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Crude Oil and Gas is very important to Nigeria and Nigerians. This is a fact. Revenue from Crude Oil and Gas is the major foreign exchange earner for Nigeria. Anything that affects Crude Oil and Gas affects all of us in Nigeria and demands urgent actions to address it. Theft of Crude Oil in Nigeria had been experienced in Nigeria for quite some time now. The quantities were usually small and the players were mainly locals with their plastic containers, aka jerry cans. In recent times, the quantity of crude oil stolen in Nigeria has reached very alarming quantities. Depending…

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has been accused by an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in the state over what he claimed is the governor’s deliberate refusal to explain in clear terms to Deltans, what the state realizes monthly as internally generated revenue.( IGR) Patrick Ishie, the Ndokwa West Local Government Council coordinator of the Ovienebi 2023 governorship slammed Okowa for ensuring that issues relating to internally generated revenue (IGR) in the state is shrouded in secrecy which he said is not good for the image of the state. According to him, Deltans are entitled to know what the…

The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign spokesman, Mr Charles Aniagwu says the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu should not be campaigning but apologizing to Nigerians for the hardship meted on the people by his party since 2015. Aniagwu who stated this while addressing journalists in Asaba, said the APC has plunged over 133 million Nigerians into abject poverty despite the promise to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty and so, Tinubu should apologize profusely for the failure of his party to deliver. According to him, the APC made several promises to Nigerians in…

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has slammed the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) for failing to develop oil-rich Delta State despite the huge resources accruing to the state since 1999. Tinubu made the observation amid intermittent chants of ‘Jagaban,’ at the party’s kick-off rally, which took place recently at the Warri Township Stadium in Warri South Local Government Area of the state. The rally was attended by the Senate president, Ahmed Lawan; APC deputy national, South, Mr Emma Enekwu, who represented the national chairman Abdullahi Adamu; the vice presidential candidate, Senator Kashim Shettima and…

Delta State Government on Monday debunked media reports credited to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State indicating that it had collected refunds from the Federal Government without disclosing it to citizens, saying it had remained committed to transparency and accountability in all its financial dealings on behalf of the people. The state commissioner for Finance, Chief Fidelis Tilije, made the clarification at a news conference in Asaba, while addressing the issue of 13 per cent derivation arrears payment to oil-producing states raised by the Rivers State. Tilije, who was with the commissioner for Special Projects, Chief Henry Sakpra and the…

Rivers State Government will start free feeding programmes in public primary schools in the state in 2023. Governor Nyesom Wike gave this indication in the proposed budget he presented to the House of Assembly for approval. The governor said the free school feeding programme will help to increase and sustain enrolment in public schools and reduce poverty in the state. A budget of N5 billion was proposed for the free school feeding programme. The governor also said that government will from 2023 begin free medical care for nursing mothers. He said, “The State has further provided N4 billion under Special…

Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have accused the Federal Government of plotting to commercialize and destroy public universities. Speaking during a protest by lecturers of the University of Port Harcourt over the half salaries they were paid for the month of October, the Port Harcourt zonal coordinator of ASUU, Dr. Stanley Ogoun urged everybody to support ASUU in the crusade to make university education qualitative and accessible in the country. Ogoun said all over the world, citizens hold government to account for their actions and Nigeria cannot be different. He said ASUU’s fight is to ensure…

Residents of Port Harcourt have been expressing strong displeasure over the closure last Friday of the Port Harcourt Mall operated by Spar Supermarket, through a court order that stopped it from going on with its Black Friday programme. But Rivers State Government, which obtained the court order to close the supermarket said the mall was shut for the Black Friday programme because its management failed to respond to the government’s demand that it should show evidence that it would contain the rush that could attend the Black Friday clearance sales. Thousands of shoppers that visited the mall last Friday were…

Governor Godwin Obaseki, has praised journalists for playing critical roles in advancing democracy in Nigeria and has also spoken of the need to empower journalists to continue to play those roles. Obaseki in a message he sent to the National Executive Council Meeting of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) that held in Benin also praised the media for being the eyes and voice of the people in a democracy. But he urged them to set agenda and provide working facts on activities and programme of government. The governor, who was represented by the commissioner for Information and Orientation, Christ…

The Edo State Police Command recently paraded six armed robbery suspects arrested in different police operations carried out to rid the state of criminals and their activities. The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Chidi Nwabuzor, told journalists during the parade of the suspects at the command headquarters that the police also intercepted a cult group as they planned an attack in Benin City and arrested one of the members. Nwabuzor said the police action was taken with the help of intelligence reports received by the police. He said, “On the 12th day of November 2022, at about 16.00 hours,…