NATIONAL President, Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas, HOST ON, Chief Benjamin Benjamin Tamanarebi said it was insulting for the Senate and House of Representatives to cede only three and five per cent equity shareholding respectively to the oil and gas producing communities in the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, passed.

By Henry Umoru THE Presidency has described the passage of the complete version of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) which defied passage in previous assemblies over the last twenty years by the Senate as a jinx that has indeed been broken. In a statement Thursday by the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on […]

Photos of destructions have emerged following an attack on the Soka Ibadan residence of the Yoruba freedom fighter, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, allegedly carried out by gunmen dressed in military uniforms, which resulted in the death of not less than five people in the early hours of Thursday.

NIGERIAN Society of Chemical Engineers, NSChE, Edo/Delta States Chapter, has organized a virtual quiz competition for chemical engineering students with the University of Benin emerging as the winner. Chairman of the Edo/Delta chapter of NSChE, Engr. Ogheneovo Ememerurai who disclosed this in a statement noted that four out of the six chartered Students Chapters participated […]

By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja A bill seeking the extension of the service year of legislative staff from 60-65 years of age and from 35-40 years of service has debuted at the House of Representatives. Sponsored by the Chief Whip of the House, Hon. Mohammed Monguno, the bill is titled, “Harmonized retirement age of staff of legislative […]

Gov. Hope Uzodinma has presented an undisclosed amount of money in cheques to six families of deceased soldiers who lost their lives recently while on duty in Imo.

A former Aviation Minister Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has condemned in strong terms invasion of chief Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a Sunday Igboho’s home.

By Joseph Erunke ABUJA–THE Distribution of engagement letters and monitoring devices to 46 independent monitors in South East began Thursday in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, speaking at the event, according to a statement by her Special Assistant on Media, Nneka Ikem Anibeze,” reiterated […]

Unsplash / Christian Lue Despite the pandemic, African interest in property abroad didn’t drop in 2020. Conversely, it grew by a quarter, reports overseas property brokerage Tranio after analysing data based on around 1,000 enquiries from African customers over the last two years. Countries that were the most interested in foreign property and left most […]

By Oluwafemi Popoola Ever since Vice President Yemi Osinbajo assumed office after the historic 2015 election win, so much has been said on his integrity and personality which was the major selling point for the APC during their 2015 election campaign. Prof Osinbajo, the former Attorney General of Lagos State, and a Professor of Law […]

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – AS the drumbeat for 2023 gathers momentum, the Edo State Coordinator of Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT) 2023, Kingsley Ogini said the antecedents of Tinubu as governor of Lagos State, his roles in the fight to restore democracy in Nigeria in 1999 makes him the most qualified to clinch the […]

By Clifford Ndujihe IGBO professional and intellectual think-tank group, Nzuko Umunna, has called on the Federal Government to ensure a fair trial and fundamental human rights for the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Noting that the government is yet to provide details on the circumstances surrounding the “interception,” the […]

By Onozure Dania A Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court, Lagos has granted a chieftain of the defunct National Democratic Coalition, NADECO, Chief Ralph Obioha, and four others bail after their arraignment. The other defendants in the charge, include Olotu Monday, John Sunday, Dairo Olawale, and Ifeanyi Okereke. READ ALSO:N11.5bn fraud: We have no case to answer […]

Justice Peter Lifu of a Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun state, has sentenced one Oladipupo Akande, 27, to three years imprisonment for duping his customers the sumof N9,697,500

“This administration could have passed the PIB much earlier, but it wasted time trying to break it down into segments, including the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill, PIGB, before returning to the original plan of passing it as a single document.”