Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) says it will downsize its workforce in Nigeria by 25 per cent across various levels in the oil firm, a development frowned at by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN). The oil firm said the development followed the evolving negative operational environment in the energy sector. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that workers of the oil firm under the auspices of the PENGASSAN on...
President Muhammadu Buhari has called for total elimination of nuclear weapons, warning that trafficking in nuclear materials remains a potential threat to international peace and security. Mr Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesman, in a statement in Abuja on Friday, said Buhari gave the warning in a video message to the UN High-level meeting to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. Buhari restated Nigeria’s commitment to the peaceful uses...
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum has congratulated Gov. Duoye Diri of Bayelsa State over the Court of Appeal judgment in his favour. The appeal court set aside the judgment of the Bayelsa State Election Tribunal which nullified his election. Chairman of the PDP Governor’s Forum, Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, congratulated Diri in a statement issued by the Director-General of the Forum, C.I.D. Maduabum, in Abuja on Friday. Tambuwal said that the news...
Former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has asked Nigerians to respect merit and competence over the tradition of federal character. Sanusi advised that Nigerian should respect merit and performance rather than the doctrine of the federal character. He added that the doctrine has made things worst for the country. Sanusi said this on Thursday at The Platform, an annual conference organized by the Covenant Christian Centre in Lagos in commemoration of the 60th Independence...
The Nigeria Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has urged Nigerians to pay more attention to who is governor, who is local government chairman than who is president. The Minister gave this advice on Thursday while speaking at The Platform, an annual conference organized by Covenant Christian Centre in Lagos. The virtual event was hosted by Poju Oyemade, it was to commemorate the country’s 60th Independence Anniversary. The former Governor of Lagos State...
By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese and chairman Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), in Adamawa State Rev. Dr. Stephen Dami Mamza, has spite fire alleging that Nigeria has never been divided like it is under the current leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari. Mamza, accused that the insensitivity of the Buhari led the government to maintain religious and ethnic balance in its appointments” has further widened the gulp of suspicion between...
U.S. President Donald Trump is moving to a military hospital for treatment after being diagnosed with COVID-19, the White House said on Friday, as his administration and election campaign scrambled to adjust to an extraordinary twist in his turbulent presidency. Trump, 74, will be moved to a special suite at Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre in Bethesda, Maryland, for the next few days as a precautionary measure, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said....
In August, jihadists in Niger killed six French aid workers and two Nigeriens just outside of the capital, Niamey. Terrorist attacks have increased by 250 percent over the last two years in Africa’s Sahel region, according to the State Department. To help counter the threat of terrorism and build the capacity of African militaries, the U.S. government spends over $1.5 billion a year on security assistance to the African continent. Does this support work? Reliable security cooperation and assistance data are...
President Muhammadu Buhari has finally submitted the petroleum industry bill (PIB), which seek to scrap two major petroleum regulatory agency to the national assembly for consideration and passage. The proposed bill seeks to scrap the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPR) and establish the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited after all the assets and liabilities of the NNPC have been identified by the ministers of petroleum resources and finance. “The...
The former emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi has said representatives of the country’s geopolitical zones are only interested in enriching their pockets. He pointed out that politicians who refer to themselves as advocates of the southern and northerner citizens only seek personal gain. The former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), who spoke at The Platform, an annual conference organised by Covenant Christian Centre in Lagos, on Thursday stated that Nigerian elites are the...
