Category: Nigeria

THE Federal Government has declared Wednesday, 29th May 2019 as work-free day to mark the 2019 Presidential Inauguration. Minister of Interior, Lieutenant Gen. (Rtd.) Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Barrister Georgina Ehuriah, on Monday in Abuja. He congratulated President Muhammadu […]

• Stakeholders want NNPC commercialised• $5.94 billion oil, gas exported in one year As President Muhammadu Buhari, who doubles as the petroleum minister, completes his first term in office, stakeholders in the oil and gas sector have insisted that his performance in the sector is far below expectations. The stakeholders, who spoke to The Guardian […]

Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has urged the Federal Government to consider the comment by Olusegun Obasanjo, former president, on the rising insecurity in the country. The foremost playwright was speaking at an event organised by the United Bank of Africa to mark the 2019 Africa Day, in Lagos, on Wednesday. While delivering a lecture […]

Bars media not publishing, broadcasting daily Evidence of Income tax return now a prerequisite In what appears to be a shocker to news media in Nigerian, the National Assembly on Monday released new guidelines for accreditation of journalists. This is coming barely three weeks to the expiration of the 8th National Assembly and the Proclamation […]

Hero of June 12, Late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, the presumed winner of the 1993 Presidential Election, which was annulled by the military junta led by Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, rtd. Abiola later died in detention in controversial circumstances. The Federal Government has invited world leaders for the maiden June 12 Democracy Day celebration instead […]

says his regime planned to build five export-oriented refineries Petroleum minister explains why subsidy can’t be removed now, dismisses fear of looming fuel scarcity Former Military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, on Monday expressed hope that the modular refinery scheme would solve the problems rocking the Nigerian oil industry. He spoke at the second […]

Fayemi, Akeredolu, Oyetola others interrogate place of Yoruba in Nigeria; canvass revival of Ethnic Group’s dying legacies The Yoruba nation is considered a sophisticated ethnic group in the country. This is especially so when viewed from the post-independence era, when it was miles ahead of other regions in the area of commerce and industry, language […]

says its candidate will retrieve mandate in court Opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described as “reckless and groundless” claims by the All Progressives Congress, APC, that its Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, is a Cameroonian. It described the argument is a calculated attempt by the ruling party to trivialise and divert attention from the compelling […]

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on Saturday, said he has been vindicated in his submission that he has verifiable and incontrovertible evidence to show that the last presidential elections were fraudulent, not credible and did not reflect the will of the Nigerian people. He said the […]