A book ‘The ABC of How to Industrialise Nigeria’ authored by outstanding business magnate and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Caesar Engineering and Construction Limited Dr. Caesar Osaheni Iyayi is poised to be unveiled. The public presentation of the 390-page book which will most likely take place in Abuja is being planned for the…
The battle lines were drawn, the drums of war drowning the initial applause that greeted the order for the financial probe of the corruption riddled interventionist agency – the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, whose headquarters is in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The first Salvo was fired by the Vice President sometime in May 2019,…
The Integrity Youth Alliance has called on the Founder of IBTC Stanbic Bank, Atedo Peterside to take time whenever he is online to go through the website of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to get the facts behind the figures of the NNPC’s N287bn profit. This is coming as the Founder of IBTC Stanbic Bank,…
I have been saddled with Herculean roles throughout my six decades of existence. One of the hardest tasks I have had to take up, however, is penning this tribute in honour of my bosom friend and brother, Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo, with whom I shared ancestry, career history, and an unbreakable filial bond. These saw…
By Wole Arisekola In Africa, most especially the South-Western part of Nigeria, it is believed that when a mother hen is crying out to the world that an eagle stole its chic, it is not because it can do anything to retrieve it but to let the world hear its voice. It is very sad…
By Adewole Kehinde The debate over the appropriateness or otherwise of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) decision to approve the award of contracts for the rehabilitation of Warri and Kaduna refineries to Messrs Saipem SPA and Saipem Contracting Limited at the combined the sum of $1.484billion has again dominated the media space in recent times.…
Following the litany of conflicting interpretations that heralded the Judgement of the Supreme Court over the Governorship of Ondo State, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze has made public his opinion, throwing his weight behind the Mai Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress. Recall that some highly placed individuals and famous Nigerian Lawyers,…
By Segun Adesokan ‘Motherland’, referring to Nigeria in his song, at the time of its release, was so timely and its messages even till the present day is rich and timeless as it could be passed off as an Immigrant travel guide. The early part of the song had reminded us about how Chinedu had…
The All Progressives Congress says it is time for all members who believe in the sustainable progress of the party to focus intense attention on the task ahead. The party said in reaction to the official release of the timetable for the conduct of congresses by the National Secretariat that the stage is now…
By Adewole Kehinde The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was established on April 1, 1977. In addition to its exploration activities, the Corporation was given powers and operational interests in refining, petrochemicals and products transportation as well as marketing. Between 1978 and 1989, NNPC constructed refineries in Warri, Kaduna and Port Harcourt and took over…