Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, says it is cheaper for Nigeria to import petrol its uses than producing it in the country’s refineries at the moment. Kachikwu made this known while addressing journalists in Abuja. According to him, until the upgrade and total refurbishment of the refineries are concluded, as well…
Former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, HoS, Stephen Oronsaye, will appear before Justice O. O Goodluck of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, March 15, 2016. He will be arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on fresh two counts of corruption and obtaining by false pretence.…
President Muhammadu Buhari has unreservedly condemned Sunday’s terrorist attack on the Grand Bassam Resort in Cote D’Ivoire. In a telephone call to President Alassane Ouattara after the attack, President Buhari conveyed the sympathy of the Federal Government and people of Nigeria to the people of Cote D’Ivoire as they mourn their compatriots and foreign visitors…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday night arrived country of his host, Equatorial Guinea for a 2-day state visit. Buhari touched down Malabo, the country’s capital on Monday, after he left Abuja, Nigeria earlier in the day. He was received in Malabo by President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, at the…
Dikko Radda has been appointed as the Director-General of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria, SMEDAN. Radda’s appointment was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari. A statement from the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawan, disclosed that the appointment is for a period of five years and it…
Former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, on Monday sought an injunction against an online news medium, Sahara Reporters, and its publisher, Omoyele Sowore. The former guber candidate of the PDP in Lagos asked an Ikeja High Court in Lagos to grant its application because the defendants failed to show up in court. Obanikoro…
Former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Raymond Temisan Omatseye, will know his fate come Monday, May 9, 2016. This is because Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia has fixed the day for delivery of judgment in a case involving Omatseye. He was accused of awarding contract above his approval limit and arraigned…
Members of the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has re-elected Dan Orbih, as their chairman. Orbih was re-elected on Monday at the state congress held in Benin. Others elected on Monday were Emmanuel Ugbon, Deputy State Chairman; Edoba Omorogie, Legal Adviser; Isreal Aguele, Treasury, and Chris Nehikhare, Publicity Secretary, among others.…
On Monday, March 14, 2016, lawmakers from the Ekiti State House of Assembly were in Abuja to kick against invasion of the Assembly by the Department of State Services, DSS, officials on Friday, March 4, 2016. The legislators took their protest to the embassies of the United States of America and the United Kingdom in…
Members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly were on Monday at the embassies of the United States of America and the United Kingdom in Abuja to protest invasion of the Assembly by armed men of the Department of State Services, DSS, on Friday, March 4, 2016. The lawmakers also cried to the embassies over…