CBN Launches Account Opening Scheme   The Central Bank of Nigeria is set to inaugurate its Account Opening Week pilot scheme in Bayelsa State. This was disclosed in a statement on Sunday by the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson. The statement said that the programme...

NNPC Announces 3-Point Strategy to End Gas Flare … As Nigeria Eyes Total Flare Out in Two Years The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru, has announced a three-point smart strategy aimed at ending gas flaring in the nation’s...

Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has urged Senate President, Bukola Saraki not to support the plan by the Federal Government to obtain a $29.96 billion foreign loan. He said the loan would further ruin the country’s economy. In a statement by his Special Assistant on...

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has appealed to the federal government not to adopt forceful military actions against the Niger Delta militants in a bid to curtail the excesses of attacks on oil and gas installations in the area. The Nigeria military had warned...

Employees of Bayelsa State local government areas have turned down a proposal by governor Seriake Dickson to pay them one-month salary out of the over 10-month salary arrears owed by the councils.Daily Post Reports They also threatened to shut down the eight LGAs in the...