Rivers: Court restrains PDP govs, party from dissolving pro-Wike EXCO
PDP flag (file image) By Peter Ibinabo Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has restrained the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governors, its National Working Committee (NWC) and Board of Trustees (BoT) from tampering with or dissolving the Executive Committees of the party in Rivers State. The court also restrained them from constituting […]
Israel set to overrun Lebanon, puts troops on alert
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defied calls for restraint, vowing to keep up Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah. (Photo by Abir SULTAN / POOL / AFP) Israel’s army chief told soldiers on Wednesday to prepare for a possible ground offensive to fight Hezbollah in Lebanon as the air force conducted hundreds of deadly strikes around […]
Coca-Cola’s $1b ‘audio’ investment, a poisoned chalice – CAPPA
Coca-Cola logo | File Image CAPPA: This is the second time in three years that the company has made this hollow pledge to different ruling governments, and yet it failed to deliver the first time around By Valentine Amanze The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), a non-governmental organization, has asked President Bola Ahmed […]
Niger govt, three firms sign MoU on sugarcane cultivation
Governor Mohammed Bago of Niger State | File Image By Mohammed Usman Niger State government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with three companies –Uttham Sucrotech International, Rite Foods Limited, Legacy Sugar Company Limited – for the mass cultivation of sugarcane and production of sugar. The Governor of Niger State, Mohammed Umar Bago, signed […]
