Shell Petroleum Development Company SHELL, an International Oil Company (IoC), has reacted as Nigeria loses a $1.1 billion compensation claim in an Italian court over Oil Prospecting Licence (OPL) 245. The appeals court in Milan, Italy, yesterday, rejected Nigeria’s request for $1.1bn compensation from Shell and Eni, the two IoCs …
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PEOPLES Democratic Party, PDP senatorial candidate in Delta Central se natorial district, Delta State, Chief Ighoyota Amori, has said the former governor, Chief James Ibori, is not working against the party’s governorship candidate, Rt. Hon Sheriff Francis Orohwedor Oborevwori. Ibori and the current governor, who is the vice-presidential candidate of …
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BUSINESS activities and vehicular movements were halted on Friday in Benin, following the huge crowd that thronged the various streets to welcome the presidential flag bearer of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi. Addressing party supporters at the Baptist Convention Ground, venue of Labour Party’s Presidential rally, Obi promised to …
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THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State on Friday inaugurated a 103-member campaign committee to mobilise votes for the party, ahead of the 2023 general elections. The party’s Assistant Legal Adviser, Mr Mustapha Okandeji, who inaugurated the committee in Ikeja, urged them to labour night and day to return …
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has denied any involvement in the crisis currently rocking the Peoples Democratic Party. Five governors are currently at loggerhead with the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and are insisting on the removal of the PDP Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu. There have been unsuccessful moves by the party …
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THE Chairman of the Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, Adegboyega Famoodun, on Friday accused the Peoples Democratic Party of harbouring plans to plunder the state. This was contained in a statement in response to allegations by the PDP wherein it claimed that as many as 90 government …
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has dismissed reports that he was behind the crisis currently rocking the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Jonathan in a statement signed by his Media Adviser, Ikechukwu Eze, said he had served his country “meritoriously at both the state and federal levels, and having been …
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has filed a suit seeking the disqualification of Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the Lagos governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1972/22, dated October 17 and filed before a federal high court in Abuja, the PDP is also seeking to invalidate the nomination …
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A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has disqualified 16 House of Assembly candidates of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Rivers State from contesting the 2023 election. The trial judge, Justice Mohammed Adamu, ruled that the primary elections that produced them did not comply with the new …
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Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Bauchi, Sani Shehu has mocked the empowerment programme of Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, saying that the days of free distribution of goats as empowerment to youth and women would soon be over. The Chairman was speaking at a rally in …
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