The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie 0mo-Agege, has approved the appointments of Dr. Otive Igbuzor as his Chief of Staff and Mr. Yomi Odunuga as Special Adviser, Media and Publicity. He also announced the appointment of Ms. Lara Owoeye-Wise as Senior Special Assistant on Electronic and New Media. …

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mele Kyari to head the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). This is the second appointment the president will be making since his inauguration in May. Kyari, who is the current group General manager, crude marketing division, will assume office as NNPC GMD on July 7. …

Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege has called for the re-organisation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-south. According to him, the re-organisation will make the party work towards clinching some positions in 2023. He added that it would change the notion that the region is a stronghold of …

The just-disbanded team was an unmitigated failure: true, there were a number of proven technocrats with impressive past records, but Buhari’s lack-lustre aura, his insouciant approach, sectionalism and poor leadership ensured that there was no sterling performance to speak of and the cabinet was dissolved with no major achievement or …

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria told President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday that the country’s economy remained “fragile”, much as it appreciated his commitment to perform better in his second term in office. “It is clear that our economy is still fragile,” the President of MAN, Mansur Ahmed, said when the …

In the light of conflicting and often confusing claims and counterclaims on how our nearly 60-year old Republic can achieve stability, make real progress and stand the test of time, we once again urge a revisit to the very nature of federalism, which was reinforced on us in 1967 in …

A Kaduna State High Court has declared as illegal the Religious Regulatory Bill passed by the House of Assembly, saying it infringed the fundamental rights of pastors to propagate Christianity in the state. Specifically, Justice Hajara Gwadah ruled that the plan by the government to issue licences to the pastors …

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) of the United Kingdom has cautioned British nationals against travelling to 21 states in Nigeria. In a statement on its website “updated June 17, 2019” and “still current at June 18, 2019,” the FCO listed the states as: Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe, “riverine areas …

A 300-Level Medical Laboratory student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Christabel was yesterday evening discovered dead in her hostel room at Newton Street, Ekosodin area of Benin City, after allegedly taking some deadly substance to end her life. The details of the incident were still sketchy as at press …

As the Muhammadu Buhari administration marked the newly-agreed Democracy Day, June 12, the other day, against the backdrop of expectations of truly representative democracy which Nigerians have, it can be said that the Nigerian state actors have not delivered on the promise of democracy. There is therefore a sense in …