Gridlock: Sanwo-Olu seeks synergy with NIMASA to decongest Apapa
By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has stressed the need for collaborative efforts with management of the Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency, NIMASA, and stakeholders to decongest the perennial gridlock in Apapa and environs. Recall that Sanwo-Olu, on February 1, 2021, established a Special Traffic Management and Enforcement Compliance Team to tackle […]
We won’t be intimidated by your delay tactics, host communities warn SEEPCO
Agge Federated Communities of the Kou Kingdom in Bayelsa and Delta states, have warned the management of Sterling Oil Exploration & Energy Production Company Limited, SEEPCO, that they would not be intimidated by the delay tactics of the company to evade full implementation of the Global Memorandum of Understandin (GMoU) it entered with them on […]
COVID-19: Nigeria may not access vaccines if… — Dr Ifeanyi, Public Health Analyst
By Chioma Obinna LAST weekend, the World Health Organisation, WHO denied the purported media report of the disqualification of Nigeria from the vaccine through the Pfizer-BioNTech COVAX facility. Nigeria will now benefit from the 16 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine allocation. However, criticism trails Nigeria’s exclusion as the 100,000 doses of Pfizer vaccines expected […]
Anambra 2021: We‘ll soon expose those masquerading as PDP aspirants – Okonkwo
By Vincent Ujumadu A GOVERNORSHIP aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the November 6, 2021, election in Anambra State, Dr. Obiora Okonkwo said today that the party would soon expose those masquerading as governorship aspirants of PDP, when they were in fact, working for other political parties. Speaking in an […]
Farmers/Herders clash: Implement assembly recommendations, former lawmaker urges Gov Abiodun
Mr Job Akintan, a former lawmaker in Ogun, has appealed to Gov. Dapo Abiodun to implement recommendations of the state 5th Assembly on crisis between farmers and herders in the state. Akintan, a former Minority Leader in the Ogun House of Assembly, made the appeal in a statement in Abeokuta on Tuesday. He said that the implementation […]
We must resist attempts to destroy unity of Nigeria – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday appealed to Nigerians to resist any attempt to destroy the unity that the citizens had lived and worked together for. Osinbajo made the appeal during the revalidation of his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), at ward 1, Unit 3, Egunrege, Ikenne, in Ikenne Local Government Area of […]
FG sets below $10pb production cost target for oil industry
…Unions kick against cut in wages By Obas Esiedesa The Federal Government has set a target of $10 or less per barrel production cost for Nigeria’s oil industry. The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, who spoke on Tuesday at the launch of the Nigerian Upstream Cost Optimisation Programme, NUCOP, said it has become […]
Stop playing politics with projects – NDDGG tells Wike
By Davies Iheamnachor The Network for Defense of Democracy and Good Governance, NDDGG, has urged Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State to stop playing politics with execution of projects in the state. NDDGG also said it has unravelled a plot to frame up Sobomabo Jackrich, NDDGG and KUF (Kengama Unity Forum) with trumped up allegation […]
Nigeria now well equipped to forecast flood, mitigate effects, says CSSTE boss, Agbaje
By Joseph Erunke THE Executive Director, Centre for Space Science and Technology Education, CSSTE, Dr. Ganiyu Agbaje, Tuesday, said Nigeria has improved on its possession of requisite equipment’s to better forecast flood, thereby mitigating the effects. To this end, he expressed optimism that the negative socioeconomic impacts of flooding in the country would henceforth be […]
Northern Governors to revive Ahmadu Bello legacies — Gov Lalong
The Chairman, Northern Governors Forum and Plateau Gov. Simon Lalong, on Tuesday said the forum would revive the legacies of the late Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello. The governor stated this while receiving the leadership of the Kaduna State Polytechnic Alumni, led by it National President, Mr Abbas Adamu, at the Government House, […]
Shun planned #OccupyLekkiTollGate – APC, Sanwo-Olu’s aide urge residents
By Olasunkanmi Akoni The All Progressives Congress, APC, Lagos State and Chief Press Secretary to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Mr Gboyega Akosile, have urged residents of the state to disregard calls for the planned protest by some individuals, slated for Saturday, February 13, 2020, against the reopening of the Lekki tollgate in the state shut in […]
