…says IOCs $4bn debt delays debt projects …Blasts past NDDC on funds diversion By Uthman Salami The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio disclosed yesterday that Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) owed contractors about N3 trillion, through frivolous…
The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has hailed the recent Appeal Court judgment affirming its operatorship of the Oil Mining License 11 (OML 11), describing it as a huge victory for Nigeria and the beginning of addressing decades of host…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved recommendations of a committee to review “with dispatch, 368 grazing sites, across 25 states in the country, and to determine the levels of encroachment.” The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba…
By Gloria Akudoro, Abuja. The Federal Minister for Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, has bestowed on the new Permanent Secretary of the Ministry with the title “He-for-She” few days to its 21st Council Meeting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State the…
…pledges continuous recognition of civil servants Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, said that his administration will never sacrifice merit and orderliness for political exigencies in the state. The governor, who was speaking at the state’s 2020 Productivity and…
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has charged members of the Board of the NNPC Greenfield Refinery Limited (NGRL), to explore all available options to bring an end to the current challenge…
By Omotayo Ishola & Hannah Ologunde A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mallam Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) has called for a general restructuring of the country’s education system. Part of the reforms he suggested was that seasoned educators would be brought to…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on the political class to prioritize unity, peace and progress of Nigeria before shifting their attention on 2023 general elections. Obasanjo declared that 2023 “is important, but not as important as…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Command, on Thursday, August 19, 2021 arrested 14 suspected internet fraudsters at the Monarch axis of Enugu, Enugu State. The suspects are: Okoro Anselem, Okoh Chumsdi, Ngwuta Chibuike, Chukwugekwu Michael,Chukwuemeka…
By Erasmus Ikhide Crude oil was discovered in commercial quantity in Oloibiri, in the present day Bayelsa State in 1956; four years before the British granted us political independence. A school of thought believes that if the discovery had been…
