A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, issued an arrest warrant against the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, believed to be residing in the UK. Justice Bolaji Olajuwon granted the request, after counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Farouk Abdullah, made an oral application. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) … [Read more…]
I am passionate about the rapid development of Nigeria, starting with AlaIgbo because of the structural problems it has faced since the end of the Nigerian Civil War in 1970 and also because of its enormous technological and economic potential. If the 188-megawatt Geometric Power Plant in Aba or the Aba Power distribution firm in … [Read more…]
AS part of this year’s project for girl-child empowerment, the Rotary Club of Lagos Island, District 9110 has commenced the vaccination of 2,000 girls against cervical cancer. Speaking during the investiture ceremony of the 7th President of Rotary Club of Lagos Island, Anant Sabat, the District Governor, Omotunde Lawson, said: “We will empower and enlighten … [Read more…]
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, yesterday, told the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar not to expect the party in Rivers State to campaign and vote for him in the 2023 elections. The governor, who spoke while inaugurating Rivers State PDP Campaign Council in Port Harcourt, accused Atiku of … [Read more…]
WORRIED by the devastating effects of flood in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Water Resources to lead and coordinate with the Ministries of Environment and Transportation as well as state governments to develop a comprehensive plan of action for flood disaster preventing in Nigeria. Th ultimatum was made known via … [Read more…]
Rishi Sunak is set to become the UK’s latest Prime Minister this week, replacing the country’s shortest-serving leader of all-time, Liz Truss. He will become the third person to lead the country in seven weeks, and the fifth since 2016. It means yet more turnover at the heart of government – Boris Johnson and Truss … [Read more…]
The Host Organizing Committee for the 2022 Frontier Discourse Annual Public Lecture Series and Awards of The Pacesetter Frontier Magazine has announced plans to host a conversation for governorship candidates as a part of the public lecture. The announcement was contained in a brief statement by the secretary of the Host Organizing Committee, Uchechukwu Lawrencia. … [Read more…]
It was gathered that the $2.9bn approved for refineries’ rehabilitation was being released in phases but the plan is to have the facilities fixed with this fund. In March 2021, the Federal Executive Council approved the plan by the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources to rehabilitate the Port Harcourt Refinery with $1.5bn. The decision was … [Read more…]
The Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi has said that the country ought to have declared flood disaster emergency in some areas of the country. Obi who paused his National Presidential Campaign to enable him empathize with the victims of the flood disaster in some states of the federation has visited Benue, Bayelsa and Anambra … [Read more…]
Although the Federal Government has approached the Supreme Court to set aside the discharge and acquittal of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, by the Court of Appeal, the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo believes there is still room for political solution. The report reliably gathered that the President General of the … [Read more…]
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has donated N100 million to flood victims in Kano State. He announced the largesse during a dinner party organised in his honour by the business community. He explained that the donation was intended to alleviate the sufferings of victims in the affected local government … [Read more…]
As Nigeria prepares for the next civilian-to-civilian democratic transition in 2023, for the sixth time since 1999, one of Nigeria’s pillars of democracy and undisputable fathers of Nigerian constitutionalism, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, is absent from the political scene. At a time when his presence is most required due to the decisive nature of the next … [Read more…]