NDDC, US Firm Seal $15bn Deal for Construction of Mega Rail Line Connecting Niger Delta States Oshiomhole, Peterside, Wabote, others charge commission to entrench sound corporate governance to attract private sector financing Peter Uzoho Niger Delta Development Com-
mission (NDDC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) worth over $15 billion with
Atlanta Global Resources Inc, an infrastructure project financing firm based in Georgia, United States of
America. The deal is for the construction of a mega rail line that would connect
the nine states that make up NDDC and ease the infrastructure deficit in the oil-rich Niger Delta.
The two parties signed the MoU Continued on page 11
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Buhari: Nigeria Spent $195m to Fight Piracy in Gulf of Guinea in 2021 Deji Elumoye in Abuja
FOR A PRODUCTIVE NDDC...
L-R: Edo North Senator-elect, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole; Minister of Niger Delta, Obong Umana Okon Umana; Managing Director Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Chief Samuel Ogbuku, and Ondo State Deputy Governor; Mr. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, at the NDDC- PPP 2023 summit with the theme “Rewind to Rebirth’’ held at Eko Hotel, in Lagos…. yesterday
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that Nigeria would continue to deploy resources towards combating piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. Buhari stated this yesterday in Accra, during the Continued on page 11
Adamu, APC Leaders Visit Tinubu, Consider S’South for Senate President, N’West for Speaker Other interests also pushing north central for speakership Another opposition party asks court to stop Tinubu’s swearing-in 33 days to inauguration US grants Nigerians permission to protest against presidential poll
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ECOBANK GROUP RINGS CLOSING GONG AT NGX...
L-R: Head, Group Corporate Bank, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), Bunmi Bajomo; Chief Executive Advisor to the GCEO, ETI, Cecilia Akintomide; Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Bolaji Lawal; Group Chief Executive Officer, ETI, Jeremy Awori; CEO, Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), Temi Popoola; Chairman, Ecobank Nigeria, Bola Adesola; Deputy Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Carol Oyedeji, and Group Chief Financial Officer, ETI, Ayo Adepoju, during the closing gong ceremony of ETI at the Exchange in Lagos ... yesterday
WHO Urges Nigeria to Commit 80% Health Sector Budget to PHC ... Page 11