From Ameachi Prosper( The New Diplomat's Delta state correspondent) The Pioneer Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), a retired Air Marshal and royal father, HRM. (AVM) Lucky Ochuko Ararile (rtd.), Avwaeke 1, the Ovie of Umiaghwa-Abraka, has revealed how the death of former president Umaru Musa Yar'Adua affected the development of the Niger Delta…
On Sunday, Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, governor of Gombe State, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, and others were at the wedding Fatiha of Musa Ahmed and Khadija Abubakar Kari. Khadija Abubakar Kari is the daughter of the Chief of Staff to the Executive Governor of Gombe State, Alhaji Abubakar Inuwa Kari. The impressive ceremony…
Albert Okumagba was an Investment Banker par excellence . He was an Economist and a Stock Broker who was trained at Centerpoint Merchant Bank under the leadership of Dennis Odife. He was CEO at BGL Limited ,later Group CEO at BGL when the company evolved into four different service lines. BGL was the starting point…
I remember when he came to KC, amidst the mass of indistinguishable Lower 6th Formers, he boldly stood out, his sparkling personality earning him easy friendships across the classes, across the houses as if he had been at KC since Form One. Through the years, as he ascended the ladder of Nigeria's corporate and social…
In a dramatic move that would have telling effects on forex transactions, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has outlawed transfer of foreign exchange (forex) from one customer to another or what is conventionally known as customer-to-customer transfer. Also, the CBN similarly prohibited forex cash lodgements into domiciliary accounts by a second party as it…
Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Hon. Mohammed Mungonu, and Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Niger Delta, Hon. Henry Nwawuba, are among members of the national assembly and other dignitaries that will parley with host communities of the Niger delta on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB).…
One time governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim has been arraigned by the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu , before an FCT High Court sitting at Maitama, for alleged name dropping and peddling of false information against one Chinyere Amuchienwa. The police in its statement alleged that the former Imo State governor, Ohakim gave…
*By Comrade Adams Oshiomhole It came as a rude shock. Just recently, we had a robust telephone conversation which was more like a reminiscence of the good old days, when politics was played along ideological persuasions. He was loud and firm, as usual, espousing his thoughts about building a united Nigeria where tribes and tongues…
Founder of Stanbic IBTC Bank and investment entrepreneur, Mr Atedo Peterside, has shockingly said that Alhaji Aliko Dangote and other businessmen with political connections are profiting from federal government of policy on border closure to the disadvantage of many. The investment banker and founder of Anap Foundation says the current border closure policy is skewed…