By Ayo Balogun – The umbrella body of self determination groups in the South West part of Nigeria, Coalition of Oodua Self Determination Groups (COSEG) has condemned the petition and attack on the former governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Raji Fashola by the Coalition Against Corruption, CACOL.. COSEG described the petition and continued attack against […]
*Alaibe, Ogoriba, Ikiogha lose out of contest With less than five months to the December 5 governorship election in Bayelsa State, a socio-political organisation, Bayelsa for Good Governance and Accountability has protested against the zoning of the governorship slot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Central Senatorial District. The organisation therefore warned the […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – The Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Pulo Shield in the Niger Delta region have arrested a total of 21 suspected oil thieves ,just as they destroyed several illegal oil bunkering sites in the area. Media Coordinator of the JTF, Lt.-Col. Ado Isa, who made this known in a statement on […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – President Mohammadu Buhari has ordered the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Sunday Arase to immediately withdraw police orderly from big politicians and deploy them to regular duties. Ne stated this meeting with officials of the Ministry of Police Affairs and the Police Service Commission in the Presidential Villa. President Buhari also […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos – In its continuous peace building efforts the European Union (EU) said it has budgeted the sum of €4.5 million for the second phase of its peace building and conflict prevention project in the two States – Plateau and Kaduna. This was disclosed Thursday, by the body’s Head of Political Governance, Allah […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos – In its efforts to ensure strict adherence to the approved pump price of N87 for petrol, the Department of Petroleum Resources, (DPR) in Plateau State has sealed 22 fuel stations in Jos/Bukuru metropolis over non-compliance with Government directive official price and for conniving with “Black Marketers” to defraud consumers. This was […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Emmanuel Kachikwu has called for quick deregulation of the nation’s oil and gas industry. Kachikwu stated this at the 2015 National Association of Energy Correspondents conference, held in Lagos. Kachikwu who was represented by Bolanle Ashafa, Acting Managing Director of Nigeria Engineering […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed William Babatunde Fowler as the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The appointment was contained in a statement issued and signed by Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity. According to Adesina, Buhari also appointed Aliyu Yahaya Gusau as […]
The immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has refuted claims by his successor Nyesom Wike that he left an empty treasury. Governor Wike had consistently maintained that he met a completely empty treasury when he took over as governor. Only on Wednesday, while trying to justify why he took a […]
*APC Foundation Members Warn Against Choice of Alaibe There are indications that the National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and its national chairman, Chief John Oyegun are divided over the choice of the party’s candidate for the December 5 governorship election in Bayelsa […]
Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said some of the past polices and planning including budgeting of government did not reflect the needs and the conditions of the majority of the people in Nigeria who have become disempowered in the process. Speaking today at a courtesy visit by members of the Alumni Association of […]
Former member of the House of Representatives from Bayelsa State, Hon. Warman Ogoriba, has been castigated as being “blinded by political indulgence” to warrant his comments that the incumbent government in the state have nothing to show for the money so far received from the Federation Accounts. The former lawmaker who recently defected from the […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in Abuja assured indigenous companies operating in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector of the full support and protection of his administration. At a meeting with members of the Independent Petroleum Producers Association in the Presidential Villa, President Buhari commended their determination to increase the participation of Nigerians […]
By Ayo Balogun – The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode Wednesday approved the termination of the concession granted by the Lagos State Development and Property Corporation (LSDPC) to Afriland Properties for redevelopment of the popular Falomo Shopping Centre, Ikoyi. Ambode in a statement issued by his Press Secretary, Habib Aruna indicated that the decision […]
Dr. Dakuku Peterside, All Progressives Congress, APC governorship candidate in the April election in Rivers State has commended the new management team of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC headed by Dr. Ibe Kachikwu for promising a monthly publication of the corporation’s account. Peterside who was former Chairman, Federal House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The PDP caucus of the House of Representatives has faulted the Buhari administration’s on-going probe of corrupt government functionaries and officials in the immediate past administration. Briefing newsmen Wednesday in Abuja, chairman of the caucus’ Media Committee Rep Rima Shawulu (PDP Taraba) said the way the anti-corruption crusade is being driven, […]
By Niyi Adeyi – The Nigerian Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has described as untrue, “utterly scurrilous and very misleading”, the report that over 150 people from Kukuwa-Gari village were shot dead by Boko Haram gunmen in Yobe State, while many others fleeing from the gunmen drowned in Yobe River in the mid-afternoon yesterday. The Military Wednesday […]
*Governor Commends Initiative In continuation of its efforts aimed at creating wider access to health care for less privileged Nigerians, Dangote Foundation at the weekend took free health care services to the door steps of the vulnerable and poor ones in Katsina state. Thousands of ailing people, including sickly elderly and malnourished children alike trooped […]
There is uncertainty over the health condition of ace comedian, Moses Olaiya, popularly known as Baba Sala, as he was rushed to the University College Hospital, Ibadan, late Monday for age-related ailment. Adejumo’s son, Emmanuel, on Tuesday told our correspondent that his father was taken to the hospital after initial treatment in an Ilesa hospital […]
*Insist Erring Staffers Must Be Sanctioned By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu – Against the backdrop of the lingering crisis in the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Enugu, members of the affiliate Joint Health Sector Union, (JOHESU) of the Hospital, have defended the Hospital’s management, threatening they will resist any attempt by anybody to drag the institution to the […]
