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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…]
By Emmanuel Akpati The former governor of Anambra State and the Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the next general election come 2023, His Excellency, Mr Peter Obi (Okwute Ndi Igbo) paid Ndi Ogbaru empathetic and sympathetic visit today following the devastation caused by the perennial flood which ravaged the people. These people incurred indescribable losses … [Read more…]
A total of N13,805,814,220 has been proposed for the payment of pensions to former Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Heads of State, Chiefs of General Staff, retired heads of service, permanent secretaries, as well as retired heads of government agencies and parastatals in the 2023 fiscal year. The beneficiaries include former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, as … [Read more…]
Tragedy struck yesterday evening at Auchi, Edo State, when some gunmen carried out a sudden attack on the home of Apostle Johnson Suleman of Omega Fire Ministry, killing two of his drivers, three policemen and one female house help. Another house help is reportedly missing. The attack was reportedly carried out at about 5pm by … [Read more…]
Nigeria’s former Minister for Power, Prof. Bart Nnaji, CON, NNOM, and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ikeazor Akaraiwe, will co-chair the 2022 Frontier Discourse Annual Public Lecture and Awards organized by the Southeast and Southsouth based magazine, The Pacesetter Frontier Magazine. This was made known by the Ag. Editor in Chief of the magazine, Daberechukwu … [Read more…]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) on Thursday confirmed the sales of Polaris Bank. This followed the completion of a Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) for the acquisition of a 100 percent stake in Polaris Bank by Strategic Capital Investment Limited (‘SCIL’). The House of Representatives had on … [Read more…]
Mr Bruce Fein, United States-born Special Counsel to the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has petitioned the US Senate and House of Representatives Committee Chairmen, seeking sanctions against President Muhammadu Buhari; and the Attorney General of Nigeria, Abubakar Malami, for the continued detention of Kanu against court judgement. The … [Read more…]
The South East Caucus in the Senate has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to obey the Appeal Court ruling that ordered the release of leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, having not found him guilty of treason charge brought against him. The caucus, in a statement, yesterday, advised the Federal Government against … [Read more…]