FG announces plans to meet with Ogoni stakeholders
The Federal Government has announced plans to meet with stakeholders in Ogoniland on the ongoing clean-up exercise. According to FG, the meeting is scheduled to get their assessment of how far the government has gone. Disclosing this at the weekly ministerial press briefing organized by the Presidential Media Team at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Minister […]
FG suspends Aiteo’s oilfield operations in Bayelsa over spillage
The federal government has directed AITEO Eastern Exploration and Production Company Ltd. (AEEPCo) to indefinitely suspend the oilfield operations in Bayelsa state. This follows the oil spill caused by a blown wellhead in the Santa Barbara South field, Opu Nembe Community area of the state, on November 5. A statement by the Federal Ministry of […]
We’re trying to normalise gas price – FG
The Federal Government has stated that efforts are being made to normalise the increasing price of cooking gas across the country. Speaking after a meeting with President Buhari at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, explained that the FG has no control over the price of cooking gas […]
#EndSARS: Report riddled with discrepancies, lacks facts – Lai Mohammed
The Federal Government through its minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed has dismissed the report by the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters. Recall that the panel had submitted a report to the Lagos State Government last week, testifying against the Nigerian Army […]
FG pledges to tackle soot in Rivers
The Federal Government, through the Minister for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has promised to tackle the soot situation in Rivers State. Sylva made the promise on Thursday while delivering a speech at the 6th National Council on Hydrocarbon held in Port Harcourt. The minister, represented by Nasir Gwazor, a Permanent Secretary at the Federal Ministry […]
EndSARS: Twelve people were killed, others injured at Lekki Tollgate – Lagos Judicial Panel
The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS ) related Abuses on Monday submitted a final report to State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Recall that Men of the Force had opened fire on protesters at the Lekki toll gate in the heat of the protests. This led to […]
ASUU threatens fresh strike action
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on a strike action if the Federal Government’s fails to implement the Memorandum of Action (MoA) agreed upon by both parties. Speaking at a news conference on Monday, at the union’s National Secretariat, University of Abuja, the union’s National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said […]
Court orders FG to pay $1.6 billion oil revenue to Delta state
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Federal Government to pay $1,638 billion oil revenue to the Delta State. In a judgment delivered by Justice Donatus Okorowo, the court declared the suit as “unchallenged”, saying it was satisfied that the amount was 13 per cent derivative sum due as arrears of revenue […]
Grant bandits, herdsmen amnesty like Niger Delta militants – Gumi to FG
Declaring bandits as terrorist will attract direct foreign Jihadist movements – Gumi
Islamic scholar and cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has warned that declaring bandits as terrorists will come at a price, such as attracting direct foreign Jihadist movements. This follows after the Speakers of state Houses of Assembly called on the Federal Government to declare bandits and kidnappers as terrorists, as part of the resolutions reached at […]
Rivers not fighting Federal Government – Wike
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said the state is not fighting the Federal Government or any of its agencies over collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) as being insinuated in some quarters. Speaking, yesterday, in Abuja at a public lecture entitled: “Taxing Powers in a Federal System, to mark the 60th birthday of […]
Our Client must be produced in Court on Thursday – Kanu’s Lawyers to FG
Ifeanyi Ejiofor, lead counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has directed the Federal Government to produce his client in court on Thursday. Kanu is to appear before Justice Binta Nyako-led Federal High Court on Thursday to continue his trial for treasonable felony, among other charges. While addressing the press […]