Day: September 2, 2025

Anti- Party: Why Wike Is Yet To Face Sanction — PDP

Abibat Babalola

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said former Rivers State governor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, cannot be sanctioned for alleged anti-party activities without a formal petition, backed by evidence. PDP Deputy National Legal Adviser, Mr. Okechukwu Osuoha, told Vanguard in Abuja yesterday that although the party had already set up a disciplinary committee to deal with cases of infractions, no member had been prosecuted or punished because no petitions had been formally presented. “At our NEC meeting, we set up a disciplinary committee headed by…

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Nigerian Embassies Hit By Unpaid Rent, Salary Arrears

Abibat Babalola

The Federal Government has admitted to mounting financial and operational difficulties across Nigeria’s diplomatic and consular missions abroad, blaming budgetary shortfalls and foreign exchange policy changes for the strain. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs made the admission on Monday in a statement by its spokesperson, Kimiebi Ebienfa. The ministry acknowledged that the challenges had disrupted the smooth functioning of several missions, leading to delays in the payment of salaries for locally recruited staff, allowances for home-based officers, and rent owed to landlords and service providers. “The ministry is not unaware…

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‘Office Romance,’ Nestlé Sacks CEO Laurent Freixe

Abibat Babalola

Nestlé, the Swiss multinational behind Nespresso and KitKat, has sacked its chief executive, Laurent Freixe, with immediate effect after an internal probe found he had engaged in an undisclosed romantic relationship with a direct subordinate. The company announced the decision on Monday, stating that the relationship breached its code of business conduct. Following the dismissal, Nespresso CEO Philipp Navratil was swiftly appointed to take over as chief executive. Nestlé’s board explained that the investigation was overseen by Chairman Paul Bulcke and lead independent director Pablo Isla, with support from external…

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What Nigeria’ll Get As NUPRC Inks Deals With NNPC, TotalEnergies, Sapetro

DAMILOLA OLONADE

“Signature bonus of $10m, a production bonus of two million barrels, and cash equivalents on attainment of 35 million and 100 million barrels,” and-then-what details about what PPLs 2000, 2001 awardees will offer on new PSC deals     The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has executed the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) with Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and the TotalEnergies–and South Atlantic Petroleum (Sapetro) Consortium for two offshore blocks spanning about 2,000 square kilometres in the Niger Delta Basin. A statement from the NUPRC quoted the Chief…

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Finland Jails Biafra Exile Leader

Abibat Babalola

A FINNISH court has sentenced Simon Ekpa, the self-styled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Government in Exile, to six years in prison for terrorism-related offences. The ruling has been welcomed by Nigerian officials, who accuse Ekpa of inciting deadly unrest in the country’s southeast. The Päijät-Häme District Court in Lahti ruled that Ekpa had engaged in ‘public incitement to commit a crime with terrorist intent’, using social media to broadcast messages that prosecutors said directly fuelled violence in Nigeria. The judgement, first reported by Finnish broadcaster Yle,…

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