By Emma Amaize NATIONAL Chairman of Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, the umbrella body of monarchs, leaders and stakeholders of the coastal states of Niger-Delta, Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga (retd), said the rise in food prices was inescapable as the government has not put in place correct economic policies. His words: “PANDEF has not studied it presidency’s claim, …

The Lagos zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has commenced investigations of a suspected fraudster for concealing 2,886 Automated Teller Machine(ATM) cards and four Subscriber Identification Module( SIM) cards in noodles. The suspect:  Ishaq Abubakar was handed over to the EFCC  by  the Nigeria Customs Service on Thursday, September 10, 2020 for investigation and prosecution. …

By Nwafor Sunday Former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Pastor Reno Omokri, Thursday, said that if he is asked to name a man of God he respects, as a true man of God, he would name the founder and presiding Bishop of the Megachurch Faith Tabernacle, and Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo. Last week social media was …

President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari says Federal Government’s wisdom in promoting self-sufficiency over the years has helped significantly in averting a food crisis, despite the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Speaking at the National Food Security Council meeting held at the State House, Buhari maintained that the pandemic had exposed the level of preparedness of nations to shocks …

El-Zakzaky By Luminous Jannamike Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, a.k.a. Shi’ites, have opposed plans by a renowned filmmaker, to release a film that allegedly depicts their detained leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, as a hypocrite, and the sect as an armed gang of killers. According to them, the development is capable of raising conflict and disturbing peace …

… You are a good Nigerian – Buhari By Nwafor Sunday Fourteen days after his re-election, President Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday received in audience the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, at State House, Abuja, saying that ‘he is a good Nigerian’. Congratulating him on his second and final term in office, Buhari opined: “I have told …

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced the resumption of Lagos-Ogun Mass Transit Train Services (MTTS) from Monday after five months of suspension to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr. Jerry Oche, the District Manager, NRC, Lagos, made the announcement in a statement on Thursday by Dr. Khadijah Aroyewun–Adekomaiya, the District Public Relations Officer. Oche said: …

By Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, Recently, the National Assembly announced the commencement of a process for the amendment of the 1999 Constitution. The Senate Ad Hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, headed by Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, by a Notice, called for memoranda from the general public, executive and judicial bodies, civil society organisations, …

Labour Organised Labour has since three days laid siege to the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, PHED, in Rivers State over alleged unfair labour practices. However, there were claims yesterday that Soldiers from Bori Camp, in Rives State intimidated and harassed the protesting workers. Led by national leaders of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and National Union of Electricity …

Labour By Victor Ahiuma-Young Over the years, successive Governments from military regime to current civilian dispensation have used subsidy and deregulation gimmicks to exploit and inflict pains on Nigerians whenever they  need more revenue. Starting from late General Sani Abacha’s regime, the purported subsidy removal led to the set up of Petroleum Task Fund, PTF, and up till the …

Dr Olufemi Lalude A Nigerian man, Dr Olufemi Lalude who was the first Managing Director of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO) was the man of integrity that rejected $6 million bribe. Lalude has however been honoured by the Akinjide Adeosun Foundation (AAF). The Foundation on Wednesday conferred on Dr Lalude its 2020 Leadership Award, during the …

Dr Olufemi Lalude A Nigerian man, Dr Olufemi Lalude who was the first Managing Director of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO) was the man of integrity that rejected $6 million bribe. Lalude has however been honoured by the Akinjide Adeosun Foundation (AAF). The Foundation on Wednesday conferred on Dr Lalude its 2020 Leadership Award, during the …

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has inaugurated the 9-man ad hoc committee he recently constituted to identify and determine the status of all properties belonging to the state government. The committee headed by the Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor, Prof. Malachy Okwueze, is also saddled with the responsibilities of determining the level of compliance with monetization …

Mr Timipre Sylva, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources says the Federal Government’s decision to fully remove subsidy from petrol will earn the country ₦1trn annually and create massive jobs. Sylva, who said this on Thursday, while speaking with newsmen in Abuja, said that beginning from October, Nigerians “can now convert cars using petroleum to gas, which …

By Peter Duru, Makurdi Benue state government, Thursday commenced the distribution of COVID-19 palliatives donated to the state by CACOVID, a private sector initiative, to over 500,000 Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, across the state. The distribution which was supervised by the Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, Dr. Emanuel Shior at the agency’s warehouse in Makurdi …

Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, on Thursday, said the Federal Government of Nigeria would not negotiate with Process and Industrial Developments Limited, P&ID, the firm that was awarded $10billion by a British Court over botched gas supply and …

Two members of the Ondo state House of Assembly, Hon. Festus Akingbaso and Honourable Rasheed Elegbeleye were prevented from entering the assembly complex to attend the plenary sitting. Also read: VIDEO: NIDCOM staff after being locked out of NCC office Vanguard News The post VIDEO: Ondo PDP lawmakers locked out of Assembly complex appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The National President of the National Union of Pensioners, NUP, Abel Afolayan, yesterday begged the Imo state governor, Hope Uzodimma, to pay the state pensioners their arrears owed them by the former governor, Rochas Okorocha, running into N56.4 billion. Afolayan made this request in Owerri when himself alongside his national executives and Southeast presidents of …

The Federal Republic of Nigeria (FRN) Thursday appeared in the English High Court for a scheduled hearing. The hearing followed the major victory secured by FRN last Friday, allowing it to bring a fraud challenge against a $10 billion arbitration award obtained by vulture-fund-backed P&ID well outside the normal time limits. In a statement on Thursday, a spokesperson …

By Rotimi Ojomoyela The leadership crisis rocking the Southwest caucus of the People’s Democratic Party(PDP), assumed a dramatic dimension on Thursday, as the faction loyal to the Senator representing Ekiti South Senatorial District in Ekiti State, Mrs Biodun Olujimi, has adopted Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde, as the party’s zonal leader. This is also as Ekiti PDP …