Members of the House of Representatives investigative panel on the multi-billion naira insurance fraud in Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) between 2013 and this year, were shocked when the acting Director-General (DG) of the Bureau of Public Enterprise ( BPE ), Vincent Akpotaire, said...

Oil workers under the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), warned the Federal Government to desist from its plans to scrap the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Petroleum Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) other agencies in the...

Petroleum practice should allow states to be allocated specific acreages and then encouraged to enter into joint ventures to explore and exploit oil resources in the allocated acreages. This is among the recommendations of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu,...

The delivery of 360 exotic cars to members of the House of Representatives has begun amid the economic downturn in the country. Investigations by The PUNCH revealed on Sunday that 28 units of the Peugeot 508 series had already been delivered to lawmakers in Abuja. The...

The federal government has deployed about N1billion for the rehabilitation of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport runway. Already, the Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has set up a committee to overseas the restoration work. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said the runway...

•Finance ministry says it’s unaware of payments The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has disclosed that the federal government will refund about N20 billion to each state for funds they had spent on federal projects in their states. Dogara made the disclosure...