1. NNPC is being privatized No, NNPC is not privatized. NNPC is only becoming a limited liability company subject to CAMA, to be named NNPC Ltd (C will also now mean Company, not corporation). The share is still 100% government-owned. A major difference is, before PIA, NNPC had its own law: NNPC Act 1977, which […]Continue Reading
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The public presentation of a new book titled Remaking Nigeria: Sixty Years, Sixty Voices will hold on Thursday, August 19, 2021, at the Yar ‘Adua Centre, Abuja. Edited by Chido Onumah, the 437-page book is a collection of 60 essays by 60 young Nigerians to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Nigeria’s independence. “These essays by young and articulate […]Continue Reading
The newly-elected National Leader of Uk’Omu Igala Organization, Mr David Abutu, has called on the Federal Government to extend poverty-alleviation programmes and COVID-19 palliatives to the people of Kogi East Senatorial District, who are mainly peasant farmers and hard-hit by the current economic downturn. Mr Abutu made this appeal in his brief interaction with the […]Continue Reading
BY ERIC TENIOLA General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, GCFR, will be eighty on Wednesday, August 17. He is the second-longest Military ruler in Nigeria, the first being General Yakubu Gowon(86), GCFR, who ruled Nigeria from 1 August 1966 to 29 July 1975. General Babangida ruled Nigeria from 27 August 1985-26 August 1993. His classmates at Government […]Continue Reading
By Uche Ugboajah For some time now, the stories emanating from the largest political party in Africa, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), cannot be said to be palatable, at least to its members and supporters. First, it was rumored that some governors elected on the platform of the major opposition party were gearing up to […]Continue Reading
Throughout the world orphans wandering about the streets, number 100 million; among the hundreds of thousands emigrate to other countries or are even sold in the slave markets of a modern version. Even the developed countries cannot solve the problem of orphans “showing the darkest aspect of the state and society” with social development and […]Continue Reading
By Godwin Onyeacholem Despite persistent calls by authentic advocates of good governance for a conducive atmosphere for a thriving democracy and freedom in Nigeria, the reactionary wing of the ruling class and its agents are not giving any chance for that to happen. The more they are caught red-handed—with self-incriminating evidence—and exposed in the very […]Continue Reading
In preparation for 2023 General Elections, a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lt. Gen. Jeremiah Timbut Useni (rtd), on Wednesday, inaugurated members of the National Working Committee of the North Central Peoples’ Forum (NCPF). The event was held at the Forum’s Secretariat at Wuse Zone 4, in Abuja. NCPF was conceived to […]Continue Reading
If man has faith he is successful in his life and if the people have faith the country is promised victory, they say. The reality of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea(DPRK) confirms its relevance. During the past decades, the Korean people, despite facing severe trials, have never lost faith or wavered. After the liberation […]Continue Reading
By Eric Teniola These days Esiala and the Interim Common Services Agency mean nothing to many people. Yet, years ago, these two agencies dominated the headlines in this country. In a televised address to the nation on July 30, 1975, the then Head of State, General Murtala Ramat Mohammed(8 November 1938-13 February 1976), GCFR, said […]Continue Reading
By Edwin Madunagu Several times in the last ten years, I have compelled myself to discontinue public exploration, and application to Nigeria, of the concepts of “power bloc” and “popular-democratic restructuring”. These are concepts in which another concept – “the national question” or “ethnic nationality question” – plays an important, though neither dominant nor […]Continue Reading
…As Dangote Fertiliser Takes Delivery of 500 Trucks for Urea Distribution To address challenges related to the ease of distribution and availability of cement across the country, especially among its value-chain service providers, Dangote Cement Plc has rolled out over 2,000 trucks for distribution services. With an investment of $150 million, the company took delivery Continue Reading