Ayo Olowo, Author at KOKOMANSION MEDIA

Improve the Business Environment to Drive Industrialisation, Wealth Creation in African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries, Elumelu Tells ACP Presidents in Kenya

December 10, 2019December 10, 2019Ayo Olowo

Tony O. Elumelu, CON, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation and Chairman, Heirs Holdings and United Bank for Africa Group, urged African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Heads of State to improve the business environment in their countries to drive industrialisation and wealth creation in ACP member states. He said this while presenting the keynote speech […]

Attack on Amaechi is Unfortunate and Height of Ungratefulness – Eze

December 10, 2019Ayo Olowo

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-South region of the country, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has described a reported physical attack on the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, as an act of ingratitude by enemies of Nigeria against one of the shining lights of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. […]

OPEC Fund signs US$20m loan with Burkina Faso, attends inauguration of health and education facilities

December 10, 2019December 10, 2019Ayo Olowo

The Director-General of the OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) Dr Abdulhamid Alkhalifa has signed a US$20 million development loan to help finance Burkina Faso’s Agricultural Value Chain Support Project (PAPFA). Dr Alkhalifa signed the loan in Ouagadougou with Burkina Faso’s Minister of Economy, Finance and Development, Lassané Kabore. PAPFA aims to contribute […]

Yahaya Bello thanks INEC, security operatives for free, fair, credible and peaceful election

November 19, 2019Ayo Olowo

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has thanked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), security operatives and the people of Kogi State for his victory in the just concluded gubernatorial election in the state. The governor in a statement by his Director General, Media and Publicity, Kingsley Fanwo said he is now spurred to do […]

Gunman, three others killed in Oklahoma Walmart Shooting

November 19, 2019Ayo Olowo

Three people were killed in a shooting early Monday outside a Walmart store in Oklahoma, including the assailant, police said — the latest in a string of deadly gun attacks at the popular supermarket chain. Danny Ford, the police chief in the town of Duncan, said the shooting — an apparent domestic dispute — took […]

Stop Blackmailing Tinubu, Threatening Journalists – Eze Warns Abe

November 19, 2019Ayo Olowo

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-South, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has warned Senator Magnus Abe to stop blackmailing the National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, by constantly linking the leader’s name to his numerous betrayal of the party in Rivers State. Eze, who is former National Publicity Secretary […]

“Rescue the electoral process… You became president in 2015 because votes counted” – CDD tells Buhari

November 19, 2019Ayo Olowo

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has called President Muhammadu Buhari to rescue Nigeria’s electoral process and democracy from imminent collapse. Reacting to the just concluded elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states, Idayat Hassan, CDD director, said the foundation of Nigeria’s democracy is facing serious challenges. Hassan condemned the violence and disruptions in the […]

Again, Bandits hit Zamfara, kill 14

November 19, 2019Ayo Olowo

14 persons were killed by suspected bandits in Karaye village, Gummi local government area of Zamfara State on Sunday. Confirming the development in a statement, Muhammad Shehu, public relations officer of the Zamfara state command of the Nigeria Police Force, said 10 other persons sustained gunshot injuries while some houses were set ablaze in the attack. […]

Herdsmen kill six Adamawa hunters in a night raid

November 18, 2019Ayo Olowo

Some gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed six hunters in Aljannaru, a farming community in Song Local Government Area of Adamawa State. According to residents, the gunmen, who were on camels got to the community in a night raid, destroying farms and shooting indiscriminately. The sources said the attackers eventually gunned down six of […]

FRESH: Kogi West rerun declared inconclusive

November 18, 2019Ayo Olowo

The electoral umpire in Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Kogi west senatorial rerun election inconclusive. Announcing the outcome on Sunday night, Olayinde Lawal, the returning officer, said the number of cancelled votes is higher than the margin between Smart Adeyemi, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Dino Melaye […]