The off-season gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State in early November has produced another example of that state’s characteristically controversial and much-discussed electoral results. Although the former governor and immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum Chief Timipre Sylva representing the…
Nigeria’s economy recorded flat growth in the third quarter, as oil prices somewhat stabilized while the impact of reforms by the newly created government at boosting output were yet to have an impact. The economy expanded by 2.54% in Q3 2023, a…
Governor Fubara Speaking when he met with the Regent, and other representatives of Kalabari Se Kobiri at Government House, Port Harcourt on Friday dismissed insinuations in some quarters that labelled him as a non-Ijaw, saying such persons are bereft of…
Former Rivers State Governor, Nyesome Wike, has accused Governor Sim Fubara of burning down the State’s House of Assembly building. DAILY POST reported that there was an arson attack on the hallowed chambers of the state assembly weeks ago and…
In spite of the new strategies adopted by the Federal Government in November, 2021 to tackle oil spill in the Niger Delta, many communities in the region are still groaning and suffering silently under the yoke of environmental degradation occasioned…
Nigerian experts are hopeful that deals reached last week with Saudi Arabia will boost local oil production and help grow the economy. The deals included a pledge by Saudi officials to fix Nigeria’s four broken oil refineries, which haven’t worked…
In all parts of the country, small businesses remain largely in the informal sector of the economy because the perceived benefits of remaining informal, outweigh the perceived costs. However, this sector of the economy operates in a challenging business environment,…
The ‘empty treasury’ and ‘bankruptcy’ claims by the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration have stirred controversies. This is even as Nigeria’s rising inflation continues to bite harder, pushing more citizens into poverty as the cost of living and purchasing power…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has explained the calamity bedeviling the oil sector in the country. Lamenting that the company had not been able to pump oil through pipeline from Warri to Benin within the last 22 years,…
The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, on Tuesday, ordered the two factions of the Rivers State House of Assembly to maintain the status quo and suspend further deliberations until the matter before it is determined. Factional Speaker, Edison Ehie,…
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