation Desert Sanity on clearance patrol…