At the age of 35, Ecuador’s president-elect Daniel Noboa is fulfilling the political dreams of his banana tycoon father, who failed five times to win the presidency. With about 52 percent of the vote, based on a near-complete count, little-known businessman Noboa was on Sunday elected the youngest president-elect in modern Ecuadoran history, edging out…
Iran’s top conspicuous film-makers, Dariush Mehrjui, was stabbed to death on Saturday evening together with his wife at their home near Tehran. A provincial chief justice said Mehrjui and his wife, Vahideh Mohammadifar, “were killed by multiple stab wounds to the neck”, the judiciary’s Mizan Online website disclosed. According to Hossein Fazeli-Harikandi, chief justice of…
It is a record-breaking feat for Lagos State, though the commencement of intracity train service came 12 years behind schedule of the completion of the first phase of the Blue Line rail project. Nonetheless, one month after residents of Lagos started experiencing commuting on train to complete their journey within the city state, it has…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Engr Emeka Agbasi, an indigene of Nnewi, Anambra State, as the Managing Director of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA). His appointment came on the heels of the appointment of Senator David Umahi from Ebonyi State as Minister of Works. Agbasi, who holds MSc/DIC (Concrete Structures) and PhD (Civil…
Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, Governor Of Anambra State, has assured the determination of his administration to sustain its rigorous efforts on infrastructural development across the state. Governor Soludo gave the assurance while celebrating the 40th Priestly anniversary of the Papal Nuncio to Czech Republic, Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo. The Governor attended the anniversary mass held at…
The Obi of Onitsha His Majesty Igwe Nnemeka Alfred Achebe (Agbogidi)has lamented that Nigerian as a country is dangerously at a crossroad in all the spheres of National endeavor. Achebe further lamented that the attendant implications of the outcome of the last general election across the country and the sustained protests occasioned by the excise…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has come under heavy criticism from Nigerians over leaked documents showing that he signed a whopping N422,820,000 for his hotel reservation in New York during the just-concluded United Nations General Assembly, held between September 18 and 22, 2023. According to the documents leaked on micro-blogging app X (formerly Twitter) by @PIDOMNIGERIA,…
The Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe, has commended the Anambra Vigilante Group ( AVG) for the way their job is deligently carried out, protectng the people and property in his kingdom. Speaking at this year’s Ofala festival in the ancient city, the Monarch said although the statutory security agencies have bases in Onitsha, the…
In a recent shift of focus, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has opted to step away from direct involvement in development finance programs. The decision, spearheaded by the new governor, Dr. Olayemi Cardoso, signals a strategic move towards prioritizing advisory roles in driving economic growth, according to sources within the institution. The CBN’s sizeable…
The Commissioner for Agriculture in Kaduna State, Alhaji Murtala Dabo, has disclosed that due to the challenge of insecurity, many livestock farmers have lost their animals to quack veterinary doctors in the state. He made the disclosure during the certificate award ceremony of 25 trained Veterinary Para-Professionals (VPPs) organised by the College of Agriculture and…
