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Environmental activist Ken Saro Wiwa and the Ogoni-9; and before them, Major Isaac Adaka Boro lost their lives in the struggle for economic development and freedom in the Niger Delta. Sadly, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), which was created in response to the intense agitations that followed their death, has become Corruption Inc. as […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr. John Momoh, as the acting chairman of UNILAG Governing Council.   A letter dated August 21, 2020, and signed by Sonny Echono,   the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education conveyed this message to Momoh.   Buhari is the Visitor to UNILAG, which has been embroiled in […]

If you are one of many Nigerians who have been shell-shocked and dumbfounded by the financial brigandage, massive fraud and unprecedented looting and mismanagement in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), then the question you must be asking is: why has President Muhammadu Buhari not taken swift and immediate action to demand some accountability from […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday announced the ban on the use of Form M for payment of imports into the country through third parties.   In circular tilted ‘Destination Payment for all Forms M, Letter of Credit and other forms of Payment,’ the regulator said the measure was to take immediate effect.   […]

Talks between West African nations and Mali’s new junta ended on Monday without a deal on how the country should return to civilian rule following last week’s coup, the two sides said.   Separately, they also said that ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita — whose return to office had been initially demanded by the regional […]

  Folasade Ogunsola, a professor of medical microbiology on Mondy emerged the acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos.   She got 81 percent of the votes cast in an election held by members of the varsity’s Senate to choose an acting Vice-Chancellor.   By this feat, she becomes the first female VC of the […]

Ex-militants under the Presidential Amnesty Program, PAP, has vowed to return to the creeks in a renewed campaign against oil and gas facilities if the presidency implements the recommendations of the PAP panel.   The ex-militants made their position known during a press briefing at Ughelli, headquarters of Ughelli North local government area of Delta […]

  …hires Falana to sue govt. if it fails to take action in 14 days   Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari requesting him to “urgently rescind your assent to the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020, [CAMA 2020].   The NGO asked the President to […]

Nigeria’s economy declined in the second quarter of this year, with the gross domestic product falling by 6.10 percent.   In a report covering the second quarter released Monday, the National Bureau of Statistics, attributed the decline mainly to considerably lower levels of both domestic and international economic activity, resulting from nationwide shutdown efforts aimed […]