Nigerian Oil Minister Elected Alternate President Of OPEC
Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke has been elected as Alternate President of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) for one year, at the 164th meeting of…
Dear President, Before You Send Social Media Critics/Bloggers To Kirikiri Prison
Dear President, Before You Send Social Media Critics/Bloggers To Kirikiri Prison Your Excellency, President Goodluck Ebele Azikwe Jonathan GCFR, I Salute you Sir. I hope you will take this article…
Mandela And Nigeria
Not a whole lot of positive news rushes out of Nigeria – especially lately, but one of the things we got absolutely right was our determined leadership and our drive…
The Nerve of Kaita, The Shame of Mohammed
The Nerve of Kaita, The Shame of Mohammed In the last few days the following contributions from two eminent personalities have inflammed passions and been the topic of heated debate…
Editorial: Time to scrap excess crude account
The needless controversy and familiar disagreements between the executive and legislative arms of government over budget oil price benchmark that has delayed the 2014 budget presentation is needless, if not…
‘He is now at peace’: Nelson Mandela dead at 95
Nelson Mandela, the revered South African anti-apartheid icon who spent 27 years in prison, led his country to democracy and became its first black president, died Thursday at home. He…
UNIPORT Announces Resumption, to Begin Lectures Next Monday
The University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has heeded the Federal Government order for all federal universities to suspend the ongoing industrial action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).…
Fayose: EFCC Alleges Threats To Witnesses
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday raised the alarm over threats to its witnesses slated to give evidences against former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose in…
FG Determined to Accelerate Socioeconomic Development in the North-East
The Federal Government is currently evolving an intervention programme specifically targeted at accelerating the pace of socioeconomic development in the North-East, President Goodluck Jonathan has said. Speaking in Gombe on…
Jonathan Heads to Paris for Peace and Security Summit
President Goodluck Jonathan will leave Abuja tonight for Germany en-route to Paris, France where he is scheduled to participate in the Summit on Peace and Security in Africa — alongside…