Day: September 19, 2021

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…

Nigerian govt must respect human rights to attain national unity – Gbajabiamila. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has given three conditions for a united Nigeria. Gbajabiamila said the federal government must be willing to guarantee and respect the fundamental rights of all citizens. He also said Nigerians must be free from want…