An economist, Prof. Evans Osabuohien, has commended President Bola Tinubu for removing both the Chairman, Board and Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited. Osabuohien, who is Head of the Economics Department at Covenant University in Ota, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday that their removal was…
The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has commended President Bola Tinubu for appointing seasoned professionals to lead the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC). NSEs’ President, Margaret Oguntala, stated this in a statement on Wednesday, in Abuja, describing the move as “putting the right peg in the right hole.” Oguntala praised Tinubu for ensuring that individuals…
In a move to address the persistent challenge of job placement for Nigeria’s rapidly tech talent pool, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has forged a strategic partnership with Afrovision Technologies Ltd. (Doballi), a Dubai-based AI-powered platform. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed recently, aims to create a sustainable pipeline of employment opportunities, connecting…
A Nigerian activist, Mr Bishir Dauda, who is on a 50-day celebration road trip across West Africa to mark ECOWAS’ 50th anniversary, arrived in Cotonou, Benin Republic, on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that ECOWAS, founded on May 28, 1975, to foster subregional economic integration and political unity, is celebrating its 50th…
Brice Oligui Nguema, the former commander of Gabon’s Republican Guard, has expressed interest in transitioning from a junta leader to a democratically elected president in an election scheduled for April 12. The 50-year-old general seized power in the oil-producing Central African country in an August 2023 coup against his distant cousin, President Ali Bongo. The…
The South African opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), has written to the Speaker of Parliament, Thoko Didiza, seeking to block lawmakers from meeting to vote on the next stage of the budget process. In a letter sent to the National Assembly Speaker, the EFF argued that Tuesday’s proceedings, which supported the fiscal framework…
The Civil Society Organization under the umbrella of the Coalition of Zamfara Youths has criticised Governor Dauda Lawal for removing 2,363 workers from the state’s payroll, describing the action as unjust and detrimental to security in the region, described the move, calling it “the height of wickedness” and arguing that it would worsen insecurity in…
Operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS), have arrested two principal suspects involved in the killing of 16 Nigerians of Northern extraction in Uromi, Esan North East Local Government last week. The suspects were arrested by operatives of the DSS in Uromi, following credible intelligence. Operatives of various security agencies are hunting for other…
The suspended senator representing Kogi Central senatorial district, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, defied the ban on large gathering imposed on the state by the state government as she yesterday visited her constituency. The senator maintained that she did not break any law saying she remains a law-abiding person and not a lawbreaker as being allegedly painted…
The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has condemned the killings of 16 persons in Edo, describing it as barbaric. The caucus, in a statement jointly signed by the Minority Leader, Rep. Kingsley Chinda, Minority Whip, Rep. Ali Isa and Deputy Minority Leader, Rep. Aliyu. Madaki, in Abuja on Tuesday, expressed shock and grief…
