Beyond the Headlines
GOVERNOR Udom Emmanuel has expressed regret that Akwa Ibom State, despite sitting on about 36.1per cent of Nigeria’s oil and gas reserve, has no single investment by the federal government to show for it, ranging from the upstream to the downstream sector. Emmanuel spoke when a delegation from the Oil and Gas Free Zone […]
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), says if elected president, he would turn Nigeria’s brain drain to gain. Obi is currently in abroad interacting with Nigerians in diaspora ahead of the 2023 general elections. “Brain drain” is a situation in which large numbers of educated and very skilled people leave their […]
By INNOCENT OHIAMBE Following the recent press briefing by the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu that agreement has been reached with all staff unions in our universities, polytechnics and colleges of education except the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, public attention has been focused on ASUU and its annual ritual of strikes. […]
The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited will have the first right of refusal to supply the Dangote refinery with about 300,000 barrels of crude oil per day for the next 20 years. The Group Chief Executive Officer, NNPC Ltd, Mele Kyari, disclosed this to journalists when he appeared at the 49th Session of the […]
The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has said the marching order given by President Muhammadu Buhari to service chiefs to hunt, pursue, and speak to terrorists in the language they understand has started yielding the desired results. The minister said this on Tuesday in Kano during a two-day National Conference on Culture, Peace, and […]
A UN-chartered ship loaded with 23,000 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat destined for millions of hungry people in Ethiopia docked in neighbouring Djibouti on Tuesday. The bulk carrier MV Brave Commander arrived in the Horn of Africa port city two weeks after leaving a Black Sea port in Ukraine, the UN’s World Food Programme said. […]
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has departed Abuja for the US where he is seeking partnerships and support for Nigeria’s recently launched Energy Transition Plan. In a statement on Wednesday, Laolu Akande, Osinbajo’s spokesman, said the vice-president would have meetings with Kamala Harris, his US counterpart. Akande said the vice-president would also be meeting with Jennifer […]
The Police Command in Osun, said Isaac Fayose, younger brother to ex-Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, was not attacked by suspected kidnappers at Gbongan Area of the state on Tuesday. The command, in a statement issued by its spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, on Tuesday, said the report being circulated on social media was untrue […]
The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has lamented the effect of the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities on students and tertiary education in the country. ASUU on February 14 began the strike due to what it described as “failure” on the part of the government to meet its demands. […]
By Ibe Pascal Arogorn THREE youths have reportedly been missing since last Sunday after attending wedding event in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State The names of the missing persons were given as Alaefula Chimuru Collins, Victor Chibuike and Promise Mmadu. The missing persons who base in Owerri, Imo state attended a wedding […]
