FEDERAL MINISTRY OF LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT: ANOTHER DELIBERATE WASTAGE

By Zik Gbemre   The creation of Federal Ministry of Livestock Development is another wastage of public funds aimed at gratifying hangers-on with compassionate appointments. The Ministry Of Agriculture is already there with all relevant departments. Rearing of cows, fowls, pigs, turkeys, snails, etc don’t require a special ministry. The clash between between herdsmen and farmers is caused by wild/unrestrained grazing of cows in farms. The herdsmen take their cows to farms to feed on crops planted by farmers. The problem is known. Wild/unrestrained grazing if stopped the problem of…

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How President Tinubu Addresses Nigerians On June 12

Why we must preserve our democracy: President Tinubu   My fellow Nigerians, let me begin by congratulating all of us for witnessing the celebration of another Democracy Day today, the 12th day of June 2024. This year also marks our nation’s 25 years of uninterrupted democratic governance. On this day, 31 years ago, we entered our rites of passage to becoming a true and enduring democratic society. Going through this passage was hard and dangerous. During the fateful six years that followed, we fought and struggled for our natural rights…

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365 Days: Tantita Restates Commitment In Partnering Tinubu’s Administration In War Against Crude Oil Theft

  …..Says No Stone will be left unturned to guarantee increased crude production.     The management of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, TSSNL, has restated the company’s commitment in partnering the administration of President Bola Tinubu in combating crude oil theft and restoring the environment.     The reassurance, was contained in a goodwill message by the management of the company to felicitate President Bola Tinubu, on the occasion of the celebration of his administration ‘s first year in office. Expressing confidence in President Tinubu to lead the Nation…

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Plot To Remove Mele Kyari: Group fingers Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan

  *** Hails Remi Tinubu for snubbing NNPCL’s VP *** Urges Mele Kyari To Remain Steadfast, not succumb to intimidation, blackmail     The Niger Delta Stakeholders Forum (NDSF) has hailed the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, for snubbing the moves to recruit her into the sinister plot to unseat the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mr. Mele Kyari. NDSF fingered the Executive Vice President, Upstream, NNPCL, Mrs. Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan, as the brain-behind the moves to unseat her boss. NDSF said Eyesan had…

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TINUBU GLOBETROTTING FOR FDI: WHICH NATION, INVESTOR WILL TAKE HIM SERIOUS

By Zik Gbemre,     The video of Audu Ogbe has revealed it all. We should blame the supposed Nigerian leaders who rely on the West and other foreign countries to do for us what we can do for ourselves. Is it not shameful that President Tinubu is busy globetrotting for nothing? Paul Kagame of Rwanda is busy comfortably at home developing his country from home grown policies and solutions while Bola Ahmed Tinubu is busy begging for favour here and there from Western and Asian leaders for Foreign Direct…

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OKUAMA IDP’S MANAGEMENT & REPS PROBE: WE’RE WATCHING

By Zik Gbemre So far so good on Okuama, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori has set up an IDP Management Committee headed by our Abraham Ogbodo and House of Reps has opened probe on killing of soldiers, killing of Okuama people and elimination of Okuama community that spared only the Anglican Church building in memory of the first Midwest/Bendel Bishop, Agori-Iwe who hailed from Okuama community in Ughelli South LGA of Delta State. I had faulted Oborevwori for not condemning the destruction and elimination of Okuama community by the military when he…

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Arewa Group Commends Tompolo For Stable Oil Production

A Kaduna based group, the Arewa Intelligentia Caucus has commended Chief (Dr.) Government Ekpemupolo, (alias Tompolo) for stabilizing crude oil production, raising it from 600,000 barrels per day to near 1.7 million barrels, describing the development as patriotism at work and a standing up for the fatherland with a call on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to confer a National Honour on him in acknowledgement of his roles in nation building and development.   In a Statement made available to newsmen entitled “WHO IS AFRAID OF TOMPOLO IN THE NIGER DELTA…

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Court Gives FG 7 Days To Fix Prices Of Foodstuffs, Petroleum Products, Others

    Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of a Federal High Court, in Lagos has ordered the Federal Government to fix the prices of food stuffs, and petroleum products within seven days from today (Wednesday). The judge made the order while delivering judgment in a suit marked FHC/L/CS/869/2023, filed by human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), against the Price Control Board and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF). Specifically, the court ordered the Federal Government to fix the price of Milk, Flour, salt, sugar, bicycles and its spare parts, matches, motorcycles…

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DIEZANI, SADIYA AND BETTA: Interrogating Why Beautiful Women Seem Worse Treasury Looters

THE BEAUTIFUL THIEVES: Should we make a law urgently that our beautiful women should never be allowed near the national till? Has anyone else noticed the seeming emerging trend of our women public officials outdoing the men in making a mess of our national treasury? The womenfolk seem to take no prisoners when they have opportunity to attack and they show exceptional impunity and the iron balls of hardened pyrates. In May 2014, this column (then appearing in The Nation newspaper), had described Diezani Alison-Madueke as “the beautiful thief”). Diezani…

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Northern Group Urges Pres Tinubu To Probe Nigerian Navy Over Allege Oil Theft

Arewa Intelligentia Caucus, a group based in the Northern part of the country, on Thursday, called on President Bola Tinubu to probe the Nigerian Navy under Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, over alleged crude oil theft, economy sabotage and promoting insecurity in the nation’s waterways. The group in a statement by Abubakah Ciroma and Nasir Adamu, President and Publicity Secretary respectively, and made available to newsmen accused the Nigerian Navy of providing security for oil thieves. The group therefore implored President Bola Tinubu to set up a probe…

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