GUARDIAN Barely one month after he was inaugurated for a second term in office and days to the inauguration of the 9th session of the National Assembly, President Muhammadu Buhari, gave assent to a bill that allows states’ judiciary to…
THIS DAY Members of the Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas (HOSCON) have declared as unacceptable the federal government’s continuous withholding of the N98 billion gas flare penalty money owed oil producing communities. THISDAY learnt that the money,…
LEADERSHIP ***DPR To Inspect 6,000 Bp/D Facility The Edo Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited, a project partly sponsored by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration in Edo State and being developed by AIPCC Energy Limited at Ologbo, Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area…
LEADERSHIP A group of young professional under the aegis of South-south Emerging Leaders’ Forum (SELF) has commended a political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, for calling on those who…
VANGUARD YENAGOA—SOME governorship aspirants on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Bayelsa State, have expressed anger over the purported decision by the state party chairman, Mr Cleopas Moses, to openly endorse the candidate preferred by the state governor,…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa PUBLIC protest, like police bail, is ‘free.’ In fact, the police are obliged to provide security for peaceful protesters. However, the line between being provided such security and being charged with terrorism or treason for the…
LEADERSHIP Despite the 2006 port concessioning, the eastern ports have refused to attract more cargoes due to decaying infrastructure, bad access road and insecurity. YUSUF BABALOLA writes In the last three years, the Apapa and Tin Can Island seaports have been experiencing…
LEADERSHIP The issue of climate change can no longer be ignored as flooding caused by torrential rainfall poses serious danger this year. As the nation approaches the peak of the rainy season with the prediction of more floods across the…
PUNCH The battle for the soul of Bayelsa State has become intense among the key political players, ahead of the November 16 governorship poll, SIMON UTEBOR writes Bayelsa State is on the march again looking for a governor to occupy…
VANGUARD • As Kogi, Kebbi, Adamawa, Ondo, Ogun, others differ • PDP senators vow to oppose the bill No fewer than nine out of the states that would be affected if the Senate passes the National Water Resources Bill it…