President Jonathan, Execute a Survival Benefit and Support System for Police Families
Mr. President, as you and your administration face a Nigeria submerged in the Boko Haram uproar in the North, kidnapping upheaval in the South, militancy hullabaloo in the Niger Delta,…
Electronic fund transactions hit N80b daily, says CBN
The total value of electronic funds transfer in Nigeria has risen to N80 billion per day, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said. This, according to the apex bank…
Editorial: The New Policy on Private Jets
Without doubt, the new aviation policy that bars private jet owners from flying friends and associates on their aircraft, while companies with private jets are permitted to carry only employees…
Fashola: Porting From Admirable Achievements to Peeving Policies
Nigeria has 36 federating states with one man atop the governance of each. I admire a few of them for their courage, diligence, forthrightness, hardwork, vision among other delectable traits…
I never Met Amnesty Committee — Kabiru Sokoto,
Suspected mastermind of the Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State, Kabiru Umar (better known as Kabiru Sokoto) has denied ever holding a meeting with members…
NNPC Unveils $16bn Gas Infrastructure Investment Opportunity
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has outlined a comprehensive gas infrastructure development programme projected to attract an industry-wide investment outlay of over $16bn within the next four years. Providing…
Governors Forum Warn Against State of Emergency in Northern States
The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) has called on the Federal Government to ignore the ongoing agitation for a state of emergency in some parts of the country. Gov. Rotimi Amaechi,…
DPR Dismisses Reports of Substandard Gas
The Directorate of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has dismissed report of existence of killer gas in the market just as the stakeholders in the gas industrial sub sector have expressed the…
South-South PDP Backs Jonathan for 2015
Ahead of the 2015 presidential elections, stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-South have thrown their weight behind President Goodluck Jonathan, and they have called on members…
Jonathan/Amaechi Faceoff: Court Orders Police to Vacate Obio/Akpor Secretariat
A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has ordered the police to vacate the Obior/Akpor Local government secretariat in Rivers State, Nigeria. The court gave the directive on Monday morning.…