Samsung Heavy Industries of Nigeria (SHIN) has funded the cost of eye surgery for 102 Nigerian patients with cataracts. These patients who were at the risk of blindness have successfully recovered their eyesight with Vision Care, an organisation under the World Health Organisation (WHO). SHIN’s intervention in Nigeria’s health sector is in addition to […]
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Chevron seeks stakeholders to embrace ‘willing buyer-willing seller’ gas pricing model
The Managing Director of Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), Jeff Ewing, has urged stakeholders in the gas industry to support and enable the willing seller – willing buyer gas pricing model, to ensure the viability of the sector. Ewing also called for the privatization of the various value chain sectors, as part of measures to […]
Kachikwu Sets up Nigerian Content R&D Council
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu has inaugurated the Nigerian Content Research and Development Council (NCRDC). The Council is expected to advise the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on matters relating to Research, Development and Innovation strategy for the oil and gas industry. The council’s terms of […]
2019: The Battle of Baba 70s
From the vote-buying and voters intimidation scenarios of Ekiti and Osun to the trashing of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode in Lagos State by the structures that enthroned him and the eventual emergence of party torchbearers at the federal and state levels, the political ecosystem of the country has been charged in […]
Sharibu: Beyond presidential call
President Muhammadu Buhari reportedly spoke on the phone with Mrs Rebecca Sharibu, mother of Miss Leah Sharibu, the 15-year-old girl captured by Boko Haram insurgents, who invaded her school in a Gestapo manner some months ago. Recall that last February, Boko Haram terrorists attacked Dapchi and went straight to the […]
Revisiting Jonathan’s single term proposal
The destination of the Presidency will continue to be an issue in Nigerian politics, prompting here another look at the single-term proposal. Erstwhile President Goodluck Jonathan’s proposal of a single, six-year tenure for president and governor is not seminal. But significant nevertheless. The idea of a single-term enjoys informed opinion […]
As Nigeria declares state of emergency in education
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