THIS DAY, 8 May, 2019 Emmanuel Addeh writes that the controversy surrounding the proposed Pensions Law for Bayelsa lawmakers may have been laid to rest, but the dust raised by the incident lingers Conversations on the Pensions Law for Bayelsa…
THIS DAY The Federal Government has accused former President Goodluck Jonathan and the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, of accepting bribes and breaking the country’s laws to broker a $1.3 billion oil deal eight years ago, a London…
Notice is hereby given that a workshop is being planned in Yenagoa with the following theme: “Credible Governorship Election 2019 and Good Governance in Bayelsa State – Building Consensus through the Ijaw Charter and Ijaw Nation Code of Ethics, Leadership…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa WE came in from various parts of the country. The venue was the national offices of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in Abuja on April 13, 2019. Presiding was NLC President, Ayuba Wabba. This was the…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa FOUR years ago, the Nigerian social media had two major groups. ‘The Wailers’, so called because they were said to be wailing the loss of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the general elections. The…
Notice is hereby given that a workshop is being planned in Yenagoa with the following theme: “Credible Governorship Election 2019 and Good Governance in Bayelsa State – Building Consensus through the Ijaw Charter and Ijaw Nation Code of Ethics, Leadership…
VANGUARD UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday in New York announced the appointment of His Royal Highness Muhammadu Sanusi II, Emir of Kano, as one of his new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Advocates for 2019-2020. A statement by UN quoted…
PUNCH The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the alleged embezzlement of the money allocated to the Presidential Amnesty Programme. The resolution was reached at the plenary on Wednesday when the lawmakers unanimously adopted a motion moved by Mr…
NIGER DELTA NEWS FEEDS Hundreds of protesting indigenes of Nembe who barricaded access to the Nembe Creek oilfields have vacated the facility following commencement of talks between them and the operator of the field. The host community had blocked the…
NEW TELEGRAPH The bickering between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the host communities to its Gas marketing Subsidiary, Nigerian Gas Marketing Company Limited (NGMC) yesterday degenerated. The duo were sharply divided over alleged plans by the NNPC to…