Port Harcourt Refinery • Community leaders lament local content violation, N2m bribe per job slot • NNPC silent as stakeholders raise concerns over profitability, refinery project Despite being shut down, there are indications that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) may have left over N136 billion as operational deficits across its three refineries in […]
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By Abdu Rafiu Predictably, as the dust of political contestation is gradually being kicked up, strange things start to occur. This is even when the gladiators are warming up and rehearsing. As of now, consultations are going on. So are negotiations. The real battle is around the corner. The hustings will start in the next […]
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APC presidential campaign council for inauguration soon Governors to take preeminence Support groups to remain independent By Banji Ayoola A former envoy and the South-west Zonal Director General of the Asiwaju Tinubu/Shettima Coalition for Good Governance, (ATSCGG.), Ambassador Sola Iji, on Wednesday described the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC.), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu […]
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The National Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria has sought audience with the Federal Government over the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The association is also proposing the payment of N10, 000 per session for each parent to assist government in making more funds available for universities. NAPTAN’s Public Relations Officer, Dr. Ademola […]
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Photo/Facebook/TheAsoVilla President Muhammadu Buhari reportedly warned recently that Nigeria cannot afford another civil war. He is quite right. And, having fought in the 1967-70 war he cannot but know that war is not ‘‘a dinner party.’’ However, the president has not said anything new: Kaduna State governor Nasir el-Rufai voiced a similar warning early August […]
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The accident Motorists plying Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, yesterday, urged the Federal Government to expedite action on the project awarded to Julius Berger Nigeria and Reynolds Construction Company Limited (RCC) at a sum of N167 billion, equivalent to $838,986,290 with a tentative delivery date of 2021. The call followed agonising traffic commuters and motorists experience daily, occasioned […]
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National Secretary, Labour Party (LP), Umar Farouk Ibrahim (left); Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi; and National Chairman, Julius Abure, during the reception of former Anambra State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate, Valentine Ozigbo, into LP in Lagos…yesterday Receives Ozigbo, others The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, yesterday, declared that the […]
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Finance minister, Zainab Ahmed Query govt’s inability to account for $3.4billion SDR Fund Stakeholders at the African Conference on Debt and Development (AFCODD) have raised concerns about Nigeria’s rising debt profile as the country’s debt stock stood at $100billion as of March 2022. A breakdown by the Debt Management Office (DMO) revealed that as at […]
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Experts kick against five-year advance payment for renewing licences NBC cannot padlock the air, insists Akinfeleye It’s too expensive, BON scribe says Fees not exorbitant, charges minimal, Ilelah clarifies Though the National Broadcasting Commission’s (NBC) deadline for payment of debts owed by broadcast houses, amounting to N2.66 billion, is today, stakeholders in the industry have, […]
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Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Sunday Dare (left); President Muhammadu Buhari; Chairman of the Presidential Committee on the Football 10-year Development Masterplan, Ibrahim Galadima and NFF’s First Vice President, Seyi Akinwunmi, during the presentation of the document at the State House, Abuja… yesterday. Photo: Philip Ojisua Directs Ministry to implement football 10-year masterplan Document […]
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