The Latest rumoured appointment of Ahmed Bashir as DPR boss has stirred a lot of controversy. This rumor Bashir Ahmad had debunked is still getting many people worked up as many still believe something is still brewing. Meanwhile, NNPC and all the top oil jobs are seemingly an exclusive jobs for the Fulani Muslims. Read
EXCLUSIVE: Buhari quietly appoints Bashir Ahmad manager of lucrative petroleum ministry department
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed his junior media aide Bashir Ahmad to supervise a powerful and lucrative division at the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) — a role that supersedes his work experience and area of expertise, officials familiar with the development told Peoples Gazette over the weekend. Mr. Ahmad, 29, has served as personal assistant
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Appointed WTO Director-General
WTO members made history today (15 February) when the General Council agreed by consensus to select Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria as the organization’s seventh Director-General. When she takes office on 1 March, Dr Okonjo-Iweala will become the first woman and the first African to be chosen as Director-General. Her term, renewable, will expire on 31
History : The coup, pogroms and Civil war in Nigeria
On January 15 1966, Nigeria suffered its first military coup. The military coup was erroneously tagged an Igbo coup because most of the coup plotters were Majors from the East (even though most grew up in the north and spoke Hausa better than Igbo), and in July 1966, there was a ‘rematch’. Aggrieved northern soldiers
#Lekkitollgate : Mr. Macaroni arrested by the Police (video)
Popular on-line comedian, Mr Macaroni was arrested at the #Lekkitollgate protest and taken away in a black Maria vehicle. This he made available in a live Instagram post where we could see some other arrested youths seizing the opportunity to snap with the comedian. See video below.. Mr Macaroni has been arrested and is currently in
#Lekkitollgate : Reports from the ongoing protest (video)
Lagos state government has shown her preparedness to stop the proposed Peaceful protest that’s supposed to be held at the Lekki toll gate in furtherance to the Lagos state government’s insistence on the reopening of the toll gate where Some Innocent Nigerians lost their lives during a peaceful protest on the 30th of October 2020. However,
Gtbank and Access bank start blocking accounts of customers
Access Bank and Gtbank have been trending for the wrong reasons today as they have started blocking the account of their customers that have traces of cryptocurrency transactions. You’d recall that CBN had placed a ban on cryptocurrency and asked banks to block accounts with cryptocurrency related. In furtherance to that, Gtbank and Access bank have
Nigerian Soldier and Police in a gun challenge (video)
This funny but interesting video clip of a Nigerian Soldier and Police trying to dismantle and couple back an Ak47 rifle made most people doubt the competence of the Police while handling the gun. Some argued that Police should be stripped of the gun and rather handed catapults instead. From the video, they were both
Veteran actor Pete Edochie endorses son to succeed Buhari in 2023
Nollywood veteran actor has endorsed his son Yul Edochie to succeed Buhari come 2023. Yul revealed his father’s full support for his presidential ambition on his Instagram page on Thursday, February 12. In the less-than-three-minute video tagged: “My Father Chief Pete Edochie endorses my 2023 Presidential ambition. God Almighty, take absolute control,” Pete confirmed his
IPPIS Is A Scam, FG Deceived Us – NASU Chairman
Chairman of the University of Lagos chapter of the Non Academic Staff Union of Universities and Allied Institutions, Mr. Kehinde Ajibade, has described the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) used to pay civil servants as fraudulent. He accused the Federal Government of deceiving the Union to sign up for it. NASU and the Senior