Dr. Babafemi Oyewole, a Nigerian, has been appointed the Chief Executive Officer of the Pan African Farmers Organisation (PAFO) by the Board of Directors in Kigali, Rwanda. Oyewole, being a tri-sector executive, professional with deeper experience in the public, private including non-governmental sectors. He is a veteran in the area of managing international institutions. Until…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has secured an injunction from the Federal High Court in Abuja restraining the sale of shares of ExxonMobil’s Nigerian unit to any third parties. In February, Seplat Energy Plc, a major energy company, had agreed to buy the entire onshore and shallow-water assets of ExxonMobil in Nigeria, but the…
Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the newly unveiled vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has accused Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of pushing Nigeria into a mess by helping ‘a bad leader’ become president because of his own selfish ambition to lead the country. According to Baba-Ahmed, Tinubu’s decision to join forces with President Muhammadu Buhari ahead of…
The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has vowed to remove the controversial fuel subsidy if elected as president in 2023. Nigeria’s petrol subsidy as of 2021 cost around $4.5bn, or roughly two percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The reported figure exceeds the Nigeria’s Government’s spending on health, education, and social…
…Reiterates support for indigenous companies …As automobile firm donates sample vehicle to government The Enugu State government has expressed delight at the commitment of Ingrace Group in promoting indigenously manufactured vehicles in Nigeria. Speaking when a delegation from Ingrace Motors Nigeria Limited, led by its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Chinedu Onu, displayed the company’s…
In most advanced societies, the direction of voting is almost always circumstantial. The socio-economic-cum-political situation of the State/Country motivates the direction of public voting. In the 1980’s in the US election, Ronald Reagan swept away the incumbent Jimmy Carter in a groundswell of support to clinch the Presidency largely because the economy was in trouble,…
The federal government of Nigeria under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari has replaced Mr. Chukwuyere N. Anamekwe as the acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF). It was gathered that Anamekwe was replaced about two weeks ago over allegations of corruption and investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (INEC) hanging around his neck….
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday demanded the investigation of former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd), over the recovery of N1.8 billion from a private property in Abuja. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) last week recovered the money, pieces of jewelry, and expensive cars hidden…
A new Enugu State beyond 2023 is possible with a private sector driven economy – Peter Mbah and Ifeanyi Ossai, a perfect combination for the job. Most observers of Enugu politics and social commentators were not entirely as surprised as they were by the emergence of business mogul, an industrialist and philanthropist, Peter Mbah as…
1. I can’t sleep because I know what to do! I have gone round the 36 States of the country like I have gone round 31 countries of the world, I know the problems of Nigeria and I know I can fix them easily! Because I can see them, I can fix them!*– Peter Obi*…
