BY GODWIN OBI Socio-political commentator, Reno Omokiri, has knocked Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, for jettisoning his primary assignment as labour and employment minister to become spokesman for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Omokiri, who featured on television show, yesterday, claimedContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has, again, decried the dearth of effective political leadership in Nigeria. He said such effective leadership, when identified, should place service above self and work to secure enduring development for the people and the country. Wike made the observation at the inaugurationContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Muhammadu Buhari has urged political leaders to stay focused and uphold the ultimate objective of promoting interest of the country. “We’re Nigerians, God willing we remain Nigerians, and Nigeria shall remain one,’’ he declared He warned that self-centeredness that led to the loss of over aContinue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS There were strong indications, yesterday, that the peace moves between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, may have crumbled. This is as Wike supporters have accused Atiku of not showing good faith in the reconciliation process. AtikuContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) commitment to boost private sector operators appears to be bearing fruits as commercial banks’ lending to the sector has grown by N5 trillion in one year. According to data obtained from the CBN’s website, the banks’ credit to the sector inContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Ohanaeze Ndigbo has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to find a solution to the widespread security threats across the country rather than blame the South East for insecurity in the region. It said this in reaction to Presidency’s warning of South East leaders to speak more forcefully againstContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Muhammadu Buhari has okayed Seplat Energy Offshore Limited’s acquisition of Exxon Mobil shares. Buhari’s approval was contained in a statement by presidential aide Femi Adesina on Monday. “In his capacity as Minister of Petroleum Resources, and in consonance with the country’s drive for Foreign Direct InvestmentContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Few months after the senator representing President Muhammadu Buhari’s Katsina North Senatorial District, popularly known as Daura Zone, Ahmed Baba-Kaita dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to the major opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the House of Representatives member representing Daura-Sandamu-Mai’adua Federal Constituency, Fatuhu Muhammad hasContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Four years after the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency’s (NIMASA) acquired N50 billion modular floating dock, the asset has continued to decay at the Nigerian Naval Dockyard, Wilmot Point, Victoria Island, due to unfathomable neglect. Since arriving Nigeria in 2018, the floating dock has remained idleContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The statements by the Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo, that security challenge rocking Nigeria is a global phenomenon and not peculiar to Nigeria and that parents should plead with members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), who have been on strike for overContinue Reading