Buhari Promises End to Secret Financial Transactions in government
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that with the various reform agenda implemented by his administration, very soon, all government financial transactions will be done in the open. According to a press release signed by Mallam Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, Buhari gave this assurance Tuesday in Kaduna at […]
NNPC, Partners Spent $360m on Ogoni Cleanup
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, alongside its joint venture partners have spent $360 million on cleaning up the Niger Delta oil devastation in the past two years. NNPC and its joint venture partners of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), Total Exploration and Production of Nigeria (TEPNG) and Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) “have disbursed […]
Oyo Govt Inaugurates Park Managers in 33LGs
To quell the intermittent clashes and disturbance of law and order that have been the hallmark of motor parks in Oyo State, Governor Seyi Makinde has inaugurated Park Managers in 33 local governments across the state. Also inaugurated on Monday are the two Disciplinary Committees which are to intervene whenever conflicts arise between the Oyo […]
BREAKING: Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing Of Ihedioha’s Case To March 2
The Supreme Court has adjourned the hearing of former governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha to March 2, 2020. Ihedioha had approached the court for review of its judgment that sacked him as governor on January 14 and declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Hope Uzodinma, as the duly elected governor […]
Bayelsa Judgement : What Could INEC Have Done ?
By Gbade Ademola. Much have been said about the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Bayelsa Gubernatorial Elections and very many views will still be expressed in respect of the subject but as an Election Manager, bringing some of the latent nitty gritty of the matter to the fore would not be out of order. The […]
JAMB UTME Ends Today with 1.9m Applicants
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) registration for the year 2020 closes today with over 1.9 million prospective candidates for its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Dr Fabian Benjamin, the board’s head of Media and Information, disclosed there would be no extension to the exercise. This year’s registration for the examination commenced on Monday, […]
Al-Mustapha Commends Lord’s Chosen’s Pastor Muoka, Says he Saved my Life
Former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late military Head of State, General Sani Abacha (retd), Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, has made a shocking revelation of the alleged role the Founder and General Overseer of the Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Movement, Pastor Lazarus Muoka, played in his life. Al-Mustapha made this disclosure in a speech made […]
Insurgency: Gallant Soldiers Get Promotion
Three soldiers of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) have been rewarded with special promotion to the next rank for their outstanding performance in the ongoing war against insurgency in the North East. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, decorated the soldiers during a visit to their camp on Sunday as part of his operational […]
Sylva Sues for Calm in Bayelsa, Says Mandate Shall be Restored
Former governor of Bayelsa State and Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has called on the people of Bayelsa State to be law abiding in the face of the recent decision of the Supreme Court over the last gubernatorial polls in the state. Sylva assured the people to remain steadfast and hopeful as steps […]
INEC Declares Diri Douye Governor of Bayelsa Amidst Contention
Following a very controversial judgement by the Supreme Court over the Bayelsa State gubernatorial election, the Independent National Electoral Commission went ahead Friday to declare Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the winner of the November sixteenth 2019 Governorship election in Bayelsa State. The Chairman of the Commission Professor Mahmood Yakubu made […]
