Ben Ifeanyichukwu Akabueze OPINION By Etim Etim President Muhammadu Buhari was less than a year in office when he realized that his officials would not be able to produce the budget for FY 2017 on time. His Budget and National Planning Minister, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, was frantically seeking help, not only to produce the…
The Nigerian investment space has been hit by the surprise acquisition of the 86.5 per cent stake in Champions Breweries Plc by EnjoyCorp Limited, a four-month-old company registered in the UK with just one active director. Raysun Nigeria Limited, the owner of the shares that were acquired by EnjoyCorp is owned by Heineken B.V. The…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has generated total revenue of N4.49trn between June 2023 and May 2024, showing a 74 per cent growth in revenue collection over the period under review. The Comptroller General (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja, where he highlighted the achievement of the Service in the…
The Joint Union Congress of the Police Service Commission has asked the president, Bola Tinubu to relieve the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun of his duties. The demand by the Union, led by its chairman Adoyi Adoyi, followed the IGP’s rejection of the 2022 Police Constable recruitment list, based on alleged corruption and…
Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday, officially swore in Caretaker Committee Chairmen for all 23 Local Government Councils of the state. This is coming in barely 24 hours after the Governor removed the Local Council heads installed by former Governor Nyesom Wike following the expiration of their tenure. The ceremony was held at…
Popular Nigerian comedian and skit maker, Emmanuel Chukwuemeka Ejekwu, known as Mr Funny or Oga Sabinus, has taken to social media to show off his daughter. CONVERSEER reports that Sabinus and his wife, Ciana Chapman, announced the birth of their daughter in April 2024. Though the name of the child is yet to be ascertained,…
Jihadi fighters who had long operated in Africa’s volatile Sahel region have settled in northwestern Nigeria after crossing from neighbouring Benin, a new report said Wednesday, the latest trend in the militants’ movements to wealthier West African coastal nations. The extremists believed to be linked to al-Qaida have in the last year crossed over from…
More than 600 people have died from heat-related illnesses during the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca amid extreme temperatures, reports on Wednesday say. On Monday, Saudi Arabia’s state TV reported that temperatures rose to 51.8 degrees Celsius in the shade at the Grand Mosque in the Islam’s holiest city. Medics and officials, speaking on condition…
The tributes are pouring following the announcement of the passing of American baseball legend, Willie Mays, on Tuesday. He was 93. The San Francisco Giants, where Mays spent most of his career, obsessed a moment of silence in-game against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. According to Africanews, Fans at Mays’ hometown ballpark, Rickwood Field,…
The number of disabled Israeli army soldiers has exceeded 70,000 for the first time, including 8,663 who had been wounded after the start of the war on Gaza on 7 October. Israeli Channel 7 confirmed that these numbers are receiving treatment in the Defence Ministry’s rehabilitation departments, noting that 35 per cent of them are…
