AVENGERS TO BUHARI: Continue with N-East oil exploration, no export from N-Delta
NIGER-DELTA Avengers, NDA, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari was free to step up oil exploration in the North East, but should forget about export of a drop of crude oil from the Niger Delta.
Embattled Kogi Speaker resigns
THE protracted leadership crisis rocking Kogi State House of Assembly, which started in November 2015, was yesterday resolved with the resignation of the embattled Speaker, Alhaji Momoh-Jimoh Lawal of the G-15 group, paving way for election of Umar Imam as Speaker.
Cybersecurity: ICT sector’s new headache
With the overall cost of cyber-attacks pegged globally at $400 billion in 2015 and with the growing frequency and intensity of threats, the need to pro-actively address cybersecurity threats has become critically important.
MEND warns Burutai, says he’s stoking crisis
THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, last night, cautioned the Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Tukur Burutai, to stick to his principal responsibility and stop making political and inciting statements.
Revealed: NASS padded 2016 budget with N481bn
Despite strident denials by top officials of the National Assembly, it has been discovered that the legislators padded the 2016 budget to the tune of N481 billion.
Controversy trails Mikel’s appointment as Team Nigeria captain
The announcement by the Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Barrister Solomon Dalung that John Obi Mikel is captain of Team Nigeria to the Rio Olympics, has raised a lot of dust in Nigerian sports circles.
