THE immediate past president of Nigerian Association for Energy Economics, NAEE, Professor Wumi Iledare, has cautioned the Presidency against allowing the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, play an advisory role to the government on oil and gas matters.

SAPELE— A heated row has broken out between Sapele- Okpe and Otonyasere communities, both in Sapele Local Government Area, Delta State, over the ownership of oil-rich Otonyasere village.

WE are horrified at the haste with which the authorities appear to have put the tragic events of Monday, July 22, 2019 behind them. On that day, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, in charge of operations at the Federal Capital Territory Command, Usman Umar, was shot in the head and he died instantly.

GOVERNOR Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State, yesterday, disclosed that South-West governors would launch a security architecture that would combat insecurity in the region.

The  President, Nigerian Society of Engineers NSE, Kunle Mokuolu, has charged environmental engineers to tackle the  challenges of open defecation and indiscriminate parking of trucks causing Apapa gridlock and road degeneration.

AXA Mansard Insurance Plc has  opened a new outlet at FESTAC Festival Mall aimed at fostering closer relationship with its clients in FESTAC and environs.

Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas (HOSCON), has disclosed that the Federal Government is currently working with oil-producing communities in the country to review the template for the payments of the 13 per cent derivation of revenue generated from oil and gas directly to host communities.

RESIDING Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission, TREM, Bishop Mike Okonkwo said, yesterday, that traditional rulers and state governors should be held responsible for kidnappings in the country.

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, IEI-Anchor Pension Managers Limited, Mr. Glory Etaduovie has said that the ongoing data recapturing exercise of pension contributors and retirees by the Pension Fund Administrators, PFAs, nationwide will protect pension clients against cyber crime and other fraudulent intents and activities.

OMOYELE Sowore, the arrowhead of #RevolutionNow was clamped before the revolution could be televised on August 5. The DSS has since secured a 45-day detention order from Justice Taiwo Taiwo (Sowemimo jailed Awolowo in 1962!) while it looks for evidence to prosecute Sowore whom it already accused of a crime he was arrested for before he could carry it out.

banker By Evelyn Usman A banker with one of the first generation banks has committed suicide in his apartment in Victoria Island, Lagos, after drinking an insecticide and leaving his wife a note that says “you married the wrong man.” 300 level ABU student commits suicide over ‘lack of parental love’(Opens in a new browser tab) […]

After a few years honing his craft as an underground musician, popular dance-hall music singer, Patrick Nnaemeka Okorie, a.k.a Patoranking hit the limelight when he released ‘Alubarika’, featuring Timaya. Since then, he has continued to soar higher in his music-making craft.

Mbaka By Chinedu Adonu ENUGU—Founder of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has debunked a viral social media report that he prophesied doom in Aso Rock on October 1. Fr Mbaka planned his own assassination attempt – Catholic Group(Opens in a new browser tab) The priest, who made this known in a statement made […]

Lagos State Government has warned residents of state owned housing estates to desist from modifying or altering the approved designs of structures in the residential estates.

The importance of housing as a basic need to man, cannot be over emphasised. But to make housing available to people requires an effective mortgage system for funding housing in any country , just as the country’s economy must be sound to support the country’s housing needs.