How Diezani’s sister was rescued from kidnappers

by Azubuike Azikiwe Mrs Osiya Agama, the sister of the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been rescued by operatives of the Nigerian Police. On Wednesday, 29 October, Rivers Police Command confirmed the rescue of Agama, who was abducted by gunmen in Port Harcourt, two weeks ago. Confirming the rescue was spokespoerson of Rivers Police, DSP Ahmad... Read More

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October 7, 2014

IPMAN acquires 1,000 hectares for N495 billion private refineries

by Tunji Andrews The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has announced on Monday, in furtherance of its commitment to provide leadership in establishing private refineries, by acquiring more than 1,000 hectares for its proposed $3 billion (N495 billion) refineries. The IPMAN National President, Chinedu Okoronkwo, who spoke of the Kogi and Bayelsa state... Read More

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September 17, 2014

Jonathan in late night meeting with PDP leaders

by Laila Ibrahim President Goodluck Jonathan has held a meeting behind closed doors with caucus members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) . The meeting which held at the State House Abuja, was also attended by Vice President, Namadi Sambo, Senate President, David Mark, Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba and Deputy Senate Leader, Abdul Ningi. Governors... Read More

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September 9, 2014

Jonathan has given unprecented power to women in his administration – here, we present their scorecard

by Adedayo Ademuwagun When President Goodluck Jonathan introduced ministers for his cabinet in 2011, close to one-third of them were women. No Nigerian head of state had put that many women in the top executive positions before. Civil Society cheered this phenomenon and the media gave it some spotlight. There’s even a book about it,... Read More

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August 9, 2014

“Are we as Christians being asked to support the PDP?” | Prof Yemi Osinbajo issues a broadside on Aregbesola, GEJ & more

by Yemi Osibajo I was greatly saddened to read the material written by Mr. Eyieyien urging “The Remnants” to vote out the current Governor of Osun State Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and vote in Chief Iyiola Omisore. I am also still somewhat puzzled as to how what appeared to be an opposition to a bond issue... Read More

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March 19, 2014

Are you ready? FG may remove petrol, kerosene subsidies soon

by Akan Ido The Federal Government through the minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke has given strong indications that the subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) and Kerosene may soon be removed. This is following the increasingly dwindling revenue from the products allegedly due to sabotage, diversion of products, hoarding, panic buying and rumours of imminent... Read More

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December 12, 2013

NNPC staff protest in Abuja over proposed sale of refinery

by Oke Efagene About 200 staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) have stormed Abuja today to protest against the proposed sale of the nation’s refineries. The workers have also vowed to resist the unwelcome decision. The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, had reportedly stated that the privatisation process would be concluded before... Read More

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December 6, 2013

Debo Adejugbe: The curious case of Adeyemi Ikuforiji (Y! Politico)

by Debo Adejugbe Some of the revelations that the case has thrown up involves Ikuforiji giving cash payments to Atoyebi for onward remittance to his (Speaker) account, disbursal of several jamboree payments within the legislative chambers and signing of various sums of money under shady circumstances. In the face of muted searchlight shone on Rotimi Amaechi’s... Read More

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December 2, 2013

Ijeoma Nwogwugwu: How not to sell our refineries

by Ijeoma Nwogwugwu My take on all this is that it’s high time we do away with the needless emotions and get rid of the four moribund plants on the federal government’s balance sheet. As mentioned earlier, the four plants for almost two decades have not functioned at optimal capacity due to inefficiency, corruption... Read More

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August 21, 2013

Japheth Omojuwa: Princess Stella Oduah – One thing to thank Jonathan for (Y! FrontPage)

by Japheth Omojuwa They are forced to live in the shadows of the successes of the 2nd term performances of the Obasanjo years when Nasir El-Rufai and Oby Ezekwesili made huge differences. Now some ministers have to litter the city with billboards just to get the people to know they are indeed still around. In... Read More

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June 9, 2013

Simon Kolawole: When will made-in-Nigeria products be enjoyed worldwide?

by Simon Kolawole For some reason, we have decided that it is only foreign companies that can deliver the goods. However, a longer-term view of things would be to develop policies to help Nigerian companies do well in this business. One of my secret fantasies, let me divulge it this morning, is to fly to... Read More

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June 4, 2013

The woman working to clean up Nigeria’s dirty oil, The Independent profiles Diezani Alison-Madueke

by Nick Kochan Mrs Alison-Madueke, the daughter of a tribal chief, is seen as Africa’s oil tsar. Well-resourced gangs are diverting some 10 per cent of Nigeria’s oil production and channelling the money into kidnapping, piracy and terrorism. The result is not only funds lost to the country’s exchequer but also devastating damage to the environment... Read More

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May 4, 2013

N59 trillion oil deal: House of Representatives set to probe Diezani, NNPC

by Ogunyemi Bukola The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has come under scrutiny from the House of Representatives over the sale of seven oil blocks in a deal valued at N59 trillion. There are suspicions that the sale of the seven oil blocks, located in Delta State and formerly operated by the Shell Petroleum Development... Read More

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April 10, 2013

Ife Adebayo: Nigeria – 2015 and youth participation (Y! Politico)

by Ife Adebayo Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber – Plato I’ll start today’s article with two quotes, the first by Winston Churchill “Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once,... Read More

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March 14, 2013

Olusegun Adeniyi: Of Nigeria’s oil barons and the Petroleum Industry Bill

by Olusegun Adeniyi What is even more unfortunate is that the multinational oil companies who together officially account for 88 percent of Nigeria’s current production figure of 2.4 million barrels of oil per day […] will be laughing at us. Because we are literally fighting among ourselves over what Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, has appropriately... Read More

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March 4, 2013

Debo Adejugbe: Jonathan and the misplaced second term debate (Y! Politico)

by Debo Adejugbe The Jonathan presidency is notorious for one thing: The aides pushes out “Oga’s” mind. They do it majestically, oscillating between the outrageously stupid and the awkwardly insane when dishing it out. “Oga” only makes an appearance when a retraction is necessary… The recent upheaval raised by the presidential reply/submission to its adversaries... Read More

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February 23, 2013

‘Hair’ she is: Jonathan hosts Brazil’s president in Abuja

Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff met with Nigeria’s leader Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Saturday for talks that were expected to focus on boosting trade, notably in the energy sector. Oil-rich Nigeria is Brazil’s main commercial partner in Africa, with bilateral trade soaring 500 percent from $1.5 billion in 2002 to $9 billion last year. Brazil’s... Read More

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December 23, 2012

Report details corrupt activities of Anenih, Alison-Madueke, others in transportion ministry

Tony Anenih, recently re-appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan to head the board of the Nigeria Ports Authority, NPA, does not have a clean past in managing public funds, a 2009 senate report said. In December 2009, a damning report detailing how Mr. Anenih, a former works minister and then leader of the ruling Peoples Democratic... Read More

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December 22, 2012

Emeka Oparah: How Nigerians can avoid a black Christmas

by Emeka Oparah …I think the ordinary Nigerian has given up and now lives in fear but with hope in divine intervention. As I sat listening to the homily being delivered by Rev. Fr. Tony Obieke, a young Nigerian catholic Priest at the Holy Cross Catholic Church, Austin, Texas, where I am safely (and I... Read More

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December 22, 2012

Get ready: FG set to phase out kerosene and firewood usage in 5 years

The Federal Government in collaboration with stakeholders in the petroleum industry has commenced drafting of a new policy to phase out kerosene and firewood usage and replaced them with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) otherwise known as cooking gas. The proposed policy tagged National Strategic Policy for LPG, has a five-year timeline to tactically phase out... Read More

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December 9, 2012

YNaija Editorial: The disturbing arrogance of Diezani Alison-Madueke

A question ought to be asked, and it is one that urgently needs answering – what is it that Diezani Alison-Madueke says or does that makes the government of Goodluck Jonathan unable to call her to order? (Read Star Wars in Aso Rock: Alison-Madueke meets Jonathan over Okonjo-Iweala HERE) Since her unfortunate entrance into... Read More

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November 25, 2012

Report: N5 trillion stolen on President Goodluck Jonathan’s watch

by Akan Ido The Goodluck Jonathan administration assumed office in 2011, with a firm commitment to fight corruption and win the war, but almost two years down the line, the ‘fight’, according to analysts seems not to have left the runway for take-off. The current EFCC chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde, recently gave reasons why the commission... Read More

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November 22, 2012

Star Wars in Aso Rock: Diezani Alison-Madueke meets President Jonathan over Okonjo-Iweala

by Akan Ido The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has officially notified President Goodluck Jonathan, of the country the country faces in terms of acute fuel shortage if the Federal Government fails to pay the N1.13 trillion subsidy funds owed the corporation. The NNPC, supported by the petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, reportedly brought this grim... Read More

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November 18, 2012

For the Records: “Mr. President, truth is bitter but it will set us free” – Nuhu Ribadu

Full text of Chairman Nuhu Ribadu’s speech during the presentation of the report of the Petroleum Revenue Task Force to President Goodluck Jonathan on November 2nd. Your Excellency, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan GCFR The Honourable Minister of Petroleum, Mrs Deziani Allison Madueke Distinguished members of the Petroleum... Read More

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How Diezani’s sister was rescued from kidnappers

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Ijeoma Nwogwugwu: How not to sell our refineries

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