President Buhari Appoints Araraume, Okadigbo, Kyari Into NNPC Board Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari has appointed 9 people into the board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. It can be recalled that the President ordered on Sunday, that the NNPC should be fully incorporated in line with Section 53(1) of the Petroleum Industry
Former govs, ex-ministers back Oyinlola As Wike throws weight behind Dan Orbih Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, and the Governor of Oyo State, Mr. Seyi Makinde, are set to clash in a battle for the control of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the race for the chairmanship
Spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has said heaven will not fall if a northerner is elected the next Nigerian President. Baba-Ahmed who said northerners are not second-class citizens of Nigeria, said that the north will not accept to serve as a second fiddle in 2023, when the region has the population
The All Progressives Congress in Oyo state has said that there is no space for the Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde to join the party. Dr AbdulAzeez Olatunde, the interim Publicity Secretary of the party, stated this while speaking to our correspondent in Ibadan on Sunday. He said while reacting to the statement made by
After much anticipation, the Kaduna State Local Government election eventually held in 19 out of 23 local government areas on Saturday, September 4, though not without some of the usual controversies that surround elections in Nigeria. TA day before the poll, the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission, chaired by Dr Saratu Dikko-Audu, announced the suspension
Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari has appointed 9 people into the board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. It can be recalled that the President ordered on Sunday, that the NNPC should be fully incorporated in line with Section 53(1) of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021, which requires the Minister of Petroleum Resources to cause
Asks court to void all NDDC’s projects outside Ilaje and Ese Odo LGs in the YEAR 2021 BUDGET Raises four issues for determination, seeks five prayers from the court An Ondo State-based Lawyer, Barr OMOTOLA ODUSOLA of Omolegbon Odusola & Co in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State has dragged the Niger Delta Development
A lecturer in the Department of History, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Dr Murtala Rufa’i, whose decade-long researches in rural economy brought him in contacts with bandits, speaks about their mode of operations, in this interview with ADENIYI OLUGBEMI You recently delivered a seminar paper titled ‘I am a bandit,’on campus. Why did you choose
Some financial experts however disagreed with the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria to prosecute the owner of AbokiFX, describing it as a waste of efforts and a deviation from the major problems of the foreign exchange market. The PUNCH had reported how CBN vowed to clamp down on abokiFX website, its owner
Popular rapper, Olanrewaju Ogunmefun, better known as Vector, recently bagged a chieftaincy title, Amuludun, in the Lafiaji community of Lagos Island. The Early Momo rapper in an interview with Sunday Scoop maintained that he didn’t pay to be given the chieftaincy title. He said, “Among other things, it feels good that I am appreciated for
