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Army Commander Asks Disloyal Soldiers To Leave As Coup Spreads Across Africa

Army Commander Asks Disloyal Soldiers To Leave As Coup Spreads Across Africa

The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81 Division Nigerian Army (NA), Major General Mohammed Takuti Usman, on Wednesday asked soldiers to be loyal to President Bola Tinubu and the constituted authority, at all times. Usman said this while addressing soldiers at ...

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Gabon Coup: Fear Grips African Leaders As Continent Descends Into Dictatorship

Gabon Coup: Fear Grips African Leaders As Continent Descends Into Dictatorship

The military coup in Gabon has heightened concerns among Africa leaders over the rising wave of seemingly popular but unconstitutionally takeover of power. Although the military takeovers have been in Francophone countries so far, experts who spoke with LEADERSHIP expressed ...

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Flour Mills Records N31bn Operating Profit In Q1

Flour Mills Records N31bn Operating Profit In Q1

Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc (FMN) recorded N31 billion as Operating Profit before adjustment for foreign exchange losses  in its unaudited financial performance for the period Q1 2023/2024. This is even as the financials shows strong revenue growth across its ...

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Reps Chide Green Wall Over Misappropriation Of N81bn For Tree Planting

Reps Chide Green Wall Over Misappropriation Of N81bn For Tree Planting

The House of Representatives has berated the Great Green Wall Agency for huge expenditures without commensurate results, particularly the N81 billion claimed to have been spent on planting trees in 11 states. The states are: Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, Kano, ...

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Manufacturers Suffer 30% Decrease In Sales As Naira Crisis Lingers

Manufacturers Suffer 30% Decrease In Sales As Naira Crisis Lingers

Manufacturing companies are still reeling from the impact of the prolonged Naira crisis with many incurring 20 per cent and 30 per cent decreases in sales turnover on consumer goods and cement respectively in the second quarter of the current ...

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GIS Compromised Abuja Master Plan – Town Planners

GIS Compromised Abuja Master Plan – Town Planners

The Nigerian Institute of Town Planners, NITP, has said that the Geographic Information System (GIS) has contributed to the distortion of the Abuja Master Plan, querying the application of the tool in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The national president ...

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G-20 Countries Tasked On Health, Wellbeing Of Women, Children Worldwide

G-20 Countries Tasked On Health, Wellbeing Of Women, Children Worldwide

The G-20 countries have been urged to take action to improve the health of women, children, and adolescents and tackle preventable loss of life around the world. This was contained in a message jointly signed by India’s G20 Sherpa, Amitabh ...

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Abuja Airport 2nd Runway To Take Off As Federal Govt Agrees N825m Compensation

Abuja Airport 2nd Runway To Take Off As Federal Govt Agrees N825m Compensation

Construction at Abuja’s second runway of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) is set to take off as the federal government has agreed to pay N825m compensation to communities affected by the project. This was revealed after a meeting between ...

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NNPP BoT ‘Suspends’ Kwankwaso Over Anti-Party Activities

NNPP BoT ‘Suspends’ Kwankwaso Over Anti-Party Activities

The 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has been suspended by the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) over alleged anti-party activities. The National Working Committee (NWC) of the party was also suspended ...

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Ebie, Ogbuku, Namdas, Okocha, Others Make List As Tinubu Appoints New NDDC Board

Ebie, Ogbuku, Namdas, Okocha, Others Make List As Tinubu Appoints New NDDC Board

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new Board and Management team of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday evening. He listed the names of the ...

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