Nigeria is to supply 10 per cent of India’s crude oil requirements in the face of competing for the demand for the product from other countries. Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, dropped the ...
Read More »Federal Government withdrew graft charges against me to save face, says Danjuma Goje
Former Governor of Gombe State, Danjuma Goje has declared that the Federal Government withdrew corruption charges against him to save face. Goje, who withdrew from the Senate Presidency race shortly before the June 11, 2019 inauguration of the Ninth National ...
Read More »Kwara assembly investigates illegal acquisition of state owned property
The Kwara State House of Assembly has set a five-man Ad-Hoc Committee to probe illegal acquisition of government property by individuals in the state. This followed matter of general public importance on the sudden change of government-owned Tourist Kitchen to ...
Read More »Imo probes political appointees under former governor Rochas Okorocha
Imo State Governor Emeka Ihedioha has appointed Chief Eze Duruiheoma as Chairman of a five-man panel to investigate alleged corruption against former council chairmen and political appointees under former Governor Rochas Okorocha. Other members of the committee to probe Okorocha’s ...
Read More »El-Zakzaky, wife’s arraignment in court grounds business activities in Kaduna
Yoruba youths urge Shiites to stay away from Lagos Business activities were grounded, as several shops in Kaduna remained closed, while many people stayed indoors, following the arraignment of Shiites leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zinat at the ...
Read More »WHO declares emergency as Ebola outbreak in DRC spreads
Nigeria raises monitoring, surveillance at entry points, NCDC advises on prevention The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). ...
Read More »Senate charges donor agencies on accountability to IDPs, confirms rejected nominee under Saraki
The Senate has resolved to henceforth engage donor agencies that give humanitarian assistance to Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in the country to make commitments to accountability on their donations. It said it would do this through the National Planning Commission ...
Read More »You can’t shut Edo Assembly, Obaseki dares Reps, court refuses pro-Oshiomhole lawmakers access to complex
The Edo Government has insisted that the House of Representatives lacked the constitutional powers to shut the state House of Assembly. The Governor Godwin Obaseki administration was responding to a resolution of the lower chamber of the National Assembly ordering ...
Read More »Senate tasks govt on extension of nation’s continental shelf as court orders Switzerland to issue Nigeria $14m bond
The Senate has passed a resolution urging the Federal Government to redouble efforts towards extending the nation’s continental shelf. Citing Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Nigeria, had in May 2009, written ...
Read More »NADECO leader Opadokun backs protests for political justice in Nigeria
Leader of National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), Chief Ayo Opadokun, has called for street action to achieve political justice in the country. The political activist made the call while delivering a lecture on ‘Political Injustice’ at the 2019 National Civil Leadership ...
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