Senate Chief Whip Olusola Adeyeye on Wednesday said he would bring a motion to the floor regarding President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to unbundle the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), saying the action was illegal. Adeyeye chided Buhari’s federal government for allegedly not having consulted the National Assembly, echoing claims by two major trade unions, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, which said they too were in the dark about the nature of the decision to unbundle…
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Fuel Scarcity Looms As Oil Workers Down Tool
The on-going fuel crisis will linger on with the untold hardship being faced by Nigerians as oil workers under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) yesterday, began a nationwide industrial action against the restructuring of the NNPC by the federal government. The union leaders of the NNPC branch of PENGASSAN and NUPENG blocked the entrance of the NNPC corporate headquarters in Abuja, preventing workers from resuming to duties even as they…
Read MoreWe’re “Restructuring” Not Unbundling NNPC — Kachikwu
Barely 24 hours after the news of unbundling NNPC went viral, the minister of state for petroleum, Ibe Kachukwu, has retracted, saying the federal government was not unbundling but reorganising the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The minister who spoke Wednesday to journalists at the presidential villa, Abuja, said he was concerned about reports that NNPC had been broken into separate entities. His comments followed the shutting down of NNPC by members Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas…
Read MoreSGF, Ministers Visit Late Ocholi’s Residence
Ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Wednesday paid a condolence visit to the family of their late colleague, Mr James Ocholi, at his Abuja residence, after the Federal Executive Council meeting. The delegation, led by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, assured the children that the Presidency would support the family of the late Mr Ocholi. Also at the residence to sympathise with the family was a notable politician in Kogi State, James Faleke, who said that the late minister’s death was a great loss to Nigeria,…
Read MoreAfter 5hr Meeting With Mimiko, Impeached Ondo First Female Speaker Reinstated
Barely 24 hours after the first female Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Jumoke Akindele was said to have been impeached in a questionable manner, she has been reinstated. The reinstatement came after a 5 hour meeting with the Ondo state governor, Olusegun Mimiko. Akindele and her deputy, Fatai Olotu, were impeached by 18 out of the 26 lawmakers at one of the lawmakers quarters in Akure, the Ondo state capital at about 10pm yesterday March 8th. Please follow and like us:0
Read MoreNNPC Unbundling ‘Illegal’ – NASS
Lawmakers of both chambers of the national assembly have expressed dissatisfaction with the recent reforms at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the senate particularly describing it as “illegal”. Last week, Ibe Kachikwu, minister of state for petroleum resources, announced that the federal government was planning to unbundle the corporation into profitable companies. Responding, the house of representatives mandated its committee on petroleum to ensure that the unbundling was not carried out. This followed the motion of Agom Jarigbe, representative of Ogoja/Yala constituency in the house of representatives, arguing that…
Read MoreTrump: A liar, Robber, Scammer and Fraudster – Time Magazine
By Ahmed Oluwasanjo In the run-up to the the election that would produce the the 45th president in America – the oldest democracy in the world – the campaign seems to be getting intense and messier. Today, the Time magazine on its cover page with the face of the most vocal and verbose candidate of the Republican Party, Donald Trump, described Trump in a derogative and highly derisive manner as a “liar”, “scammer”, “robber”, and a “fraudster”. This might be received well by the Muslim community, Nigerians, illegal migrants and…
Read MoreNorth Korea Claims To Have Nuclear Warheads That Can Fit On Missiles
North Korea claims to have miniaturized nuclear warheads to fit on ballistic missiles, state-run Korea Central News Agency reported. The report comes after the country reported a successful test of what it said was a hydrogen bomb in February and as tensions on the peninsula remain high as joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises take place. State media reported Wednesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with nuclear scientists and technicians who briefed him on “research conducted to tip various type tactical and strategic ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads.”…
Read MorePigin English To The Rescue For Saraki
Senate President Bukola Saraki could not excape using Pigin English to reply a question thrown at him over the visit of South African President Jacob Zuma to the National Assembly on Tuesday in Abuja. Pigin English which has come to stay in Nigeria, is a local palance Nigerians commonly use to express themselves away from using the spoken English taught in schools… Saraki’s follower on Twitter queried what transpired at the NASS when Zuma address a joint sitting of the both chambers, but you won’t believe Saraki’s reply…read Please follow…
Read MoreShehu Sani Wants End To Fuel Crisis, Faults FG’s Unbundling Of NNPC
Kaduna State Senator Shehu Sani, thinks ending the lingering fuel scarcity should be the most pressing thing for the Federal government to address now, and faulted the timing of the unbundling of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). In his Tweet on Wednesday he said, ending the lingering fuel scarcity is more pressing than the unbundling of NNPC by the FG. The Minister of State for Petroleum resources, Ibe Kachikwu, announced the unbundling of NNPC into 7 units yesterday March 8th. Do you agree with him? Please follow and like us:0
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