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Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to call and speak to him if he really is hale and hearty.  He issued the challenge on Sunday, after the President was reported to have said he was returning soon to continue the project of fixing Nigeria after a time of rest in […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Acting President Professor Yemi Osinbajo to “urgently propose a bill that would specifically regulate and bring transparency to any future presidential library fundraising process, and make public disclosure of major donations towards the establishment of any such library mandatory.”  The organisation said that, “Osinbajo should work […]

Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has warned all contractors handling the “Whole School Approach Renovation” scheme in some schools in the state to keep to the project specification or have the contract terminated. Irked by the poor quality of work, use of sub-standard building items and non-adherence to project specification in two of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on the occasion of his 80th birthday. In a phone call from London, where he is convalescing, President Buhari told the former military ruler (1976 to 1979) and democratically elected president (1999 to 2007) that a time like this provides opportunity to reflect on […]

A civil rights activist, Tonye Bob-Manuel, on Sunday took to the cleaners, ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, for empowering his godson, George Turnah, rather unduly. Turnah (33), now under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, was conferred with the prestigious national honour of Member of Order of the Niger (MON) by Jonathan. He was reported to have […]

A civil rights movement, Concerned Citizens for Nation Building, on Sunday the arrest and detention of the National Commandant of Peace Corps of Nigeria, Dickson Akoh, by the police, advising him to “proceed to court and claim N100 billion damages.” The youth organisation criticised the garrison manner the police acted and warned that “should it happen agains, the […]Read More

While the Federal Government is intensifying efforts to rid Nigeria of corruption by encouraging whistle-blowers, some top government officials are trying to thwart. An assistant director’s career has been terminated because he raised the alarm that the sum of $229,000 and N800,000 had been diverted by key officials in the Directorate of Technical Cooperation in […]

The Federal Government has committed a sum of N702 billion to the Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET) as power payment guarantee support.  The step is part of government’s Economic Growth and Recovery plan.  According to spokesman for NBET, Etore E. Thomas the move comes as a recognition of the critical role that access to electricity […]

My attention has been drawn to yet another set of spurious and ‎malicious charges filed against 10 others and me by the EFCC in ‎relation to the OPL 245 Resolution Agreement involving Malabu Oil & ‎Gas Limited (MALABU) and Shell Nigeria Ultra Deep Limited (SNUD).  This ‎renewed move to taint the transaction with illegality is […]

Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has approved the redeployment of two Federal Permanent Secretaries.  The affected permanent secretaries are,   Dr. Shehu Ahmed from the ministry of   Agriculture and Rural Development  and Dr. Bukar Hassan from the ministry of Environment. Ahmed was moved to ministry of Environment while Hassan would replace Ahmed.   The […]

If, as stated in Section 14 of the 1999 Constitution “the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government…,” then, the same effort being expended on combating Boko Haram should equally apply to securing the private lives and properties of all Nigerians because security does not begin nor end with […]

Nigeria is set to capture at least 10 per cent of the global market share of Liquefied Natural Gas, LNG, as part of the concerted efforts to harness the nation’s gas resources which currently stand at 192 Trillion Cubic Feet, tcf, of proven reserve. NNPC Group Managing Director, Dr.Maikanti Baru, who stated this while delivering a Keynote address at the 2017 Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE, Oloibiri […]Read More