The Pension Reform Task Force has declared two persons, Amedu Bello and Ige Bola Michael, wanted for defrauding pensioners in the guise of assisting them in their documentation. A statement by the Information and Media Officer of the task force, Hassan Salihu, yesterday in Abuja alleged that fraudsters were fond of asking unsuspecting pensioners to [...]
Malam Nuhu Ribadu has just two months to retrieve all outstanding money due and payable to the federal government from the sale of Nigeria’s oil. The newly formed Petroleum Revenue Special Task Force (PRSTF), which he heads, was given the strict deadline yesterday in Abuja by the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke, as [...]
ExxonMobil has announced the start of production from the Usan field, offshore Nigeria. ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso E&P Nigeria (Offshore East) Limited has a 30 percent interest in the deepwater project. The Usan project has capacity to produce up to 180,000 barrels per day gross. “This project represents another major achievement of the industry and Nigerians [...]
The minister of information is right. The state governors are wrong. We can ascribe the divergence of views to ignorance or dishonesty. Whichever way we argue, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) deserves some commendation for the courage to publish the result of the last National Poverty Index survey. The statistics have elicited loads of [...]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has admitted poor quality of GSM services in the country saying that consumers are facing such difficulty because of lapses on the part of government, as it did not warn operators on such matters before their commencement of operations. The Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Dr. Eugene Juwah stated [...]
The sudden emergence of Boko Haram in northern Nigeria is an indictment of the Nigerian security over the years. The northern chapters of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria and the Christian Association of Nigeria recently accused the southern Christians of total negligence to condemn the growing trend of Christians being murdered in cold blood and [...]
Sen. Liyel Imoke took office again yesterday as Cross River state governor with a promise that his administration will pursue the economic blueprint which was conceived in good faith to enhance the lives of the people of the state and will be executed in the same vein to achieve the intended successes. He spoke immediately [...]
The Federal Ministry of Water Resources says it is shopping for additional funds to enable it ensure adequate funding of River Basin projects across the country. Mrs Sarah Ochekpe, the Minister of Water Resources, said in Maiduguri that the initiative would enable the ministry to carry out the agricultural Transformation Agenda of the administration. Ochekpe [...]
The Minister of State for Power, Mr Darius Ishaku, has said that the Akwa Ibom state Independent Power Plant (IPP) in Ikot Abasi local government area “is impressive and fit for operation.” Ishaku stated this while fielding questions from newsmen in Uyo, shortly after the summit on power with the theme “Resolving the Critical Issues [...]
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Ibori’s case: Is justice the issue?
Anybody who has been really conversant with the workings of the British court system and the politics of the on-going case against Chief James Onanefe Ibori, would have known a long time ago that all is stacked up against the former governor of Delta state. And what stands against him is not evidence but the [...]