The Federal Government announced on Monday that six new companies have been granted permission to import petroleum products into Nigeria. Farouk Ahmed, the Managing Director of the Nigeria Mainstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDRA), made this announcement at the Presidential Villa. Ahmed clarified that in addition to the six approved companies, several others have…
Hon. (Engr.) Rodney Ambaiowei, the Honourable member representing Southern Ijaw Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, extended his warm congratulations to Hon. Kuroakegha Dorgu on his recent appointment as the Executive Chairman of the Bayelsa State Physical Planning and Development Board by His Excellency, Governor Douye Diri. In a media statement, Hon. Ambaiowei expressed his…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has approved the immediate retirement of all Service Chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police, Advisers, Comptroller-General of Customs from Service as well as their replacements with immediate effect. The newly appointed Officers are: Mr President has also approved the following appointments: Similarly, the President has approved the appointments of other…
The Federal Commissioner of the National Population Commission (NPC) in Enugu State, Hon. Ejike Ezeh, has emphasized the importance of accurate census data for national planning. He stated that as the search for palliatives to offset the effects of fuel subsidy removal continues, an accurate census should guide President Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s administration. During a…
By Asiayei Enaibo AZIZA Father Igologolo, Aferekiripon! I dip my fingers into your pot of power to redeem my fatherโs vow made before your sacred altar in the days of antiquity before I came to see the light of the Earth when I was you and now I am you then you in your mercy…
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has criticized the Federal Government for employing mercenaries allegedly connected to Mujahid Asari Dokubo, leader of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force (NDVF), to protect the Abuja-Kaduna road, which has become notorious for criminal activities. HURIWA stated that the government, particularly the Nigerian Army and…
The family of the Amanayabo of Kalabari Kingdom in Rivers State has officially announced the passing of their father and King of the Kalabari Kingdom, Prof. T. J. T Princewill. In a statement released in Abuja, the family stated that the formal announcement followed the completion of various traditional rituals, which included briefing the Buguma…
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru Reuters asked rhetorically in a report on Thursday if President Bola Tinubu is โBaba Go-fastโ in apparent reference to the quick reforms his two weeks old administration is undertaking in the economic sphere. The well respected news agency wrote: โNigeriaโs new President, in office for less than a month, is pushing to…
โฆgrants children of the four deceased scholarships to first-degree level โฆ automatic employment for wives His Excellency, Senator Douye Diri, Governor of Bayelsa State today attended the funeral of the four (4) Bayelsa Queens Football Club supporters who died in a fatal auto crash along the Kwale-Asaba highway in Delta State. Making his tribute at…
The member representing southern Ijaw federal constituency, Hon. Engr. Rodney Ambaiowei, has offered condolences to the families of Igali, Ogidi, and Diripigi, all of Eniwari and Fonibiri communities in Southern Ijaw LGA, over the painful deaths of their sons, Late Eze Igali, Kurotimi Igali, Clement Diripigi, and Philemon Ogidi.k Engr. Rodney, in a condolence message…
