The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency, Environmentalists have expressed concern over the impact of the operations of Conoil Producing Limited on the Bayelsa environment. The stakeholders wondered why the indegenous oil firm was not sensitive to the sustenance of the environment where it operates and was yet... Read more
Ahead of the make or mar clash with the Black Starlets of Ghana on Saturday, President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Melvin Pinnick, has charged Nigeria’s U17 Boys, Golden Eaglets, to show robust winning mentality against their opponents. Pinnick also charged the players to believe in themselves... Read more
Friends, We all may have thought that 2021 would be a more sane year after what we have been through in 2020. What happened Wednesday in Washington, D.C., made it clear that it isn’t. Throughout the past four years, many of us have worried when political leaders don’t honor... Read more
By Mark Malloch‐Brown President, Open Society Foundations Overnight we have watched astonishing scenes as hundreds of thugs incited by a criminal president invaded a country’s legislative chambers and caused mayhem and death in an effort to overturn the result of a democratic election. As we know, this was not... Read more
By Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation 7 JANUARY 2021 I have long believed that inequality is the greatest threat to justice—and, the corollary, that white supremacy is the greatest threat to democracy. But what has become clear during recent weeks—and all the more apparent yesterday—is that the converse... Read more
The Akwa Ibom Government has announced the death of Air Marshall Nsikak Eduok (rtd). The dearth of the Eduok was announced in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Emmanuel Ekuwem, and made available to journalists on Thursday in Uyo. Ekuwem said that Eduok died on... Read more
The N13. 588 trillion 2021 federal government budget, accented to by President Muhammadu Buhari on December 31, 2020, is replete with line items that are incongruous with Ministries, Departments, and Agencies under which they have been placed. The National Assembly had on December 21, 2020, passed the 2021 budget,... Read more
Outgoing Ohaneze Leader Appointed Coordinator of the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum, (SMBLF)
The outgoing President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, has been appointed the Coordinator of the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum, (SMBLF). A release issued by the Chairman of the Forum, Chief Edwin Clarke, stated that Chief Nwodo’s appointment was in recognition of his superlative... Read more
Eunisell,a privately owned conglomerate and Rivers United FC have announced a further extension of their long-running sponsorship deal. According to the Club’s Media Officer, Charles Mayuku, Eunisell is the West Africa’s largest independent chemicals company and oil and gas engineering company. Mayuku also told journalists in Port Harcout that “the... Read more
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike says Nigerians are earnestly waiting for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to take over power at the federal level in order to enshrine good governance. Governor Wike made the assertion at the inauguration of the 11.53 kilometers Agbonchai-Afam road, connecting Eleme and Oyigbo... Read more
