Peter Obi, vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019 presidential election, says people in power do not get told the truth. Obi spoke on Friday as a guest speaker at the first convocation of Chrisland University, Abeokuta. Speaking on ‘Creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship: A critical intersection for economic development in Africa’, Obi […]
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to ARCO Petroleum Group PLC, over the non-payment of terminal benefits and allowances of its members laid off in August 2016. PENGASSAN General Secretary, Comrade Lumumba Okungbawa and NUPENG’s Comrade Afolabi […]
Nigeria’s golden eaglets lost to Australia 2-1 in a dead rubber third group B match at the ongoing FIFA U-17 world cup at the Estadio Bezerrao in Brazil. A goal by Peter Olawale was not enough to overturn the brace from Australia’s Noah Botic, which ensured the first-ever win for the Aussies over Nigeria at […]
Oil trader Vitol has quit a consortium that was set to buy a stake in two Nigerian oil fields from Brazil’s Petrobras, its former partner said on Friday. Africa Oil said it would conclude the $1.5 billion purchase alone after Vitol and Delonex Energy pulled out of the deal to buy half of Petrobras Oil […]
There are strong indications that the Nigerian Army will not suspend Operation Positive Identification which began nationwide on Friday despite criticisms from the National Assembly and social-political groups including Afenifere and Pan Niger Delta Forum. This came just as the Federal High Court in Lagos fixed Tuesday for the hearing of the suit filed by […]
Barely three months after President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the closure of all land borders in the country, has the Federal Government said it has seized over N2.3tn worth of contraband as a result of the intensive joint border patrol by security agencies. The exercise, code-named Exercise Swift Response, is being coordinated by the Office of […]
The federal government said it is stopping the salaries of lecturers, especially members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), because of its rejection of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). This the government noted is in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive that all federal workers not captured in the IPPIS […]
African Development Bank Shareholders have approved 115 billion dollars capital increase to stimulate Africa’s development and growth. A statement issued by the bank said that the approval was given at an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting on Thursday in Abidjan. It said that the capital increase was the largest in the history of the bank since it […]
Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has explained why the operation ‘show your identity’ proposed by the Nigerian Army must commence despite public concerns. He said the operation is targeted at identifying fleeing Boko Haram members and other criminals. The army chief stated this on Thursday while facing a panel of the house committee […]
The Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers has urged House Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) to avert looming danger by stopping the sale of liquified petroleum gas otherwise known as cooking gas in filling stations in the country. The president of the association, Mr Nosa Ogieva-Okunbor, made the call while addressing the Deputy Chairman of […]