Month: July 2025

The West Africa Container Terminal (WACT)-APM Terminals Nigeria has marked a major milestone in its community development efforts with the graduation of over 500 beneficiaries from its capacity building initiative, ‘WACTpreneur.’ The ceremony, held recently celebrated participants from the Onne and Ogu host communities, comprising mostly women and a few men. WACTpreneur is a capacity-building […]

Stanbic IBTC Capital has played a pivotal role in facilitating the successful completion of Tolaram’s mandatory takeover offer for Guinness Nigeria Plc. The company acted as Sole Financial Adviser to Tolaram (acting through N Seven Nigeria Limited) on its recently completed Mandatory Takeover Offer (MTO) to the minority shareholders of Guinness Nigeria, undertaken to comply […]

An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Dr. Dennis Osahon Aikoriogie, has urged residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to support the “Operation Sweep Abuja Clean” initiative by Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Nyesom Wike. He described the initiative as timely and strategic, adding that it will address the growing challenges of street begging, scavenging, […]

The 37 state chairmen of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) have thrown their weight behind the interim leadership of the party led by former Senate president David Mark and Rauf Aregbesola. The ADC Forum chairman Kingsley Ogga, who is also Kogi State chairman of the party, spoke after the ADC interim leadership met with chairmen […]

Amid dissenting views on the performance of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) government, the minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has said the removal of fuel subsidy was painful but necessary. He spoke yesterday at the conference of commissioners of Information from APC -controlled states at Guidel Hotel Minna. The minister said, […]

Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA) has stressed the need for openness and transparency in the process of amending Nigeria’s Constitution. The association of political scientists in the Nigerian universities, described the opportunity provided in the process for regional and national public hearings to enable Nigerians to contribute to the constitutional amendments as a positive development. […]

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi State, Bala Sale Chiroma, has said African Democratic Congress (ADC) does not pose a threat to the ruling party in the state. In an interview with our correspondent in Bauchi, Chiroma, a senior special assistant on Youth to Governor Bala Mohammed, said ADC can never […]

In one week, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has received  seven fresh applications from associations seeking registration as political parties, bringing the total number of applications to 129. INEC national commissioner/chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, announced this in Abuja yesterday. The groups that submitted fresh applications include: National Peace Congress Party […]

Scores of Aba residents have continued to hail Abia State Governor Alex Otti and Julius Berger Plc for rehabilitating Port Harcourt Road in the city. This is just as new and old residents and traders who had earlier vacated the federal road due to prolonged dilapidation are relocating in large numbers. Speaking to LEADERSHIP, a […]