Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has said he would pay one month salary bonus as part of his Christmas package to workers. Umahi, who was on a visit to the Ebonyi State University permanent site in Ezzamgbo, said in spite of the recession in the country and the fact that the state is one […]
Month: December 2016
Nigeria’s Adebayo Ogunlesi appointed adviser to US President-elect Donald Trump
Nigerian-born Adebayo Ogunlesi, who is the chairman of Global Infrastructure Partners, a private equity firm and one of Fortune 500 companies, has been named a member of an economic advisory forum to US president-elect Donald Trump. The 63-year-old Nigerian is the only African face in the 16-man team, which has Steve Schwarzman, CEO of private-equity […]
Group seeks probe of $16bn spent on electricity by Obasanjo
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent a letter to Justice Water Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen Chief Justice of Nigeria requesting him to urgently use his good offices and position “to appoint an independent counsel to investigate allegations of corruption in the spending of $16 billion on electricity by the government of former President […]