THE GUARDIAN The lingering economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, no doubt, is disrupting traditional financial inflows, especially, in sub-Saharan Africa, and as experts noted, it is equally revealing “the need to strengthen domestic resource mobilization in the region.” This…
THE WILL The interim administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd), has said his next plan for former agitators is to focus on wealth creation by leveraging on partnerships that will have positive effects on…
PUNCH NEWS The President of the Ijaw National Congress, Prof. Benjamin Okaba, has expressed dismay that the Niger Delta Development Commission has been operating without a substantive board since 2016. Okaba stated this on Saturday during a live radio interview…
VANGUARD Former Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has harped on the need to invest more in human capital development programs and initiatives on prospective youth and women, for economic improvement of Niger Delta region. Dr Uduaghan who noted…
LEADERSHIP More than 22 million litres of crude oil were recovered from the spill site in Bodo community in Gokana local government area of Rivers State between 2017 and 2019 as part of ongoing cleanup of the environment. The cleanup…
THE GUARDIAN •US, AfDB, Osinbajo back funding projects •Award of 45 gas flare licences in limbo four years after Nigeria has, in the first 152 days of this year, flared about 85.4 billion standard cubic feet of natural gas, translating…
PUNCH NEWS No fewer than 20 states have yet to commence the payment of pensions to retirees after opting to join the Contributory Pension Scheme, investigations by our correspondents have revealed. The CPS was established by the Pension Reform Act,…
LEADERSHIP.NG Justice Isa Dashen of the Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State has expressed displeasure over alleged attempt by officials of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) led by the acting administrator, Milland Dixion Dikio (rtd) to delay the…
PREMIUM TIMES The Central Bank of Nigeria on Wednesday warned the public against a Twitter handle suggesting that it is disbursing 50 billion eNaira. The bank said some fraudulent individuals have been posting messages relating to the currency wooing Nigerians…
PUNCH NEWS There were strong indications on Wednesday that the federal and state governments had agreed to the suspension of the deduction of $418m Paris Club refunds from states and local governments’ accounts pending the determination of court cases on…