18th May, 2023. *PRESS STATEMENT* ONDO DEEP SEAPORT APPROVAL BY FG IS A WELCOME DEVELOPMENT. On Wednesday 17th May, 2023 at a Federal Executive Council meeting, presided over by out going president Muhammadu Buhari, granted approval for Ondo Deep Seaport operating license. It is a dream come true for Ondo State, because, it is a […]
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The federal government today approved the establishment of a deep sea port in Ondo State. The Federal Executive Council, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, gave the approval for the operating licence for the Port at the FEC meeting held at the State House in Abuja. The Memo for the approval was presented by the […]
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The Labour Party (LP), Ondo State Chapter and its candidate jointly withdrew it’s petition today at the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Akure against the House of Representatives member-elect of All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo in the Feb. 25 election in the Akoko North East and North West Federal Constituency. Sequel to the […]
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By Professor Ojo Emmanuel Ademola In a nationally diverse demographic in an evolving democracy, internal party politics must lean on accentuating competency as a central ideology to earmark democratic balancing as a delivery of the dividend of democracy to the general populace. In party politics, democracy should sit and stand simultaneously, pronouncing progressiveness. There are […]
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The National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially endorsed Senators Godswill Akpabio (South-South) and Jubril Barau (North-West) as Senate President and Deputy in the 10th National Assembly, respectively. Also, the APC national leadership endorsed the choices of Hon. Tajudeen Abbas (North-West) and Hon. Benjamin Kalu (South-East) as Speaker and […]
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A UK court on Friday, sentenced a former Deputy Senate President of Nigeria, Ike Ekweremadu to 10 years imprisonment following his conviction for organ trafficking in March. Premium Politics reported that Ekweremadu was convicted alongside his wife, Beatrice, and a medical doctor, Obinna Obeta, and were sentenced under the Modern Slavery Act. The presiding judge, […]
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The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Akure, the Ondo state capital has fixed May 4 to commence pre-hearing on the petition seeking to nullify the election of Pastor Jide Ipinsigba as Senator-elect for Ondo North Senatorial District in the state. The New Nigeria People’s Party NNPP had prayed the tribunal to nullify the […]
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By Musa Adesina Oluwakemi from Lagos By Ayoola Stephen Olapade Approximately 40 percent of the volumes credited to crude losses in the Nigerian petroleum industry are attributable to measurement inaccuracies and not theft as often reported. Gbenga Komolafe, Chief Executive of the Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), stated this at the Petroleum Club Quarterly Dinner […]
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Badusi Oyeyemi Elizabeth The World Petroleum Congress is the premier oil and gas conference in the world and hosts the most senior government and industry leaders in the global energy industry triennially. The program for the 2023 event in Calgary is being managed by WPC Canada, which is the Canadian National Committee of the World […]
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By Badusi Oyeyemi Elizabeth from Lagos Approximately 40 percent of the volumes credited to crude losses in the Nigerian petroleum industry are attributable to measurement inaccuracies and not theft as often reported. Gbenga Komolafe, Chief Executive of the Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), stated this at the Petroleum Club Quarterly Dinner held in Lagos. Komolafe […]
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