Author: Olabanji Ayoola

Ogoni want payment to HYPREP halted over failure to implement UNEP report Some oil-bearing communities in Ogoniland under the aegis of Ogoni Liberation Initiative (OLI) have urged Federal Government to partner international agencies towards expediting cleanup of Ogoniland in line with recommendations of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Report. The group also advised President […]

Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum (right); his Kaduna counterpart, Nasir el-Ruufai; President Muhammadu Buhari and Chairman, Oriental Energy, Dr. Muhammadu Indimi, during the commissioning of Muhammadu Indimi Centre for Distance Learning at the University of Maiduguri …yesterday Motivates troops in final campaign against insurgency President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, in Maiduguri, Borno State, said more cooperation […]

FG to pay N129b subsidy as DisCos remits N130b The Service-Based Tariff (SBT) introduced by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has in the second quarter of the year, pushed electricity consumption in the country to N259.7 billion although improvement in service remains dismal. While the tariff was increased last year on the promise that […]

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has expressed displeasure over President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to delay and eventually withhold of assent to the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2021. The NBA, in a statement by its President, Olumide Akpata, said Buhari’s decision was a negation of his pledge to improve the nation’s electoral process. It urged the […]

As the Christmas and New Year celebrations kick off few hours away, prices of food are marginally on the increase, compounding challenges of the resource-poor citizens. A survey showed that prices of rice, vegetable oil, eggs, chicken (live and dressed), yam and whole grain wheat, among others, have increased marginally in the last three months, […]

• NNPC, Shell, other spills worth N2.8b in months • Experts question integrity of oil infrastructure as failure persist • IOCs must be forced to clean up as they divest, stakeholders demand As International Oil Companies (IOCs) are planning to divest from Nigeria, concerns are beginning to mount over growing cases of oil spillage in […]

Oba Enitan Ogunwusi and wife Olori Silekunola Ooni still loves his Olori Silekunola – Palace She cannot re-marry without necessary ritual cleansing, says prominent Ifa priest Elebuibon It appears a sad end of an era and perhaps a new dawn for Queen Silekunola Naomi, now estranged wife of Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, […]