BY GODWIN OBI Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill, as well as Nigeria’s gas initiatives, will help transform Nigeria into a gas-based industrialized nation and create a better-managed petroleum industry with more value addition for both investors and Nigerians alike. Osinbajo stated this onContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong, has sent a high powered delegation led by Deputy Governor Sonny Tyoden to Ondo State to formally deliver the survivors of the unfortunate attack in Rukuba road Jos and convey condolences and apologies of the Government and people of Plateau State toContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Kanwan Katsina District head of Ketare Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara ‘mni’ has commended the newly elected officials of the Alumni Association of National Institute of policy and strategic studies (AANI) Kuru Jos for the smooth conduct of their election, and charged the Katsina state government to useContinue Reading
By Godwin Obi The Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) are considering whether to embark on industrial action, ahead of a planned meeting on Sunday. President of the association, Professor Ken Ozoilo, disclosed this to our correspondent on Friday in Abuja during an exclusive interview. This comes asContinue Reading
By Godwin Obi Kano State Government says it has recorded more than Six thousand cases of Cholera, since the outbreak of the disease in March, with 224 deaths recorded, across all the health facilities in the state. The Director of Public Health and Disease Control at the state’s health ministry,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Mrs Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, says the Federal Government has commenced the pilot phase of the National Vehicle Registry (VREG) project. Ahmed said this on Thursday in Abuja at a sensitisation seminar on understanding the process of VREG, adding that theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, asking it to remove the Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala -Buni and his deputy, Idi Gubana from office, and install Umar Iliya of the PDP as the state governor. The suit was predicatedContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI No fewer than 11 people who were kidnapped by bandits have escaped from the camp of their abductors in the outskirts of Sabon Birni town in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Careful checks by security agencies o Thursday reveal that the 11 hostages are aContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal government has approved over N4 billion for the fuelling of police vehicles across the Police Commands in all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi, revealed this at the presentation of a paper titled “Strategic Leadership Development: TheContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered Shell Petroleum Company to pay the sum of N45.9 billion to the people of Ogoni in Rivers State. Justice Ahmed Mohammed who gave the order on Wednesday held that the money must be paid within 21 days. TheContinue Reading