Yabagi Sani, the National Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), has criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for assigning a Minister of State for Petroleum Resources from the oil-rich Niger Delta area, insisting it is a ‘wrong signal.’Sani spoke while appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily breakfast programme on Thursday.He disclosed that limiting the appointment to a specific state would trigger a sense of entitlement among the Ni...

A Federal High Court in Warri, Delta State, has sacked 18 aides appointed by the Chairperson of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Lauretta Onochie.The court held that Onochie acted outside her powers in appointing them.The court barred her from interfering with the functions of the commission’s Managing Director , Dr. Samuel Ogbuku.The declaration was made in a suit by Dr. Mike Oberabor, for himself and on behalf of the Oberabor Oreme-Egbede families of...

Yesterday, President Bola Tinubu expressed his administration's commitment to making Nigeria self-sufficient in food production and transforming the country into a net exporter of agricultural products. This ambitious goal, he emphasized, will be achieved through what he termed "aggressive mechanization."During a meeting with a delegation from the Global Tijaniyya Movement, led by Khalifa Muhammad Mahe Niass, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Tinubu affirmed his a...