Day: November 20, 2022

Oil in the North: Buhari to officially flag-off first drilling on Tuesday

Aminu Imam

The first oil drilling in Northern Nigeria after its discovery in large quantities in the region is scheduled to be superintended by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday. The ground-breaking ceremony of the Kolmani OPLs 809 and 810 at the Kolmani field site in Bauchi and Gombe States will take place on Tuesday. Nigeria is blessed with several mineral resources amounting to trillions of dollars; however, the Government have been accused of focusing its attention on oil and gas in the Southern part of the country, which has always been assumed…

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Crude oil theft fuelling unemployment – FG

Aminu Imam

Crude oil theft has been identified by the Federal Government as the primary cause of the nation’s deteriorating unemployment rate. According to an issued press statement by the ministry, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, stated this while speaking at the 8th meeting of the National Employment Council in Abuja. According to the Minister, the problem has impeded the Federal Government’s ability to provide jobs for the nation’s teeming young population. Ngige, who is the chairman of the council, lamented that oil theft has made Nigeria to…

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“You are an unrelenting advocate of true federalism”, Buhari tells Wike

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended River State Governor, Nyesom Wike, for his support of legal education in the country.  The President, who made the commendation during the inauguration of the Dr. Nabo Graham Douglas Campus of the Nigerian Law School in Port Harcourt, on Friday, described him as an unrelenting advocate of true federalism. President Buhari, represented by Attorney-General of the Federation, (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), described the new law school as a grand wonder structured to be self-sustaining. The president noted that the project, among…

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2023: US vows to impose visa ban on election riggers

Aminu Imam

The United States (US) Government has warned that it would sanction anyone who interferes with the democratic process or instigates violence in the 2023 general elections in Nigeria. Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria, Rolf Olson, who gave the warning at the Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Alumni Association Annual Seminar 2022, said that it would apply sanctions, including visa restrictions, on those found culpable of election rigging. The country also threw its weight behind the decision of Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), to deploy the Bi-modal Voter Accreditation System,…

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Qatar World Cup: “Fans will survive without alcohol”, Infantino replies critics

Aminu Imam

FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, says football fans going to matches at the 2022 FIFA World Cup “will survive” if they’re not allowed to have alcohol. Infantino stated this yesterday, during a press conference to usher in the World Cup in Doha, Qatar. Qatar, hosts of the Mundial, had earlier announced that fans will not have access to alcoholic beverages within stadiums. Citing similar laws in some European countries, Infantino backed the decision of the Arab nation. Qatar, accused of buying the World Cup hosting rights, has also been in the…

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Anti-Party Activities: “Rivers won’t work for you”, Wike tells Atiku

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…Says he’s waiting for PDP to sack him Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, has insisted that he will only fight for the governorship, National Assembly and House of Assembly candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023. Wike spoke in a State banquet organised on Friday in honour of the G5 Governors, who came to provide solidarity for the Rivers 2023 campaign flag-off in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The Banquet was attended by the G5 Governors comprising Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu); Seyi Makinde (Oyo); Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) and Samuel Ortom…

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“Nigeria’s cost of governance, criminality, corruption has reached unacceptable level” – Peter Obi

Aminu Imam

The presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has stressed that the cost of governance in Nigeria, criminality and corruption within government space has reached an unacceptable level. He said there was need to take drastic measures to reduce the trends. Obi stated this in Gboko, Benue State, while speaking to newsmen after he addressed the NKST Synod in Mkar, Gboko local government area of Benue State. According to him, “There is no government that has eliminated everything but ours is at unacceptable level. We must reduce it to…

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Qatar 2022 World Cup: The big kick-off finally gets under way

Aminu Imam

After a 12-year build-up engulfed by a desert storm of controversy, the World Cup finally kicks off in Qatar today, with Lionel Messi aiming to crown his glittering career by winning the football’s greatest prize. Recall that the first ever World Cup was held in the Arab world – and the first staged outside of the northern hemisphere’s summer window – gets under way at the 60,000-capacity Al-Bayt Stadium, where hosts Qatar take on Ecuador in Group A. It marks the start of a month-long football extravaganza which embattled Qatari…

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2023: APC Support Group applaud CAN for soft-pedalling on Muslim-Muslim ticket

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A support group, under the aegis of the All Progressives Congress (APC), City Boy Progressive Group has lauded the Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN) for rescinding its decision not to support the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the vexed Muslim-Muslim ticket. It had earlier been reported that Christian leaders under CAN had decided to reconsider their stance on the issue of Muslim- Muslim ticket and may have Tinubu the benefit of doubt ahead of the 2023 polls. The APC presidential candidate had on Wednesday met with the leadership…

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UK supporting Nigeria to deliver credible elections in 2023 – British High Commissioner 

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The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, says that the Government of the United Kingdom is supporting Nigeria to ensure credible elections in 2023. Laing, who disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja, said the UK would monitor the elections closely. She expressed the UK government’s optimism that Nigeria would deliver free and fair elections in 2023 once the amended Electoral Act was implemented. According to her, the UK government had been supporting the electoral process in Nigeria by ensuring that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…

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