It’s a Shame Nigeria Still Imports Petrol –Opadokun

The Convener, Coalition of Democrats for Electoral Reforms, Mr. Ayo Opadokun, and the Chairman, Galaxy Clique, Offa, Mr. Muideen Ibrahim, have said it is shameful that Nigeria, which is one of the largest global producers of crude oil, still imports petrol for domestic consumption.
They also said the Offa people were at a disadvantaged position on the basis of their inclusion in Kwara State, which is one of the 19 northern states, when according to them, they share cultural norms and history with the Yoruba.

$1bn Not Too Much To Fight Insecurity — FG

THE allocation of $1 billion from the Excess Crude Accounts, ECA, to address threats from Boko Haram and other conflict issues in the country is not too much in the light of continued threats against lives and property,

 the Federal Government has said. Speaking in defence of the approval of $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account by the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, the Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed cautioned that issues pertaining to the security of the country must not be put on the altar of politics, noting that the ruling party was itself also once in opposition and

EFCC, ICPC Begin Probe Of Suspended NHIS Boss For N919m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has begun investigations into allegations of misappropriation of funds and abuse of office levelled against the suspended Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Usman Yusuf.
The EFCC stated this in a letter dated December 21, 2017, which was addressed to the current acting Executive Secretary of the NHIS.
The investigations by the commission started five months after Yusuf was suspended by the Federal Ministry of Health.

Arsene Wenger Helped Me Soar In Europe---George Weah

George Weah has showered encomium on Arsene Wenger for helping him to flourish in Europe.

 The Frenchman brought the former Liberia international to Europe when he signed him for Monaco from Tonnerre Yaoundé in 1988. Weah The prolific striker later left his mark playing for Paris Saint-Germain and AC Milan before a spell in the English Premier League with Chelsea and Manchester

The Controversial $1bn Insurgency Fund

Controversy has continued to trail the recent disclosure by the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Abdulaziz Yari, that state governors in the country had asked the Federal Government to withdraw $1bn from the Excess Crude Account to fight insurgency in the North-East. 

 The decision was recently taken at the Federal Executive Council meeting, presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Group Cautions NASS Over Budget Handling

A socio-political organization, Campaign for Dignity in Governance, CDG, has called on Nigerians to halt the National Assembly’s annual legislative high handedness on budget passage, reminding them of the confidence reposed in them by the people.

The group, in a statement signed by its National President, Comrade Razaq Olokoba observed that, it has become the antics of the federal lawmakers that “we hold in high esteem, to use the budget passage period as a trap to hold the country hostage hiding under the excuses that are suspected to be

Abeg, End This Fuel Crisis

President Muhammadu Buhari, who breached Section 138 of the 1999 Constitution to appoint himself Minister of Petroleum Resources; his Minister of State, Ibe Kachikwu, and the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Maikanti Baru, should please find a way to end the punishing fuel scarcity that has lingered for nearly a month.
If the President thought that by delegating his duties, he had abdicated responsibility for getting petrol to Nigerians, he should remember his Oath of Office: “I will discharge my duties to the best of my ability, faithfully… and always in the interest of the sovereignty, integrity, solidarity, well-being, and prosperity of Nigeria.”