Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has called on oil companies to respect the memoranda of understanding signed with host communities to ensure peaceful and productive operations. He spoke Saturday at the Government House Port Harcourt during a courtesy visit by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Silva, theContinue Reading
Millions of Nigerians living in coastal and riverine communities across the country are bracing up for further flooding following the September 14 warning by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NHSA) that tougher days were around the corner. Many have already fled their homes, not wanting to be caught napping, accordingContinue Reading
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has insisted that there is no crack in the presidency. The Governor said any claim to the contrary exists only in the realm of gossips and rumours. Report emerged that President Muhammadu Buhari had directed Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to, henceforth, seek presidential approvalsContinue Reading
The All Progressives Congress has accused the opposition Peoples Democratic Party of being behind the recent 2023 campaign posters of some chieftains of the ruling party. The APC dissociated itself and its members whose names and images appeared on the posters, saying the PDP circulated them to achieve a failedContinue Reading
A United Kingdom court has granted the Federal Government leave to appeal the judgment that asked Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID) Limited to seize $9.6bn in Nigerian assets. The P&ID secured the damages against Nigeria following a failed Gas Supply Project Agreement (GSPA) contract between it and the Federal MinistryContinue Reading
Former French President Jacques Chirac, who led France from 1995 to 2007, has died at the age of 86, his family said. Energetic, engaging and passionate, Chirac had been at the centre of French politics for nearly half a century and had dealings with every world leader since Leonid Brezhnev ruled theContinue Reading
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has said the state would sustain its enviable position as the nation’s number one investors’ choice for a long time to come because his administration is consciously working to retain that status. According to him, the state with its rich human and natural endowmentsContinue Reading
Aliko Dangote, president of the Dangote Group and chief sponsor of the Dangote Foundation, says he wants to be like Bill Gates and try to give a chunk of his wealth to charity in the next few years. Bill Gates, the world richest man for 18 years, and his wifeContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday joined his Zambian and Ethiopian counterparts in calling for unity among African countries to demand unconditional repatriation of assets stolen from the continent. The call came at a high-level event on Illicit Financial Flows held on the sidelines of the ongoing 74th United Nations GeneralContinue Reading
Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister has reacted to remark by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo on being probed for allegedlly collecting N90bn from Federal Inland Revenue Services, FIRS, for 2019 election. Fani-Kayode dared Osinbajo to prove his mettle as a man by resigning and facing the former Deputy spokesperson ofContinue Reading
