For the third time in the past two months, another policeman has been caught on video demanding a bribe of N10,000 from a motorist. The footage, secretly filmed by a passenger at the back seat of a vehicle in Onitsha, Anambra State, has so far received thousands of hits on YouTube. The three-minute 18-second video […]
For those who haven’t heard, 43 year old ex-militant, High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo) on Monday 26th August 2013 received his Bombardier SE60 LearJet. The Jet according to aviation sources cost a whopping sum of $13.3 million (N2.12 billion). The aim of this article is not to rubbish the person of Tompolo, [what […]
PORT HARCOURT: TOTAL E&P has handed over the Obiozimini Beach Road it constructed in Obiozimini community to the people of the area. Speaking at the commissioning ceremony in Obiozimini, Ogba Egbema Ndoni Local Government Area, the General Manager, JVA Field Operations, Total, Mr Jean Clude Vachet, said the road was economically viable and important to […]
I’m starting to have this sinking feeling that meaningful opportunities are slipping away from the Petroleum Industry Bill’s (PIB) debate – particularly its fiscal regime. Stakeholders are threading the 2009 PIB path of self-destruct. Although, the global debate regarding oil and gas fiscal regime is not new and will continue for ages, one wonders the […]
The Nigerian oil and gas industry lacks transparency, accountability and good governance, according to a report by the African Development Bank, AfDB. The AfDB, in its African Economic Outlook for 2013 and 2014, further lamented that Nigeria’s economy is dependent on sectors that are either climate sensitive or contribute to climate change, such as oil […]
Tunde Oladunjoye, a principal Prosecution Witness in the ongoing trial of former Ogun State Governor, Gbenga Daniel, has withdrawn from being a witness in the case; accusing the prosecutor of improper handling of the trial. Mr. Daniel is being prosecuted by the Economic and Finance Crimes Commission, EFCC, for mismanagement of state funds while he was […]
OIL theft is not new in the Niger Delta, but its rising index in recent times is constituting serious worries to government, security agencies and other stakeholders in the oil and gas business in the country. The Chief of Army Staff, Lieut. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, met with his top officers in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, […]