Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for approving the immediate implementation of sweeping cost saving measures aimed at instilling financial discipline and prudence, particularly on government trips. In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu, the party lauded the presidential directive […]
…President: Obasanjo squandered $16bn on power with nothing to show for it …You are ignorant, lack essential qualities to remain in power, Obasanjo tells Buhari In what can be described as the first direct response to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s ceaseless attacks on his performance in government, President Muhammadu Buhari has lashed out at his […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has taken another swipe at successive Peoples Democratic Party administrations between 1999 and 2015, saying God will judge them for mismanaging the country’s resources. “Nigerians know that there were no roads or rail lines, there was no power, despite the billions of dollars spent. Only God will judge this thing,” Mr. Buhari […]
With a huge potential in agricultural resources, including food and export crops such as cassava, coco yam; cocoa, palm oil, cashew, among others, Africa’s future will depend on how it harnesses those potential for future development. With a focus on SMEs and smallholder farmers creating the high productivity jobs and sustainable economic growth that failed […]
Governor Muhammadu Jibrila Bindow of Adamawa State on Monday reiterated the need to prioritise the needs of the people of the state despite limited resources. Bindow said this in his New Year broadcast to the residents of the state also said that the residents shall be the focus of his administration. “Let me emphasise the […]
Motorists went wild with joy on Monday at Mani Petrol Station, Mowe, Ogun State as the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), turned Santa Claus and offered them free petrol. The free fuel by the DPR was the result of a sanction imposed on the owner of the station, who had ignored an earlier warning to […]
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), has placed stiff penalties against depot owners who engage in illicit activities. This is contained in a statement signed by Zonal Operations Controller, DPR Lagos, Wole Akinyosoye. ‘It has come to the notice of the department that some depot owners are selling PMS to unlicensed bulk buyers and some […]
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri spoke with Agriculture correspondents after the meeting of Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC) at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja on development of the Fishery Sub-Sector including smuggling, issuance of waivers, backward integration among other issues. Tom Okpe […]
The rising demand for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) leads to the application of tools of brand management resources. Most organizations have adapted brand management practices that encourage a consideration for positive impact on the bottom line of their business; and also affect the equity of their brand in the right direction. Though this understanding of […]
The management of Hyro-Source and Resources Company handling a N1.2 billion rural roads project in Adamawa has threatened legal action against the Adamawa House of Assembly over alleged defamatory remarks. The company, through its Site Engineer, Anake Samuel, during a press conference over the weekend in Yola the state capital gave the assembly 48 hours […]
IT transpired recently, that an official memorandum by Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, to President Muhammadu Buhari, who is also the substantive Minister of Petroleum Resources, was leaked to the public. Whoever leaked the memo is not of interest to this writer because, if the author of the memo, the Minister […]