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By Akanimo Sampson The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum is awash with jubilations as the party has finally retrieved Bayelsa State from the All Progressives Congress (APC) following Thursday’s ruling by the Supreme Court. The Forum has, accordingly, congratulated the new governor, Douye Diri and his running mate, Lawrence Ewhruojakpo, over the apex court judgment on the Bayelsa Governorship election. The Forum in a statement by its Director-General, C.I.D. Maduabum, in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, congratulated the new Bayelsa leaders, claiming that the victory reaffirmed the fact that “God is in charge of the affairs of men.” While the…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Senator Douye Diri, Bayelsa Governor-elect. Announcing this, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, INEC Chairman while addressing the press in Abuja on Friday said his commission had obtained the ruling of the Supreme Court that disqualified David Lyon of All Progressives Congress, APC as the winner of the November 16 governorship election in Bayelsa. Yakubu said by the virtue of the Supreme Court’s judgment that disqualified APC candidates from the election, the total number of votes cast now stands at 146,999 and the candidate of the PDP scored…

Four Nigerian billionaires are among the Forbes Africa’s Billionaires list for 2020, with Aliko Dangote topping the list for the ninth time in a row. On the 2020 list, Egypt and South Africa tied with five billionaires each, Morocco has two, while Zimbabwe and Tanzania have one billionaire each, among members of the 3-comma club in Africa. Africa’s 20 wealthiest people, according to the list, are richer in 2019 than 2018 with combined worth at $73.4 billion from $68.7 billion a year ago. Aged 62, Dangote, the Chairman of Dangote Group emerged Africa’s richest man for the ninth consecutive year,…

The Supreme Court has sacked the governor-elect of Bayelsa State, David Lyon, and his Deputy, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremieoyo. A five-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Mary Peter-Odili ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to withdraw the Certificate of Return issued to the All Progressives Congress’ candidate as the winners of the November 16, 2019 governorship election in the state. The Apex Court ordered INEC to issue a fresh certificate of return to the candidate of the party with the next highest votes and with the required constitutional spread of votes in the results of the election, which are…

By Akanimo Sampson A group, Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA), an international agricultural development organisation that specialises in the design and implementation of sustainable, enterprise-based agricultural initiatives is implementing the Feed the Future Egypt Food Security and Agribusiness Support (FAS) project, funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). The Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation is also involved in the project. CNFA in cooperation with the World Food Logistics Organisation (WFLO), launched the inaugural Egypt Cold Chain Exhibition bringing hundreds of packhouse owners and operators, exporters, agricultural associations, cooperatives and their farmer members, input suppliers, end-market retailers including supermarkets, government…

By Akanimo Sampson President Muhammadu Buhari’s All Progressives Congress (APC) administration is planning to stop fish importation in Nigeria in the next two years in a bid to abort the country’s continued capital flight in the sector. Nigeria spends around N360 billion annually on fish importation, going by the claim of the Director of Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research Lagos, Dr. Adekunle Oresegun. He had stated that the country spends about $1.00 billion yearly on the importation of fish. The director who spoke at a vocational training and empowerment programme on agriculture in Abakaliki, the capital of Ebonyi…

The Federal Government has acquired the necessary reagents to test suspected patients, as a measure to prevent coronavirus from entering the country. Consequently, the government has designated laboratories in Lagos, Abuja and Irrua in Edo State to handle such tests. Coronavirus found in Wahum, China has spread to the US, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Canada, Philippines among others, is a new strain of the virus that has not been previously identified in humans. Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, who stated this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over…

The National Assembly may be facing serious security risk, as suspicious faces now flood the complex, an investigation has shown. A source said if no serious action was not taken by the National Assembly management to curtail the influx of the strange faces, it might prove difficult to nip in the bud the security threats they pose. It was gathered that the strange and suspicious faces find their ways into the complex, claiming to be constituents of some lawmakers, after beating security checks at the gates and other entry points. Fears are also being raised that in the last few…

The Nigerian Army said Wednesday its troops have killed five Boko Haram terrorists in a gunfight and arrested eleven members of Islamic State’s West African Province., ISWAP. It also said the troops rescued nine women and children hitherto held hostage by the terrorists, recovered cache of arms and ammunition, but lost a soldier. Col Aminu Iliyasu, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, who stated this in a statement Wednesday, said: “On February 9, 2020, troops of 25 Task Force Brigade deployed at Damboa in Borno State, in conjunction with elements of the Civilian Joint Task Force, while on a fighting patrol,…

Nigeria and Ethiopia have signed a visa waiver agreement for diplomatic and official passport holders, and a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, on cooperation in the field of defence. President Muhammadu Buhari and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed witnessed the signing of the agreement Tuesday in Addis Ababa by their Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama and Gedu Andargachew, respectively, during the State Visit of the Nigerian leader. Earlier, while meeting with the Ethiopian Prime Minister, President Buhari had discussed how to explore new areas of collaboration to further enhance and expand Nigeria-Ethiopia bilateral cooperation for the mutual benefits of the two…