Ejiofor Alike The federal government and the oil and gas producing companies may have lost an estimated $11.5billion to the drop in the price of Brent crude oil from $115 per barrel in June to $68.62 yesterday, THISDAY has learnt. With Nigeria producing about 2.4 million barrels per day and exporting 2.2 million barrels per…
Since he escaped into the US in 1996 during the gestapo regime of the maximum ruler Sani Abacha who hanged his mentor Ken Saro-Wiwa, Anslem Dornu Bari John-Miller has used his Chicago based Council of Ogoni Professionals (COP) as the Diaspora wing of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP). The COP President…
with Yemi Adebowale Dear sir, I hope this letter meets you in good health. May the good Lord continue to give you good health and long life to witness the Nigeria of your dream. I wasn’t too sure if I would be allowed into your fortress in Ota; this is why I have chosen this…
The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose, flayed former President Olusegun Obasanjo for allegedly criticising Jonathan’s administration on corruption and insecurity. Fayose, who spoke at a summit in Ife, said that Obasanjo had no moral justification to criticise Jonathan’s administration because the former President’s government was far more corrupt than the one he criticised. The…
The Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, who is representing Cross River Central Senatorial District in this interview with SUNDAY ABORISADE defends criticisms against the Nigerian senate and the recent police invasion of the National Assembly Some Nigerians believe that the executive has been taking the federal parliament for a ride because of the passive nature of…
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri. Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Human Right Activist, Chief Mike Ozehkome has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of working toward the disintegration of Nigeria. Ozehkome in a telephone interview with Saturday Vanguard, insisted that it was ex-President Obasanjo that institutionalized corruption in the country, saying he ought not be recognized or addressed…
Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche, alleged mastermind of the Nyanya bus park bombing Yemi Akinsuyi in Abuja The police high command has said it should not be blamed for the lack of diligent prosecution against the alleged mastermind of the Nyanya bus park bombing where about 70 people were killed and several others injured, Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche,…
Adibe Emenyonu in Benin City A 95-year-old Senior Apostle General of Messiah Gospel Church, Urhokuosa, Benin-city, Moses Aibangbee, was kidnapped on Thursday at 5.30am at the entrance of his church. Narrating the incident to journalists, Pastor Aigbe Christopher said he woke up around 5am in preparation for the morning service only to by accosted by…
By Abu Nmodu Former heads of state General Yakubu Gowon and General Mohammed Buhari yesterday paid separate visits to former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) at his hill top mansion, Minna. The two visits were behind closed door as there was no press coverage, but LEADERSHIP Friday can report authoritatively that General Gowon…