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Tension is brewing in Akwa Ibom State over the deferral in the reconstitution of the Effiat Oil and Gas Relations Committee in Mbo Local Government Area of the state. The youths have threatened that if urgent steps were not taken by the state government to address the logjam, they would have no option than to resort to self help to change the old executives. In a letter by the Effiat Ikpoto Oil and Gas Relations Committee addressed to the Commissioner of Transport and Petroleum Resources, the youth accused the former chairman of misusing N3 million donated by Exprotech Nigeria Limited…

A popular Nigerian social media commentator and critic is worried over a statement credited to the Presidency that giving ancestral land for ranching is better than death. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, speaking on an AIT morning programme in response to a question on ancestral attachments to land said: “Ancestral attachment? You can only have ancestral attachment when you are alive. If you are talking about ancestral attachment, if you are dead, how does the attachment matter? In his Twitter handle, Femi Fani-kayode, who is also former Minister of Aviation, Wednesday, enquired “In…

Candidates representing 49.98 per cent obtained five credits in English Language and Mathematics in the 2018 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, results released by West African Examinations Council, WAEC, Wednesday, in Lagos. Speaking at WAEC national office in Lagos, Head of Nigeria Office, Mr Olu Adenipekun, said, “786,016 candidates representing 49.98% obtained credits and above in minimum of five subjects including English Language and Mathematics. ”In 2016, the total percentage of candidates that had five credits and above in English Language and Mathematics were 52.97%, while in 2017, it was 59.22% . Thought the HNO acknowledged that there…

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Calabar generated N3 billion revenue in the first quarter of this year, Maritime News reported. Speaking with our reporter at the weekend, a senior official of the Federal Ministry of Finance (FMoF), who craved anonymity, said the revenue excluded terminal operators’ huge debts to the NPA. The NPA generated more than $3.3 million and N176 million from the Calabar Port within the period, the official reported. The NPA, the official said, also collected more than $3.3 million and N77 million as revenue from the port during the same period. Investigation revealed that the NPA generated $697,001 and N63,604,478 in…

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, would raise funds from the capital market to finance a minimum of seven new oil and gas projects in the country. In his keynote address at the ongoing Nigerian Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition in Abuja, entitled ‘Driving Nigeria’s Oil & Gas Industry towards Sustained Economic Development and Growth,’ Mr. Maikanti Baru, Group Managing Director of NNPC, listed the projects as NNPC/Nigeria Agip Oil Company Joint Venture Idu-Re-development and South Gas Project. Others include the North Gas Project, Central Gas Project, NNPC/Total Exploration and Production Nigeria JV’s Ikike Project, NNPC/Shell Petroleum Development Company JV…

Following the inability of the Imo State Government to defray more than N200 million debt, the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), Tuesday, disconnected power supply to Imo State Government House and the state secretariat. Angered by the disconnection, the state government has commenced moves to demolish the EEDC office in Owerri, the Imo State capital. A visit by our correspondent to the Owerri District Headquarters of the EEDC along Royce Road, Owerri revealed that the office was marked for demolition last Friday. The inscription on the wall of the building read, “To be demolished. Remove within 7 days, by IMSG.” Mr. Emeka…

Some notable Igbo leaders in All Progressives Party, APC, in South East region, Tuesday, shunned rally organised by Governor Rochas Okorocha for President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid at Dan Anyim Stadium, Imo State. This is even as Buhari stated that the political future of  Igbo in Nigeria depends on his re-election in 2019. The rally, which was supposed to be a mega rally for the South-East zone, saw the absence of major stakeholders of APC extraction from the zone- Orji Uzor Kalu, former governor of Abia state, serving ministers, Senators, former Senators, and House of Representatives members from the…

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in the 17 Southern States declared “There is no security in Nigeria.There is grave injustice in this country and they are not even pretending about it.” Speaking as reactions continue to trail the killing of more than 100 residents of Plateau State by suspected herdsmen, CAN, therefore, warned that the upswing insecurity pervading the country, particularly in the North Central zone, poses grave danger to the conduct of next year’s general elections. CAN Secretary of the organization, Dr. Joseph Ajujungwa, who spoke to newsmen in Enugu, said the conduct of the 2019 election was…

Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Tuesday, debunked reports that a United States District Court entered a default judgment affirming a $6.59 billion arbitral award against the Federal Government. The judgment was said to have been entered in favour of a firm, Process and Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID), following a dispute that arose over a natural gas supply and processing agreement signed by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources in 2010. In a press statement he issued yesterday, the AGF, who acknowledged that the firm had indeed initiated enforcement proceedings against Nigeria in the…

England outclassed Colombia in 3-2 on penalties and Swedish Emil Forsberg’s deflection flung into the net of Switzerland for 1-0 score for Sweden to reach quarter-final in the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Russia. England held their nerve against Colombia to win their first ever penalty shootout in a World Cup and reach the quarter-finals in dramatic fashion on Tuesday. Eric Dier scored the decisive spot-kick to win the shootout 4-3 and send Gareth Southgate’s young team through to a meeting with Sweden, who earlier beat Switzerland. A bad-tempered match at Moscow’s Spartak Stadium that featured eight yellow cards –…