Some economists and oil and gas expert have backed the Federal Executive Council’s (FEC) approval of the acquisition of 20 per cent minority stakes by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in the Dangote Petroleum and Petrochemical Refinery. They made their views known in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday…
The Lagos State House of Assembly has resolved to slashed the pension benefits of former governors and other affected officials by 50 percent. According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker of the Assembly, Mr. Eromosele Ebhomele, the decision was taken by the House on Thursday at Plenary after adopting the…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday said the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is hale and hearty. Sanwo-Olu said his Tuesday visit to National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in London was to see things for himself in the wake of the rumoured…
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Wednesday says there is no COVID-19 positive Corps member in any of its Orientation Camps nationwide. The NYSC Director, Press and Public Relations, Adenike Adeyemi who made the clarification in a statement in Abuja described reports making rounds as misleading. She said, “Attention of the NYSC Management have…
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has inaugurated 102 units of brand new locally assembled compactor trucks and 100 units of double dino waste bins to the fleet of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA). He said the intervention was part of his administration’s plan to reduce turn-around time in waste evacuation within…
The Kano Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC yesterday arraigned one Yusuf Yakubu before Justice Sanusi Ma’aji of the Kano State High Court on a one count charge of misappropriation. The defendant allegedly obtained the sum of $870,000 (Eight Hundred and Seventy Thousand Dollars) only from the complainant under the pretext…
As efforts are being intensified for the imminent completion of the multi-billion dollars 650,000bpd Dangote Refinery in Lagos, the project has been described as an inspiration to private sector operators in the country. Excited at the share humongous size of the refinery, Mr. Wale Tinubu, Chief Executive Officer of Oando Plc, leading oil and gas…
The Federal Government has granted the sum of Five Million naira, to students of Marist College Yangoji Abuja, for inventing the Sensebox and Aquabot device, which are monitoring devices for air and water pollution. The presentation was made by the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu in his office on Tuesday in…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, not to further infuriate Nigerians by trying to dry-clean the rudderless, inept and debauched All Progressives Congress (APC), despite the unbearable devastation the APC has brought to our nation in a space of six years. The…
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has appointed DCP Tunji Disu as the new Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT). DCP Tunji Disu, a former Commander of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) Lagos State, replaces DCP Abba Kyari who was suspended following a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) indictment. Kyari was…