Nigeria: Onitsha River Port braces up to become gateway to South-East, South-South economies View pictures in App save up to 80% data. With the Federal Government’s plans through the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), to move cargoes in barges from Lagos ports to Onitsha River Port, there are moves to make the Onitsha River Port…
Explains how he convinced Shehu Shagari to grant Ojukwu pardon. NIGERIAN Ambassador to Cote D’Ivoire during late President Shehu Shagari’s administration, Denis Ukume, has disclosed that late Biafra warlord, Odumegwu Ojukwu, wept under his shoulder for forgiveness over role in war. The 83-year-old claimed Ojukwu agreed to Shagari’s condition to be referred to simply as…
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that his administration is determined to hand over a better Nigeria than the one they inherited and urged people to be fair in their assessment of what his government has achieved so far. Buhari specifically asked Nigerians to assess him on the campaign promises he made ahead of the…
BY A DISSATISFIED NIGERIAN CHURCHILL DANDJUMA You are a symbol of the past failures and the politically corrupt in Nigeria. With all due respect, therefore, I, on behalf of millions of Nigerians want to remind you that you should shut up when we are discussing anti-corruption challenges and the way forward. I laughed cynically when…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Enugu State, Chief Uche Nnaji, on Sunday unveiled Chief George Ogara as his running mate in the 2023 general election. Nnaji, who disclosed this at the party’s zonal secretariat in Enugu, said the process of choosing a running mate was herculean because of the quality and qualification…
The emergence of Barr. Peter Ndubisi Mba, a calm, decorial and unassuming entrepreneurial authority with class and candour, as the gubernatorial candidate of the PDP is, from all objective evaluation, the idiomatic square peg that sits perfectly on a square hole. His emergence, as expected, has set curious minds and probing fingers at work, making…
By Obas Esiedesa Nigeria’s oil production in the month of December 2022 grew by 4.2 per cent month-on-month to 1.23 million barrels per day but remained significantly short of the 1.8 million barrels per day allocated to the country by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC. Latest oil production data released by Nigerian Upstream…
AWGU COUNCIL CHAIRMAN HON. OKEKE, OTHERS BAGGED NIGERIAN L.G DEVELOPMENT AWARD 2018. The Chairman, Awgu Local Government Council of Enugu State, Hon Stanley Okeke has amongst 8 other chairmen in the state been honoured with a merit award of excellence “as the Best Performing Local Government chairmen in Nigeria for the year 2018. The Local…
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…
Deji Adeyanju, an Abuja-based right activist has mocked Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State over his remark of running for the presidency. Adeyanju, who is the co-convener of Concerned Nigerian Advocacy Group said Bello lacks the capacity to be president of a “pig farm,” let alone, ruling Nigeria. Bello had hinted on running for the…
