Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, has charged British entrepreneurs to take the lead in investing in Nigeria.Gowon, who identified many areas of strategic partnership between both nations, made the call in London at the Nigerian Business Roundtable organised by the UK Institute of Director as part of the Commonwealth Day celebration.He said both…
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers has said that it will resist plans by the Federal Government to privatise the country’s refineries.The President, NUPENG, Mr. Achese Igwe, said in a statement, “NUPENG takes serious exception to the comments made by the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Deziani Alison-Madueke, that the nation’s refineries…
The Police in Bayelsa have rescued Chief Nengite Nitabai, 70, PresidentGoodluck Jonathan’s uncle kidnapped on Feb. 23.Mr Hilary Okara, Commisioner of Police in the State, confirmed thedevelopment in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria inYenagoa on Thursday.He said Nitabai was freed in Odioma community in Brass Local GovernmentArea of Bayelsa.Nitabai, a community…
The Northern Elders Forum has dismissed the National Conference, which is planned to commence next week, saying it “lacks a constitutional basis or any form of legitimacy or authority to speak for the people of the North or other Nigerians.”In a declaration adopted at the end of its meeting in Kano on Tuesday, the group…
A nursing mother, Imaobong Udoh has been arrested by the Akwa Ibom State Police Command for allegedly selling her three-day old baby girl for the sum of N260,000.Imaobong UdohThe buyer, Mrs. Regina James; her husband, Mfon James; the traditional birth attendant who delivered the baby, Mrs. Comfort Henry; and Mr Emmanuel Okon, a homeopathic doctor,…
Contrary to denials by the Presidency, the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Deziani Alison-Madueke, said on Tuesday that the privatisation of the nation’s refineries remained the best way to tackle the problems in the petroleum sector.Alison-Madueke stated this when she appeared before the Joint Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream, Downstream and Gas) to defend…
One of the lead speakers at the Northern Leaders’ Conference, Usman Bugaje, has raised a controversial issue on the ownership of Nigeria’s crude oil domiciled majorly in the Niger Delta region. According to him, it is wrong for any state to claim that it is oil producing because 72% of the total land mass in…
Mr. Gusau’s sudden decision to quit President Goodluck Jonathan’s cabinet arose from what the former minister considered an act of insubordination and indiscipline from Nigeria’s top military brass. Several sources at the Defense Ministry told SaharaReporters that Nigeria’s top military officers yesterday refused to have a joint meeting with Mr. Gusau and his deputy, Musikilu…
Former Vice President, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, said, Monday, that the flag off of the construction of the second Niger Bridge by President Goodluck Jonathan was belated, “as the project ought to have been completed before now.” Atiku stated this while delivering a keynote address at the 16th annual conference of African Council for Communication Education.…
by: niyiThe Enugu State Police Command, Monday, said that its investigations into last Saturday’s attack on the Enugu government house was carried out by members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, a group canvassing for the re-declaration of Biafran republic. Disclosing this while briefing newsmen in the state, Commissioner…