Center for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has urged the National Assembly to mainstream issues of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) into the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Mr David Anyaele, Executive Director, CCD made the appeal in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. READ ALSO:My life is in danger -Ajasin’s daughter, Jumoke Anifowose […]

…As FG halts its privatization …Begins repositioning process By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and is to invest a fresh N50 billion in the Nigerian Commodity Exchange (NCX), Abuja. The Governor of the CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this , Thursday at the Inaugural Meeting of the Steering Committee, […]

Room 028, the venue of the public hearing on the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB was thrown into pandemonium on Thursday following a fight by some members of the host communities of crude oil reserves in the Niger Delta.

*They know if I die my case will die naturally *Its a family issue, would be resolved— State party chairman Dayo Johnson Akure The daughter of the late former civilian governor of Ondo state and a former governorship aspirant of the All Progressive Congress, Mrs. Jumoke Anifowose has alleged that her life is in danger. […]

By Prince Okafor The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Thursday, said its downstream subsidiary, Petroleum Products Marketing Company, PPMC, recorded a total of N158.04 billion from the sales of white product in the month of October 2020. This is an increase of 92 percent, when compared to N80.15 billion recorded on the previous month of […]

By Perez Brisibe MANAGING Director of the Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission, Bashorun Askia Ogieh has described the father of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as a father of all Deltans. Pa Arthur Okowa according to reports, passed on yesterday after a brief illness. The DESOPADEC but as in a statement, Thursday, said: “I received […]

By Luminous Jannamike  ABUJA – A civil rights group, Concerned Nigerians, on Thursday, petitioned the Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court Hague, Netherlands, Mrs. Fatou Bensouda, to investigate, arrest and prosecute the immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (Rtd), for alleged crimes against humanity and the Nigerian people.  The group […]

…says Obasanjo nearly retired him as a Major By Emmanuel Okogba Immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd.) has said that the Nigerian Army will never remain the same due to his transformational leadership and landmark achievements. Buratai said this on Thursday when he was handing over to his successor, Maj. […]

The Federal Government says Amnesty International (AI) is becoming an irritant with disinformation and double standard and will soon lose its respect and credibility. The government said this position in response to the AI allegation of cover up in the handling of the purported crackdown and killings of EndSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos […]

Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc has announced the appointment of Mr. Okechukwu Mba as the new Managing Director of ANOH Gas Processing Company (AGPC) Limited, the Incorporated Joint Venture (“IJV”) between Seplat and the Nigerian Gas Company (“NGC”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (“NNPC”).