‘Indigenous participation key to petroleum development’
It is becoming the fad for Nigerian companies to go funds shopping in offshore exchanges; Lekoil recently jumped the band wagon. Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Lekan Akinyemi explains:
OSHODI-APAPA EXPRESSWAY: How illegal parking delays reconstruction – Official
DEPUTY Director, Federal Ministry of Works, Mr Godwin Eke, has said that illegal parking of trucks on Oshodi-Apapa Expressway is delaying reconstruction work on the road.
Granting amnesty to insurgents with totalitarian agenda is political suicide
The orgy of violence in the old Kanem Borno empire had become a threat to sovereignty of Nigerian state, and direct challenge to the authority and power of the Federal Government, as the insurgents had vowed to topple the democratic order by the use of force, to enthrone a theocratic state, based on Sharia’s jurisprudence.
US places $23m reward for Boko Haram leader, Shekau, 4 others
In an unprecedented move, the United States on Monday posted up to $23 million in rewards to help capture five leaders of militant groups which have spread terror in west Africa and Nigeria.
Corruption still constitutes 10% of operating costs
… Only two major projects worth over $20bn
Managing Director/Chief Executive, International Energy Services Limited, IESL, Dr. Diran Fawibe, has argued that high level corruption still constitute about 10 percent of production costs, which is compounded by the dearth of infrastructure, particularly power shortages.
Six killed in fresh violence in Plateau
By Taye Obateru & Hope Ofobike Jos – Six people have been killed in a fresh outbreak of hostilities between suspected Fulani herdsmen and natives in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. The attackers were said to have initially attacked Gwande in Manguna District of the Local Government on Saturday night killing two people. […]
