Day: February 22, 2023

Buhari performs Groundbreaking of Oloibiri Museum, as Industry stakeholders power project

Efe Wellington

The groundbreaking of Oloibiri Museum and Research Centre (OMRC) was performed on Tuesday by President Muhammadu Buhari, an event that attracted leaders of the Nigerian oil and industry who made firm commitments to the execution and sustenance of the project. President Buhari was represented by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre and was accompanied by the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mr. Mele Kolo Kyari, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye…

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EFCC. Nigeria’s corruption headquarters under convicted Chairman – Kogi

Abibat Babalola

The Kogi State Government has called the Nigerian public’s attention to what it described as the ridicule the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has made of the fight against corruption in Nigeria with its “disgraceful fixation on the State in the pursuit of desperate political interests of its Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa and his godfathers.” The Commissioner for Information and Communications in the state, Kingsley Fanwo, said in a statement on Wednesday that Bawa had shown, like many honourable Civil Society Organisations had pointed out, that his mandate at the EFCC…

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We Are Comfortable With Adebule – CAN At Meeting With Lagos West Candidate

Gbenga Adeoti

God will deliver Nigeria, give us greater Lagos – CAN Chairman   Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has declared that it was comfortable with the candidature of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senatorial candidate for Lagos West, Dr. Idiat Oluranti Adebule. CAN Chairman for Lagos State, Bishop Stephen Adegbite, who said this at a meeting between Adebule and Christian community on Monday, declared that the former deputy governor of Lagos was the only candidate for West Senatorial District that has sought and had an audience with the body of Christ…

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Supreme Court Fixes March 3 For Judgement On Naira Swap Suit

Ganiyu Amodu

The Supreme Court has fixed March 3, 2023, for judgement in the naira redesign suit filed by Zamfara, Kogi and Kaduna state governments. Dissatisfied with the decision of the Federal Government to phase out N500 and N1000 notes, some governors had headed for the apex court, which restrained the Federal Government from implementing the February 10 deadline for swapping the old naira notes with the new ones. However, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele, said there was no need to shift the deadline. President Muhammadu Buhari had…

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