TheHILL | POLITICS | June 16. Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has emerged as the running mate to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. Mr. Okowa’s nomination was announced and confirmed by Atiku himself on Thursday at an unveiling event of his running mate held in Abuja. Atiku while speaking […]
TheHILL | BUSINESS REPORT A network of young business leaders and aspiring entrepreneurs in Africa, Under 40 CEOs, has tasked Nigerian youths to play a more active role in politics and governance in order to address the country’s development challenges. The group also called on the government to integrate more brilliant young people into […]
TheHILL | POLITICS | JUNE 16. A gubenatorial aspirant of the APC in Akwa Ibom, Prof Chris Ekong, has described as fallacy, insinuations by the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barr Mike Igini that the party has no governorship candidate in the state. Ekong told newsmen in Uyo yesterday that whatever sentiments expressed by Igini […]
TheHILL | HEALTH | JUNE 16. Medical experts have warned against complacency among Nigerians just as they called on the Federal Government to take urgent action in the fight against Monkeypox. They made the call at a time the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reported that the disease has spread to 15 states in the […]
TheHILL | POLITICS | JUNE 16. Barring last minute changes, immediate past governor of Borno State, Senator Kashim Ibrahim Shettima, would be picked as running mate to All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, TheHILL can authoritatively report. Kashim Shettima, 55, is the current Senator for Borno Central Senatorial District and […]
TheHILL | POLITICS | JUNE 16. Barring any last minute change of plans, Presidential Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will today announce his running mate as the deadline given by the Independent National Electoral Commission draws to a close. There were indications within party circles that the party […]
TheHILL | METRO | JUNE 16. Gunmen on Tuesday abducted a reporter, Mr Chucks Onuoha, from his country home in Umungasi, Ohuhu, Umuahia, Abia State. According to a family source, Onuoha, who is the Editor-in-Chief of All Facts Newspaper, was abducted around 10pm by hoodlums who scaled his fence. The source further disclosed that his […]
TheHILL | METRO PLUS| June 15, 2022. An FCT High Court in Kubwa, on Wednesday, ordered an 18-year-old university student, Emmanuel Asebhofo, to clean Kubwa General Hospital for 60 days for internet fraud. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Asebhofo had pleaded guilty to the charge of internet fraud filed by Economic […]
TheHILL | EDUCATION | JUNE 15. Akwa Ibom State Government has declared Thursday, 16th and Friday, 17th June, 2022 as Mid-Term break for all public and private Primary and Secondary Schools in the State. This, TheHILL gathered was in compliance with the directive of the State’s Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, towards ensuring that all […]
Ahead of next week’s Annual Meetings of the African Import-Export Bank (Afreximbank), the institution has assured that the region’s economy would be on upbeat in 2022, despite pressures. The bank identified the post-COVID-19 and current Russian invasion of Ukraine as factors that would put a lot of pressures on the economies of African countries. […]