85-year-old Biya wins Cameroon’s presidential election again

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 23rd October 2018

Eighty-five-year-old Paul Biya has been declared winner of the October 7 presidential election by the Cameroon’s Constitutional Council. Biya won the poll with 71.28% of the votes cast beating eight other candidates to extend his…

Foreigners in big sell-off of Saudi stocks over Khashoggi

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 23rd October 2018

Foreigners sold a net 4.01 billion riyals ($1.07 billion) in Saudi stocks in the week ending October 18, exchange data showed on Sunday –one of the biggest selloffs since the market opened to direct foreign…

Uwazuruike: Nnamdi Kanu came out of hiding to make money from 2019 elections

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 23rd October 2018

THE leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Ralph Uwazuruike, has told the Igbo to ignore the things Nnamdi Kanu, leader of Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) said…

Police deny accompanying suspended NHIS ES to office

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 23rd October 2018

The police say they are not aware that some officers accompanied Usman Yusuf, executive secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), to office on Monday. Yusuf was suspended by the NHIS governing board last…

Nigeria has issued first gold-refining licence – Minister of budget and national planning

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 23rd October 2018

MINISTER of budget and national planning, Udo Udoma, says the federal government of Nigeria has issued the first gold refining licence, as a result of the economic recovery and growth plan. Speaking at the 24th Nigerian…

PSN alerts NAFDAC, customs over Chinese drugs with human flesh

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 21st October 2018

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has reiterated that for medicine security, the Federal Government must as a matter of urgency take critical action to implement the National Drug Policy. PSN President, Ahmed Yakasai while…

Buhari mourns Idris Kutigi

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 21st October 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari has extended heartfelt condolences to the Kutigi family on the passing of the former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi, on Sunday morning in London. Buhari, in a condolence…

FG loses $2.5bn to gas flaring – Expert

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 21st October 2018

THE Chief Executive Officer, AfriPERA, an Energy and Infrastructure Policy research organisation, Mr Chinedu Onyeizu, says Nigeria loses about 2.5 billion dollars annually from gas flaring in the country. Onyeizu disclosed this in an interview…

Momoh deplores treasury looting

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 21st October 2018

THE Chairman Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON), Mr John Momoh, has castigated many politicians for considering the treasury as tool for enrichment. “There’s hardly any distinction, as have been shown in many cases in the…

Buhari to hand over ECOWAS border posts in Badagry

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 21st October 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari and his Republic of Benin counterpart, Patrice Talon, will on Tuesday perform the official hand-over of the new Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Border Posts at Seme-Krake and Neope-Akanu in…