NNPC reduces joint venture indebtedness to $3.5bn
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday said that it has reduced joint venture cash call indebtedness to international oil companies to $3.5 billion.
Assets declaration charge: I didn’t confess to any crime, says Onnoghen
Former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, yesterday, berated the Federal Government for alleging that he confessed to the non-declaration of assets charge that resulted to his removal from office by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Kogi Police confirm kidnap of man, wife
Commissioner of Police in Kogi, Mr Hakeem Busari, yesterday, confirmed the kidnap of one Henshaw Ativie and his wife in the state on Sunday by unknown gunmen.
The order of things
SOMEONE recently circulated his thoughts about his personal philosophy of politics and the state of the nation in general. His name shall remain anonymous. His views are sadly typical of the cynical approach in which young people define the structure of our politics today. We quote him in full:
SENATE PRESIDENCY: Borno elders, Shettima divided over Lawan, Ndume
ABUJA—GOVERNOR Kashim Shettima of Borno State and elders of the state, yesterday, threaded parallel paths over who to support in the ongoing tussle for the 9th Senate presidency between Senator Ahmad Lawan (APC, Yobe North) and Senator Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South).
Why Nigerian varsities can’t compete globally — NUC
The National Universities Commission, NUC, yesterday claimed that universities in Nigeria could not compete globally because they had undermined quality, character moulding among other virtues.
