The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Wednesday, stated that it has commenced the unbundling of the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC) into three different companies — a storage, pipelines and products marketing companies. The PPMC was set up in 1988 with the objective to provide excellent customer services by transporting crude oil to the refineries and moving white petroleum products, according to the NNPC website. However, with the ongoing restructuring of the state oil company, its subsidiaries are being visited to evaluate them and restructure the ones needing it. Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu disclosed…
Author: Wale Adebayo
The Igbo Delegates Assembly (IDA), a socio-cultural/political group, on Wednesday in Makurdi urged Nigerians to exercise caution in assessing the new administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement after its meeting in the Benue capital, IDA said Nigerians need to apply caution because the success or failure of President Buhari would rub off on the entire country. “As many Nigerians continue to canvass divergent views about the administration of President Buhari, the Igbo Delegates Assembly calls for caution. “This is because the success or failure of the President will rub off on the entire country. “The best thing for…
Hundreds of Kogi indigenes on Wednesday stormed the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja to protest the governorship primaries victory of former Kogi State governor, Abubukar Audu. The protesters shut down the secretariat, demanding the reversal of Audu’s victory on the account of his pending corruption case with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Audu had last Saturday emerged the party flag bearer ahead of the November 21 governorship election in Kogi state, beating 27 other aspirants. He was, therefore, at the party’s headquarters to collect his Certificate of Return. According to reports, Audu was…
If you follow traffic reports on social media or you have traffic apps installed on your phone, you must have heard about an accident that happened just hours ago at Ojuelegba area in Lagos. The number of casualties in the incident which happened some minutes to 5pm is yet to be ascertained. See photos below:
Veteran rapper and businessman, Master P may have lost custody of his seven children to ex-wife but the hip hop mogul is willing to make her suffer to get back his kids According to Miller, Master P won’t relent until she is homeless, phone-less and penniless. She’s presently requesting the court to force the millionaire to pay up spousal and child support asap. In her latest complaint, Miller claims the former rapper had security guards block her from entering the Calabasas mansion she and their 7 kids live in. According to TMZ, Master P pays the rent, but in documents…
In a recent interview with Mavin Records CEO Don Jazzy, he opened up on why record label don’t last long in Nigeria. Don Jazzy said: – “I think I was born to do this, there are other record labels doing well also but in my research, I don’t think there’s any record label that’s as passionate about the careers of their artistes as much as I am. I’m over passionate about my artistes. Until the last man blows, am not happy, I think about their success before I think about making money but most labels are always interested in making…
Dance hall singer, Orezi has slammed rumors that he is a married man. Speaking to Hip TV, Orezi said he has not tied the knot and the pictures circulating of him online at a traditional marriage ceremony was not his but his sister’s. “Some people think I am married. I am not married o. Please I am still single, willing to mingle. It was my sister’s wedding actually but a lot of people thought it was mine. I am not married. I am single” Orezi told Hip TV. Orezi Esegine Allen popularly known as Alhaji Orezi is set to drop…
According to a report reaching our desk, Toyin Aimakhu and her hubby, Adeniyi Johnson have made peace for the second time after their latest marital scandal. A source revealed that the actress has moved back into her matrimonial home in the Obadore Area of Ajah, Lagos. I reported earlier that the actress stormed out of her matrimonial home in anger when she caught him flirting with a member of her staff. “Please you people should give them a break. Couples have problems and they settle and theirs is no exception. They are already trying to make peace,” revealed an source.…
It’s no longer news that U2 band leader and ONE.org co-founder, Bono, is in Lagos. Top celebrities felt the excitement and major media platforms had the news buzzing and were eager to discover what business the legendary rock star came to Nigeria to conduct. He surely had a great time and experienced the Lagos life as one of Africa’s biggest stars D’Banj hosted the legendary rock star and the ONE.org team at the Osborne Foreshore Boat Club in Ikoyi on Thursday evening. Stars and celebrities were all in attendance at this event as there were musical performances from D’Banj, Waje, Seyi Shay,…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday intervened in the problems preventing some retirees from accessing their retirement benefits. He directed the Pensions Commission (PENCOM) to urgently look into such complaints. The Director General of PENCOM, Dr. Chinelo Anohu-Amazu, made the disclosure while speaking with State House correspondents after briefing President Buhari on the affairs of the pension industry. She said: “The President has also directed for immediate resolution because you also have to be mindful of the situation we live in, most of them who are not able to access their benefits, had to do with accrued rights. The problems involved…
A suspected suicide bomber who was on the move to detonate his explosive device at the Yankari motor park in Bauchi, Bauchi State, has been apprehended. A security source, who confirmed the arrest to TheCable, said the suspect was trying to gain entry into the park when the explosives on him were spotted by metal detectors mounted at the entrance. “The man came very early in the morning, around 6am, and was trying to enter. But he was unable to achieve his aim”, the source said. “Security at the gate detected the bomb, and they caught him. Most of the…
There are strong indications former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has buried the hatchet with Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, who is seeking a second term on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party. When her husband, ex-President Goodluck Jonathan was in power, speculations were rife that the former first lady had vowed to frustrate Dickson’s re-election bid. Towards this end, she severed any ties she had with the governor, including resigning her controversial position as a permanent secretary in one of the state’s ministries. Dickson, in retaliation, reportedly fired some loyalists of the former president’s wife serving in his…
The Kano State Government has donated N15.8 million worth of cement and roofing sheets to 415 flood victims at Hungu and Faragai villages in Albasu Local Government Area. The Executive Secretary, State Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation Agency (SERERA), Alhaji Ali Bashir, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Wednesday. Bashir said the gesture was part of the government’s effort to support the victims to rebuild their houses and alleviate their sufferings. According to him, the government and the senator representing the area, Sen. Kabiru Gaya, have also provided them with some…
The Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State has claimed that National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, does not want former Governor Babatunde Fashola to be appointed minister by President Muhammadu Buhari. The APC leader had in a statement last week denied reports that he was behind startling revelations detailing Fashola’s mismanagement of the state’s funds. He subsequently accused the PDP of sponsoring the reports of the immediate past governor’s N78.3m website. However, the Lagos PDP spokesman, Mr. Taofik Gani, said in a statement on Tuesday that Tinubu’s feud with Fashola was an open secret, therefore,…
The Presidency has received knocks for denying that a campaign document titled “My Covenant With Nigerians”, originated from the All Progressives Congress, APC. The Labour Party, Afenifere and Arewa Youth Consultative Forum in their various reactions yesterday, expressed disappointment in the Presidency’s denial of the document, saying it amounts to a betrayal of confidence. The document, which had gone viral online, contained a list of electoral promises purportedly made by then Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), who was the APC candidate in the April 28 presidential election, which he promised to fulfil within 100 days, if he is elected as president.…
The Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday raised the alarm over moves by the All Progressives Congress-led federal government to tinker with the composition of the election tribunals’ judges in Rivers and other PDP-controlled states. It said the idea behind the move was to replace those judges with those it described as “pliable judges to overturn the party’s (PDP) victory in the last general elections”. Accordingly, the opposition party it was in possession of concrete evidence that the APC-led administration was set to transfer “uncooperative tribunal judges and replace them with malleable ones to overturn PDP’s electoral victory in Rivers, Akwa-Ibom,…
The governing All Progressives Congress, APC, has denied allegations by the Peoples Democratic Party that it was planning to use federal might to alter elections results and replace some election petitions tribunal judges. The PDP spokesman, Olisa Metuh, who addressed a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, alleged that to achieve its aim, the APC-led federal government has formed an unholy alliance with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Department of State Service (DSS) to transfer upright judges in the election tribunals of River, Akwa Ibom, Delta and other states won by the PDP in the last general…
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State says President Muhammadu Buhari has brought credibility and integrity into public office since his assumption of office over three months ago. The governor said within the last 100 days, the president had brought about strong leadership, which had shown direction to all Nigerians. Ambode, who was part of the delegation of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) that visited President Buhari on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, expressed these views in an interview with State House correspondents after the meeting. According to the governor, within the last 100 days, President Buhari…
The Anambra state House of Assembly on Tuesday urged Governor Willie Obiano to immortalise a former Minister of Information and Communication, Prof. Dora Akunyili. Akunyili passed on after a protracted battle with cancer at an Indian hospital on June 7, 2014. She was aged The motion to immortalise Akunyili was moved by the member representing Orumba-South constituency, Nikky Ugochuikwu, who is also the Chairman, House Committee on Women Affairs and Social Development. The lawmaker argued that the immortalisation of Prof. Akunyili would spur other citizens of the state to be fully committed in the pursuit of excellence in their various…
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Solomon Arase, has assured the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of the preparedness of the Police to provide adequate security during the Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections. This is contained in a statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, Acting ACP Olabisi Kolawole in Abuja on Wednesday. The statement said Arase gave the assurance during a courtesy visit on the Acting Chairperson of INEC, Mrs. Amina Zakari in Abuja. It said the visit was aimed at cementing the existing relationship between the police and the commission in ensuring the actualisation of its mandate.…