The future of PDP in Delta state
BY 2019 PDP would have governed Delta state for 20 unbroken years! This is a long time in power by a political party. Delta state is not the only state in this category. Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa state, Ebonyi, and Cross River states have this special record. By this token Delta state PDP with its long rule furnished all the governors, majority of the legislators, both federal and state and it has controlled majority of the local government councils.
Re-run elections: IG deploys AIG, three CPs to Rivers
IN a bid to ensure free and fair re-run elections in Rivers State and checkmate allegations of planned electoral violence, Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has directed the Assistant Inspector-General in charge Zone 6, Baba Bolanta, to relocate from Calabar, Cross River State, to Port Harcourt.
CBN to sell N1trn treasury bills in Q-2 2016
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday said it will sell treasury bills of N1.73 trillion in the second quarter of the year.
Wike lacks capacity to govern – Amaechi
Former Rivers State governor and Minister of Transportation Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has accused his successor, governor Nyesom Wike of lacking the political will and capacity to govern Rivers State.
Pupils fall out of school bus in Lagos
Two pupils of New Vine International School, Mushin, Lagos, were flung out of a moving bus driven by the Proprietor, Mr. Ekezie Augustine, at Costain Roundabout, on their way from the National Theatre, Iganmu.
Moving our oil industry forward
Penultimate weekend, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, announced that Nigeria would increase crude oil production to meet local demand but not for the international market.
China wants more of Nigeria’s oil
China has said it would need more crude oil exports from Nigeria, in spite of the recent changes in prices.
Ebonyi earmarks N250m to fight Lasa fever
Ebonyi State Government has earmarked over N250 million to fight Lassa fever epidemic in the state.
Fire razes company in Anambra
PROPERTY including machines, office equipment and raw materials worth over N10 billion was yesterday destroyed by a mystery fire incident that gutted Vin Val Industries Limited Harbour Industrial Estate Atani Road, Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Why GDP nosedived in Q-4 2015, by analysts
Following the dip in gross domestic products, GDP, for fourth quarter Q4, 2015 reported last week by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, analysts have delved into how and why the economy got to the declining year end.
Buhari, keep Nigeria off ISMAT!
THE announcement by President Muhammadu Buhari that Nigeria will join ISMAT, a Saudi-led military coalition of Sunni Muslim countries fighting rival Muslim factions in the Middle East is capable of destabilising Nigeria and unsettling its already seriously challenged unity in diversity. It is not only against the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, but more than that, it is liable to reduce Northern Nigeria and the nation a whole to a theatre of Muslim proxy wars as we see in Yemen, Syria, Libya and other countries.
