Author: Swift Reporters

……Says, diplomatic immunity not same as commercial immunity Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami today joined Minister of Transportation, Rt Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi to set the records straight on Nigeria’s sovereignty not being at risk in the country’s loan agreements with China. There is a difference between international diplomatic immunity ‘which has to do with a nation’s sovereignty, independent existence’ and commercial immunity which has to do with a commitment to ensure repayment of loans’, Malami explained while answering questions alongside Amaechi on a TV programme, Tuesday. He said the misconception is that the…

Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has tasked youths across the state on the need to be patriotic and commit themselves to the programmes of his administration aimed at promoting the youth. Engineer Sule laid the task while hosting the newly elected National Speaker of the Youth Assembly of Nigeria (YAN), Comrade Shuaibu Sani, who was on a thank-you visit at the Government House, on Tuesday. The Governor said his administration’s focus in areas such as industrialization, education, health, tourism, among others, is centred around the youths, stressing that government will only succeed if the youths key into these initiatives…

The Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy in collaboration with the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation,  in line with its mandate to promote a Digital Economy, has developed a Draft Policy Document on Virtual Meetings and Engagements in the Federal Civil Service. In a press release signed by the Spokesperson to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Uwa Suleiman, she said that this was made by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami Tuesday, 4th August 2020, while delivering his address as the Guest Lecturer at the…

The Federal Inland Revenue Service said it’s attention has been drawn to the infantile ranting of one Mrs Maimuna Abubakar who it learnt is the Chairperson of the Board of NIPOST. In a statement issued by the Director Communication and Liaison Federal Inland Revenue Service, Abdullahi Ismaila Ahmad, it read, “Her bunkum wouldn’t have deserved any response but for the sensitive nature of the issue at stake, which if not sensibly treated would likely mislead the public. “Surely, NIPOST is a government parastatal established by decree 41 of 1992 with the function to: develop, promote, and provide adequate and efficiently…

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Chief James Onanefe Ibori, on hearing the news of the alleged Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) contract award to him this morning, from the former Governor of Akwa-Ibom statCe, Senator Godswill Akpabio, as published by Punch newspapers and other online publications, he did not want to join in the “dancing in the market square” going on in the NDDC right now. He has decided to make this clarification for the records because friends and associates inundated him with phone calls this morning. So, he is stating categorically that he never solicited for, or was awarded, or indeed executed, any contract…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) regrets to announce the demise of its former Group Managing Director (GMD), Dr. Joseph Thlama Dawha. Dr. Dawha, died after a brief illness, NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru stated in a release today. The release said NNPC Group Managing Director, Mallam Mele Kyari, expressed shock over the sudden death of Dr. Dawha who was the 16th Group Managing Director of the corporation. Mallam Kyari said that NNPC family gravely mourned the death of the former GMD, who he noted, provided astute leadership and made immense contributions to the…

By Bayo Oluwasanmi Nigeria is in decay. And it is getting worse. Nigerians wake up every day to be greeted by new open sores with broken bones and blood underneath. Nigeria will never be great. Twenty-one years ago, 1999 to be precise, Nigeria returned to democracy after military intrusions of coups and counter coups. Nothing has changed for the better. Instead, Nigeria is in a downward spiral in all aspects of human civilization. Inequalities, ethnic and religious brutalities, injustices, poverty, suffering, killings, violence, and corruption reign supreme. If Nero fiddled while Rome burned, General Muhammadu Buhari acts as a spectator…

Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule has vowed not be distracted in spite of the security challenges in the state, stressing that he will continue with the development strides of his administration. Engineer Sule made this known while playing host to traditional rulers from across the state who came to pay him the traditional Sallah homage, at the Government House, on Monday. The Governor, who used the opportunity of the visit to condole with the Emirs of Lafia, HRH Justice Sidi Bage (rtd), Nasarawa, HRH Alhaji Ibrahim Usman Jibril and the Osu Ajiri, HRH Alhaji Halilu Bala Usman, over the…

The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mele Kyari has reaffirmed his commitment to ensure that the nation’s refineries become fully functional by 2023. Kyari expressed dismay that Nigeria’s refineries in Warri, Port Harcourt and Kaduna had remained dormant for several years. Kyari who spoke in a television programme on Sunday night in Abuja, also stated that it was currently impractical to float the refineries commercially and beneficially. Kyari spoke alongside the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Syla, in a virtual dialogue during the programme. He said private investors would work with the corporation to fix the…