Partners of telecommunication giant, Huawei have commended the company for its impact on the Nigerian oil and gas industry and their businesses on the heels of the just concluded 5th Nigerian International Energy Summit, NIES 2022 in Abuja. “Huawei has been a wonderful opportunity for my organization based on the …
Read More »Gov Bello confirms self as acting APC caretaker chair, receives reports on zoning
Sanni Bello Abubakar Sani Bello, governor of Niger state, has confirmed himself as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC). Bello who spoke after he stormed the party’s national secretariat in Abuja on Monday and presided over its caretaker committee meeting, said …
Read More »FG says it won’t allow Nigerians to join Ukrainian army
Ukraine soldiers hold drills Nigeria’s federal government has said it will not allow recruitment of Nigerians into the Ukrainian army to fight against Russia. This comes as over 100 Nigerians reportedly visited the Ukrainian embassy in Abuja seeking to be recruited to fight in the country’s war against the invading …
Read More »Adegoke’s murder: Court denies Rahman Adedoyin, co-defendants bail
Adegoke, Adedoyin A State High Court sitting in Osun State, has declined bail applications brought before it by Dr Rahman Adedoyin and six of his hotel workers facing trial over the murder of Timothy Adegoke, a postgraduate student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. The presiding judge, Chief Justice Adepele Ojo, …
Read More »Ijaw nation demands two new states
File: Ijaw youths on procession The Ijaw nation renewed its demand for the creation of more homogeneous Ijaw states on Saturday when some leaders of the ethnic nationality met. The occasion which was the 25th remembrance anniversary of one of the founding fathers of Bayelsa and monarch of Kolokuma, late …
Read More »Off-spec Fuel: Arewa youths berate PDP, CSOs over baseless conspiracy, laud NNPC for transparency
Arewa Youths Northern youths under the aegis of Arewa Youth Assembly (AYA), have berated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and some civil society groups for sponsoring baseless conspiracy theories and underhand tactics for political gain and discrediting the leadership of the of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC Ltd), the …
Read More »FY’21: Caverton records N5.9bn loss amid crisis in aviation business
Caverton Helicopter Caverton Offshore Support Group Plc, the parent company of Caverton Helicopters Limited, has recorded a loss of N5.9 billion in its unaudited full year 2021 results, ended December 31 2021, representing a deep nosedive from the N1.1 billion profit recorded in 2020. The loss comes on the back …
Read More »Please don’t send me to prison – Abba Kyari begs court
Abba Kyari Abba Kyari, the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) who was arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on drug trafficking charges on Monday, has begged the court not to remand him in prison. Kyari, through his lawyer, Mr. Kanu Agabi, SAN, prayed the court to …
Read More »Cocaine Deal: Abba Kyari’s co-defendants plead guilty to charges
Chibunna Patrick Umeibe and Emeka Alphonsus Ezenwanne who are charged with drug trafficking alongside the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, have pleaded guilty to the charges. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had arraigned Kyari, alongside his co-defendants before the Federal High Court in Abuja for …
Read More »BREAKING: Sanni-Bello to take over from Buni as APC caretaker chair
Sanni Bello, Niger state governor Abubakar Sanni-Bello, governor of Niger State, on Monday, arrived at the the National Headquarters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to take over as the Chairman of the party’s Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC). The Niger governor presided over a meeting of the committee …
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