The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation/National Petroleum Investment Management Services ((NNPC/NAPIMS) and Total Upstream Nigeria Limited with partners- CNOOC, SAPETRO and PRIME- have collaborated to support people living with HIV in Lagos with bags of palliatives within the period of the ...
Read More »Yoruba elders canvass geopolitical restructuring, states should be innovative, says economist
As the nation witnesses the plummeting of crude oil prices, Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE) has said that geopolitical restructuring is imperative, urging the Federal Government to give grants to small-scale enterprises to remain afloat after the coronavirus disease. Meanwhile, ...
Read More »Ohanaeze, Okorie call for national emergency
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, and former National Chairman of the defunct United Progressives Party (UPP), Chief Chekwas Okorie, have called for national emergency to navigate out of the present health and economic crisis wreaked by coronavirus. They insisted ...
Read More »Adebanjo, Isuwa, others want country restructured
A Chieftain of Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has said the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has really exposed the weaknesses of the governing structure in Nigeria and ineptitude of elected officers to manage the country. Adebanjo, while reacting to the ...
Read More »Yakasai flays calls for true federalism, wants agriculture to replace crude oil
Elder statesman, Tanko Yakasai, has described renewed calls for true federalism in the country as uncalled for in the prevailing circumstances. He expressed concern over the fall in the price of crude oil, which is the mainstay of the economy, ...
Read More »Niger Delta groups insist on restructuring as oil price falls
As the price of crude oil crashes in the international market due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), groups in southern Nigeria, especially the Niger Delta, have called for immediate restructuring of the country. Publicity Secretary of the Pan Niger Delta ...
Read More »Restructuring will save Nigeria after COVID-19, Middle Belt Forum declares
Nigeria can come out stronger from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), if it commences restructuring and battle forces of insecurity that are unleashing bloodshed across the land. President of the Middle Belt Forum (MBF), Dr. Pogu Bitrus, said this against the ...
Read More »Perm sec regrets impact of extortion on delivery of COVID-19 palliatives
The Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, has regretted the alleged extortion of transporters nationwide by security agents, stating that the development was obstructing seamless delivery of relief materials to mitigate the impact ...
Read More »Military attacks Boko Haram hideouts in Borno, kills several insurgents
The military yesterday said the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole had destroyed Boko Haram locations at Bulawa on the fringes of the Sambisa Forest in Borno State. The air strikes were executed on April 21 2020 following intelligence ...
Read More »Adamawa bars journalists from seat of power over coronavirus as Runsewe warns govs against attacking journalists
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has banned reporters from the Adamawa State Government House, Yola for fear of infesting employees with the dreaded coronavirus. The embargo comes in the wake of the index case three days ago in the North East state ...
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