Kachikwu had, in a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, dated August 30, 2017, accused Baru of lack of adherence to due process in the award of NNPC contracts
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The workers warned that they will stop non-executive officials from using top management positions in the National Oil Company to settle cronies at the detriment of dedicated staff.
Buhari called for a probe of the budget utilisation at the clinic
The calls followed the face-off between the two heads of critical government ministry and parastatal, with Kachikwu accusing Baru of unilaterally awarding $25 billion contracts and employments
In a statement in the early hours of Monday, the Muslim Rights Concern stated the demands of the community, adding that the time to do so was now since the Federal Government and the ruling party at the federal level, the All Progressives Congress, now appear serious about the issue
term, there would be an acceleration in the accumulation of debt and an increase in debt servicing costs. However, this would be ameliorated, by correcting the low tax to Gross Domestic Product ratio through revenue mobilisation, releasing funds to sustain investment in capital and repaying the debt
Quite surely, though, the President never uttered it, but Buhari is overjoyed with the professionalism and discipline of the Nigerian military
The suit, number FHC/L/CS/1497/17, filed on Friday at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos State, followed the organization’s request to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), urging him to use his “position as a defender of public interest to institute legal actions to stop former governors from enjoying emoluments while drawing normal salaries and allowances in their positions as senators and ministers”
Comrade Chinonso Obasi, NANS National President, made the call on Saturday in Abuja after receiving the remains of Mohammed Dauda, a former president of the association at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
A military arm, which its leadership is foremost in justifying the essence of the niceties of change, is the Nigerian Army. There are now noticeable features about the Army, which have been scarce for ages in Nigeria. The leadership of the Nigerian Army by the current Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai, has prioritized the welfare of personnel and the protection of human rights of Nigerians by soldiers anywhere they are deployed to serve the country.
Baru showed up in Osinbajo’s office in the Presidential Villa a few hours after the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, concluded a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari
Mohammed Nakorji, the Assistant Director Press in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja
Since the Boko Haram terrorist group began its genocidal assault to take over the North East Nigeria in 2009, over eight million people have been displaced, tens of thousands of children kidnapped, thousands of children forced into war either as child soldiers, sex objects or cannons for suicide bombs detonations. It was therefore not surprising that the Global Institute for Economics and Peace, in its 2016 Global Terrorism Index, rated the dreaded Boko Haram group as the deadliest terrorist organisation in the world.
The President stated this when he hosted a delegation of the judicial arm of government led by the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Walter Onnoghen, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Friday.
It was learnt on Friday morning that Fashola, who as Governor of Lagos State frequently hosted the grand finale of the Federation Cup, now AITEO Cup, and is a noted football enthusiast, will fly into the Akwa Ibom State capital on Saturday.
The minister had in a memo leaked to the media on Tuesday informed Buhari that the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Maikanti Baru, was disrespectful to him
Ambassador Hussein Abdullahi, former Under-Secretary, Regions and International Organisations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated this while delivering Nigeria’s statement on: “Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism,” at the UN headquarters, New York.
Indeed, in anticipation of vacancies that would arise from retiring senior executives of NNPC, I wrote the GMD a letter requesting that we both have prior review of the proposed appointments…. Needless to say that, not only did he not give my letter the courtesy of a reply, he proceeded to announce the appointments without consultation or Board concurrence.
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, had on Tuesday in a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari accused Baru of awarding contracts totalling $25 billion without the input of the NNPC board, even as he described his conduct as an act of insurbodination
The Leader of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, while presenting the request, said the letter was read on July 25 requesting Senate’s approval of the virement.