Dr Doyin Okupe, who served as Spokesman for former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan has apologised to the Group CEO of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), Mr. Mele Kyari, for his dismissal of his leadership and skepticism of the ability of the NNPCL to deliver on its promises. A public statement issued…
Child Online Protection (COP) is an initiative which was established by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in November 2008, to promote online safety of children around the world. ITU released the first set of COP guideline in 2009. The COVID-19 pandemic increased the number of children online due to remote schooling this led to the…
Reports out there do not suggest this as the best of times for the Lawyer and Entrepreneur, Allen Onyema, and Air Peace, his airline which started operations about a decade ago “as an engine to provide economic opportunities to Nigerian youth.” It appears that there is buffeting from different sides targeted at rocking his boat…
There is no doubt about the beauty of Abuja. In the sub-Saharan African region, Abuja stands out as the most beautiful capital city. I have had the privilege of travelling to almost all the capital cities of our sub-region, and I can proudly affirm the serene beauty of Abuja. The seat of the federal government…
That Baba Obasanjo has an almost child-like emotional attachment to the public-owned refineries under the trust and care of the NNPCL is not in doubt. It is also not difficult to explain why that appears to be the case. He can indeed assert some level of claim/credit for the construction of 2 of Nigeria’s publicly…
The 125, 000 barrels per day Warri Refining & Petrochemicals Company (WRPC) in Warri, Delta State has begun operation. Leading some stakeholders and newsmen on a tour of the plant, NNPCL Group CEO, Mele Kyari, expressed delight at the level of work done that has culminated in the recommencement of operations in the refinery. In…
There is a video clip of Biodun Shobanjo on social media platforms that has since gone viral, in which he talks about his love for the contemporary music (Afrobeat, as they call it) of Burna Boy, Davido, Asake, and the rest of the gang. With that Shobanjo-esque boyish grin, he tells how shocked some of…
The attention of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has been drawn to reports in a section of the media alleging that the Old Port Harcourt Refinery which was re-streamed two months ago has been shut down. We wish to clarify that such reports are totally false as the refinery is fully operational…
Attendees of the Factoring workshop in Egypt pose for a group photo. In pursuit of the growth and transformation of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) across Africa, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), in partnership with FCI, the largest global network of factoring companies, and the Egyptian Factoring Federation (EFF), recently played host to a two-day Workshop…
There are different ways to dissect the Kemi Badenoch controversy. My observation on the debate though, and I might be wrong about that, is that many of those who have argued that there is “nothing wrong” with Kemi Badenoch’s posture and “truths” about Nigeria, might be confusing speaking up for/to the country, which should be…
