My greatest achievement is the LOCAL CONTENT Intervention fund ……… 1.8m Jobs to be created.……….Engr Wabote The Local Content policy of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s led administration is recording massive achievements under the direction of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). In an Interview with Journalists, its executive Secretary Engr Simbi Kesiye Wabote…
The national leader of Host Communities Producing Oil and Gas in Nigeria (HOSCOM), Prof. Jasper F. Jambo, has faulted recent calls on the Federal Government to scrap the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), saying it was irresponsible. Jambo insisted that the call was an insult and gross disregard and disrespect for the untiring efforts of…
This is justice for Nigerian farmers in far-away Netherlands and against a multinational corporation that fetches Netherlands billions of dollars annually. A multinational corporation that is also headquartered in their country, the Netherlands. I was at the Dutch parliament in 2011 or so on its invitation (representing the Embassy) when this matter was debated among…
PRESS STATEMENT: Contract Files Takeover by Forensic Auditors As part of the on-going Forensic Audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, the lead consultants, Olumuyiwa Basiru & Co. will tomorrow (Thursday) takeover all original contract files relating to projects and programmes awarded by the NDDC between 2001 and 2019, as directed by President Muhammadu…
The Federal Government has reinstated Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG). This was disclosed on Wednesday in a statement by the Ministry of Education’s Director Press and Public Relations, Ben-Bem Goong. The statement titled, “Re: Report Of The Special Visitation Panel To University Of Lagos,” was made available to…
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has described the Emir of Ilorin Alhaji (Dr) Ibrahim Sulu Gambari as a man of peace who is passionately committed to Nigeria’s unity and progress. In a statement in Abuja to celebrate Gambari’s 25th Anniversary on the throne, Atiku who is the Wazirin Adamawa, said the Emir of…
When Orville and Wilbur Wright set out to redefine human travel and bring the four corners of the earth closer together in time, they were warned by critics. The naysayers told them that if God had wanted man to fly, he would have given him wings. Today, an aeroplane is a testament to the ingenuity…
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum, SMBLF, on Wednesday, warned that it would no longer allow a section of the country to play any supremacist role over others. The forum said this in a communique after an emergency meeting held in Abuja. The communique was signed by Chief EK Clark (PANDEF Leader), AVM Idongesit…
The Minister of State Petroleum Resources Mr Timipre Sylva said Federal government will soon commence oil exploration in the Lake Chad Basin. Mr Sylva made this known while briefing newmens shortly after a meeting with the Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai at the headquarters Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole in Maiduguri on…
The National Coordinator/Chief Executive Officer of the AUD-NEPAD/APRM, Princess Gloria Akobundu has called for the support of the National Assembly for more poverty alleviation programmes to be domiciled in the agency.She said, having more of such programmes will strengthen the Agency to execute its mandate of combating poverty across the country.She made the call when…
