peterside Dr Dakuku Peterside, the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in the April 2015 election in Rivers State has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his courage in fast-tracking the long expected implementation of the United Nations Environmental Programme, UNEP, on the environmental restoration of Ogoniland in Rivers State. Peterside, who spoke in Abuja, the…
Month: August 2015
Please Leave Me Alone—Akpabio Warns Blackmailers
The immediate past Governor of Akwa Ibom State and present Minority Leader of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has vehemently refuted story making the rounds in the media that he is unhappy with his successor, Udom Emmanuel, for alleged wastage of public funds in attending the just concluded AKISAN Convention in the United States of America.…
NNPC Fires 8 Directors
Reports reaching us show that eight Group Executive Directors, GEDs, of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, have been sacked. The termination of their appointment came barely 24 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari approved the appointment of Ibe Kachikwu as the Group Managing Director of NNPC. In March 2014, former President Goodluck Jonathan appointed all the…
Buhari's 'Change' Anthem: The Place Of Women, Children And The President's Wife
The change mantra of the All Progressives Congress at the 2015 general election may have indeed earned President Muhammadu Buhari and his political party victory at the polls, yet the principle of governance goes beyond mere celebrations and takeover of political power, it is also not just about who gets what position or appointment, but…
Stop Illegal Mining Henceforth—FG Warns
The Federal Government has given a stern warning to those involved in illegal mining in the country, stressing that this will no longer be tolerated. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday that President Muhammadu Buhari has decided to go tough…
NCC Gets New Boss
President Buhari has approved the appointment of Professor Umaru Garba Danbatta as the new Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC. A statement on Tuesday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed that Prof Danbatta takes over from Dr Eugene Juwah, whose tenure…
Buhari Appoints Kachikwu As NNPC Boss
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu as the new head of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. Until now, Kachikwu was the Executive Vice Chairman of ExxonMobil Africa. He is to take over the leadership of the country’s petroleum body from Joseph Darwa. Kachikwu is a trained lawyer and publisher of the…
Diezani Madueke, Oshiomhole And The Stolen $6b Nigeria’s Oil Revenue, By Obinna Akukwe
Diezani Madueke, Nigeria’s former oil minister is the person the entire watchers in the oil industry, including the international community, government officials, oil magnets and friends of Jonathan believe as the super minister that stole Nigeria’s $6.2 billion as revealed by Adams Oshiomhole, Edo State Governor. President Buhari of Nigeria had travelled to the US…
Me, A Debtor?—Abike Dabiri Fumes
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has debunked reports that she owes Diamond Bank Plc the sum of N122 million as claimed by a newspaper report on Tuesday. In her response on Twitter on Tuesday to the reports, the former member of the House of Representatives said she must have been a victim…
5 Places Where Cameras Are Banned In Nigeria, By Adeniyi Ogunfowoke
Hanging around the neck of the traveller was a very sophisticated Nikon camera. Excited to be in Nigeria, the tourist took snapshots of his favourite scenery wherever he went. All he wanted to do was create postcards for family and friends with these pictures as ‘proof’ of a time well spent on a long deserved…