Author: Festus Adeloye

Preesident Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of qualified Nigerians to the Board of the Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation CREDICORP. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, said that the appointment was to further expedite the process of expanding consumer credit access to Nigerians. According to the statement, Otunba Aderemi Abdul, an Independent Non-Executive Director, has been appointed as the board chairman of the nine-member board, while Engr. Uzoma Nwagba is appointed as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer. Mrs. Aisha Abdullahi is appointed as the Executive Director (Credit,…

The Kaduna Citizens Watch for Good Governance (KCWGG), a group, has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Independent and Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) over the N423 billion allegedly misappropriated by the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-rufai and his officials. While addressing a press conference on Wednesday, the Chairman of KCWGG, Comrade Victor Duniya said the petitions requested for immediate investigations, arrests and prosecutions of El-rufai and his appointees who were involved in alleged mismanagement, siphoning, and some illegal financial and administrative activities while he governed the State for eight years. While reacting to questions…

A bill for the creation of Adada State passed its first reading on the floor of the Nigerian Senate on Tuesday. The bill, which has been cited as the “Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Alteration) Bill, 2024 (SB. 482)”, seeks to amend Section 3(1) and the First Schedule, Part 1 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to provide for the creation of Adada State to bring the number of South-East states to six to be at par with the other geopolitical zones of the country. The bill was sponsored by Senator Okey Ezea, representing…

The House of Representatives has warned the former National Vice Chairman (North-West) of the All Progressives Congress, Salihu Lukman, to desist from what it called his needless criticism of the National Assembly, and instead speak to issues of national importance. The House warning came on the heels of a statement issued by Lukman on Tuesday, July 2, in which he branded the 10th Assembly as a failure. Lukman in the statement said, “Partly because of the faint or almost complete absence of courageous voices in the National Assembly, the President and the members of the executive body of government are…

The Senate on Wednesday, July 3, blamed the recent suicide bombings in Gwoza town in Borno state on failure of intelligence on the part of security forces. Senate president, Godswill Akpabio disclosed this in his contribution to the debate on a motion on the incident sponsored by the chief whip of the Senate, Mohammed Ali Ndume, during plenary. Ndume in his lead debate identified Mandara Mountains, Sambisa Forest and the Lake Chad region as the remaining terrorists’ havens. The Senate in its resolutions urged the Federal Government to direct the military to re-think its conventional strategies in fighting insurgency and…

UEFA said Wednesday it had opened a probe into Turkey defender Merih Demiral for celebrating a goal in the team’s 2-1 win against Austria at Euro 2024 with an allegedly ultra-nationalist salute. The tournament organiser said in a statement it was investigating the player for “inappropriate behaviour” during Tuesday’s knockout game in Leipzig. The gesture, which Demiral made to the crowd after scoring his second goal of the game, is associated with Turkish ultra-nationalist group Grey Wolves. Germany’s Interior Minister Nancy Faeser on Wednesday condemned the Turkish player’s goal celebration. “The symbols of Turkish right-wing extremists have no place in…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has disclosed that the issue of releasing Nnamdi Kanu was not part of his discussion with the South East governors in Enugu State, on Tuesday. The former President and Chief Emeka Anyaoku met with the governors on their own invitation to discuss regional development issues, and the purported plan release of Kanu by the federal government was not part of it. A release by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, on Wednesday, stated that the regional development issues include that of security and infrastructure. Others were economic and cooperative/collaboration, which was meant to complement the…

Popular American television host, Nick Cannon, has disclosed the reason for the $10-million insurance policy on his testicles. The father of 12 explained that he insured his testicles because they are his “most valuable assets.” In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Cannon said he took the decision because other celebrities, especially athletes, were also insuring valuable body parts like legs. “I had to insure my most valuable assets,” he said. “Because you hear about like all these different celebrities insuring their legs … so I was like, ‘Hey, well, I got to insure my most valuable body part.” According to…

Former Conservative British prime minister Boris Johnson has lent his support to the incumbent prime minister, Rishi Sunak, on the campaign trail. This is coming as pollsters forecast their party could “win a lower share of the vote than at any past general election.” At a rally on Tuesday, Sunak hailed the “Conservative family united” after an appearance by his predecessor Mr Johnson and claimed just 130,000 voters could help stem his party’s predicted losses. He made his speech after Survation pollsters found Labour is on course to win more seats than it did in 1997. But Labour leader Keir…

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar said Nigeria is working to deepen bilateral relations with the U.S. in accordance with Nigeria’s foreign policy thrust under President Bola Tinubu. Tuggar stated this at the 248th U.S. independence anniversary dinner organised by the U.S. Embassy in Abuja on Tuesday. The minister said deepening Nigeria-U.S. ties would further cement their many years of cooperation and friendship. He noted that the signing of the Nigeria-U.S. Binational Cooperation is one of the major foreign policy objectives of the Tinubu administration. Tuggar, represented by Amb. Janet Olisa, Director of Regions, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said…