The Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria also called NOGASA on Wednesday declared that its members don’t have money to pay differentials as the price of fuel tankers has suddenly jumped to N25  million up from N7 million before the removal of fuel subsidy. Bennett Korie, National President of NOGASA stated this while addressing journalists at a world press conference in Abuja, stressing that the group supports subsidy removal 100 per cent, and...

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has bemoaned Monday’s boat accident in Kwara State that claimed more than 100 lives. While describing the mishap as sad and unfortunate, Diri commiserated with Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State, the families of the victims and the people of Kwara State. The governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, on Wednesday, said the tragedy was a sad reminder of similar incidents in the riverine...

The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), has congratulated Senator Godswill Akpabio over his emergence as the President of the 10th Senate. Dr. Ken Robinson, National Publicity Secretary, Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), in a press statement on Tuesday lauded the outcome of the election at the red chamber of the National Assembly, stressing that it has provided some degree of balance in the national government. The Niger Delta Socio-cultural organisation described the attempt by some groups...

…Asks Nigerians to sacrifice for survival of democracy In his democracy message on June 12, to commemorate 30 years of struggle for democracy in Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu has said that Nigerians must never take democracy for granted. He said, “We must forever jealously guard and protect our democracy like a precious jewel. For, a people can never truly appreciate the freedoms and rights democracy guarantees them until they lose it. “It is exactly three...

While considering, the democratic journey of Nigeria in the over two decades of unbroken democratic rule in the country, from 1999 to date, leader of National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), Chief Ayo Opadokun and the President of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), Dr. Obayuwana Osagie have identified military incursion and poverty as threat to democracy in Nigeria. According to Opadokun in a chat with our reporter, noted that the colossal damage made...