By: Mandy Park President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Lauretta Onochie as the substantive chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Senate President Ahmed Lawan announced this today, Wednesday 23, November, at plenary. Details later…
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Mandy Park The Lagos State Government on Monday appealed to the World Bank to extend the Agro-processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) Project in the state. The appeal was made on account of the positive impact of the project on farmers’ productivity. The request was made by the Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Abisola Olusanya, who disclosed that APPEALS Project in the State had empowered about 8,000 farmers, especially women and youths in the last five years. Olusanya called for an extension of the APPEALS Project programme when…
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Omocho Kalu Another face-to-face electoral poll conducted in rural communities in 12 states across Nigeria shows Peter Obi currently leading voting intention at 40.37 percent of survey respondents.Atiku Abubakar is at 26.7 percent and Bola Tinubu at 20.47 percent, while bout 7.16 percent of the respondents are still undecided. Obi has shown that he is a leading force at different surveys made on the acceptance of the Presidential candidates by Nigerians. In the latest report, the independent survey by Nextier, a policy consulting firm, defined rural communities as local government…
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The public presentation of the book, ‘The Challenge of Good Governance and Leadership in Nigeria: The Peter Obi Factor’ is set to hold in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja on Thursday November 24, 2022. The book is centred on the stewardship of the Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the February 25, 2023 election, Peter Obi, during his eight-year tenure as Governor of Anambra State. A statement by the Peter Obi Book Launch Committee Abuja said the presentation is coming with the wave of quest for Political and Social Renewal by…
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Omocho Kalu The Northern Nigeria will benefit more under Peter Obi Led Federal Government than it had done in the past if God willing, Labour is voted into power come 2023. This was the submission of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, (LPPCC) Spokesperson, Dr Yunusa Tanko on a radio programme in Abuja at the weekend. Dr Tanko who was a guest on life programme of the Bright Repubiq FM reiterated that the Labour Party, (LP) Candidate, Ex-Governor Peter Obi was determined to direct energy to aggressive agricultural production in…
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Mandy Park The Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, has advised Benue people to vote for credible and trustworthy candidates during the 2023 general elections. Obi gave the advice while addressing his supporters on Friday in Gboko Local Government Area, Benue. He further reiterated that they should vote for only candidates that they know would deliver if they gave them their mandates. “Vote for those people who know you and know your pains. Next year please, vote for the right persons,” Obi said. He said that there…
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Mandy Park Mbaise People’s Congress will on December 10 hold its annual Professionals Get Together, and reception for its Deputy National President, Dr Ken Opara, the Executive Director of Fidelity Bank of Nigeria and President of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN). In a statement made available to Nigerianewsmark the event, which will also feature Distinguished Achievement Awards for deserving Mbaise sons and daughters, will be held by 12 noon at Golden Tulip, Mafoluku, Lagos. Chairman of the occasion is the Head of Finance and Strategy at Oando…
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…Expose Fossil fuel enablers behind sponsorship Omocho Kalu Verifiable gains were not made in checkmating industry distraction and delay of the climate negotiations in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, climate justice groups that attended the meeting have said. While Corporate Accountability insists that industry lobbyists dominated the list of sponsors of the negotiations, Friends of the Earth International, in a press briefing on November 18, said the most important demand of developing countries on the frontlines of the climate crisis such as loss and damage was still in limbo. Meena Raman…
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Mandy Park Against the backdrop of inadequacies facing climate change challenge, Friends of the Earth International (FoEi) has in it’s verdict scored the climate negotiations in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt as low on progress even with more talk by the United States and other rich countries. The federation, in a press briefing on November 18 as the talks drew to a close decried the lack of progress in the Loss and Damage Finance discussion and the crucial climate pledge of $100bn by rich countries that is yet to be met.…
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…says Soludo unrefined pro-establishment acolyte …rude, arrogant, shameless By Mandy Park Former Presidential candidate of the National Conscience Party (NCP) in the 2015 elections, Engineer Martins Onovo, has reminded Nigerians on the justification of the verdict of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, ( D.G, WTO) on Anambra State governor, Chukwuma Soludo, that he lacks character and is treacherous. Onovo was responding to the latest attack by Soludo on Labour party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi that he cannot win the 2023 presidential race. Soludo has received lots of bashing from Nigerians…
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