President Buhari Appoints Araraume, Okadigbo, Kyari Into NNPC Board 

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 Act 2021, which requires the Minister of Petroleum Resources to cause for the incorporation of the NNPC Limited within six months of commencement of the Act in consultation with the Minister of Finance on the nominal shares of the Company.   POLITICS NIGERIA gathered that

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Atiku Abubakar, Seyi Makinde, back Jegede in PDP chairmanship race

 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 of the main opposition party gets tougher, THISDAY has learnt. THISDAY gathered that before the alliance between Makinde and Wike collapsed, the two governors were backing the former governor of Osun State, Col. Olagunsoye Oyinlola (rtd) as the next national chairman of the party Investigation

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Heaven Won’t Fall If Another Northerner Is Elected President – NEF Spokesman

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 to go to the first position and win. He said this weekend delivering a keynote address at the maiden Maitama Sule Leadership Lecture Series organized by the students wing of Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. He said, “The

No space for Governor Seyi Makinde in our party — Oyo APC

  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 the Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode after joining the APC, that he is wooing Makinde and some other Governors to the APC. Azeez noted that the APC has raised the bar of governance in Oyo state adding that the party doesn’t want people

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How e-voting machine works in Kaduna LG poll

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 of the poll in four local governments, Birnin Gwari, Chikun, Kajuru and Zango-Kataf, citing security concerns. The September 4 election was the second council election since the coming of the All Progressives Congress government to Kaduna State in 2015. The exercise recorded low voter turnout,

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Buhari Appoints Akinyelure, Kyari, others Into new incorporated 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 Act 2021, which requires the Minister of Petroleum Resources to cause for the incorporation of the NNPC Limited within six months of commencement of the Act in consultation with the Minister of Finance on the nominal shares of the Company. POLITICS NIGERIA gathered that President Buhari has approved the appointment of the Board and Management of

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Lawyer drags NDDC to court, seeks exclusion of 16 LGs of Ondo State from NDDC’s projects

 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 Commission (NDDC) to a Federal High Court in Akure to challenge the validity or lawfulness of the action of the NDCC (1st defendant) in allocating projects of the commission to other local governments area of Ondo State which according to him are not part of

Bandits are sophisticated money launderers, use drones, CCTV for surveillance – Sokoto varsity don, Dr Rufa’i

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 such a topic, knowing how sensitive the issue of banditry is in the country at this time?   Before I arrived at the topic of my presentation, I sought legal opinions and interpretation of that particular title. I consulted legal practitioners and experts on the

Naira crisis: Pursuing Aboki FX, a waste of efforts, Utomi tells CBN

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 and patrons.   According to the experts who spoke to Sunday PUNCH on the development, the devaluation of the naira was not primarily caused by sites like AbokiFX but policies and impulsive decisions of the apex bank, as well as the failure of agencies saddled

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I didn’t pay for chieftaincy title –Vector

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 bringing more positive attention to Lagos Island within my community. A Yoruba adage says ‘charity begins at home.’ It is a blessing to be recognised in one’s home.” Asked if he paid for the title, he said, “No, that wasn’t my experience. I was summoned

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