The Parroters

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sango Ward, Ado-Odo/Ota, Ogun State, convened its inaugural membership meeting on Friday December 22, 2023, in the spirit of Christmas celebrations and preparation for a promising 2024. Over 60 Members of the party were empowered with cash and various items for their businesses at the meeting.   During the meeting, the esteemed elders, leaders, executives and members of the APC lauded Governor Dapo Abiodun for his exceptional leadership style in the state, saying that he is committed to the growth of the state despite the limited resources at his disposal. They also congratulated the Deputy Governor of the state, Engr. Noimot Salako Oyedele, for receiving dual honors as a fellow of the Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE) and for being confirmed as the Beere of Awori Kingdom by the Olota of Ota, HRM, Oba (Prof.) Adeyemi Abdulkabir Obalanlege during the just concluded Iganmode Day Cultural Festival. The party faithfuls said that Salako-Oyedele ha...

An indigenous oil and gas engineering company,  Kaztec Engineering Limited, has asked the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal to set aside the judgment of Justice Nkeonye Evelyn Maha of Federal High Court Abuja, which struck out its suit filed against the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, and five others regarding Oil Mining Leases (OMLs) 123, 124, 126 and 137. Justice Maha had in her judgment delivered on December 15, 2023, struck out suit number: FHC/ABJ/CS/1291/2020, filed by Kaztec Engineering Limited against the Ministry of Petroleum Resources; the Attorney General of the Federation; Mars Exploration and Production Company Ltd; the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission and the Nigerian Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). Dissatisfied, Kaztec Engineering Limited in its Notice of Appeal filed by its team of lawyers, led by Jeph C. Njikonye, SAN is praying the appellate court to allow the appeal and set aside the whole decision striking out the appellant’s suit/claims...

Progressives Yoruba Youth Congress has called on President Bola Tinubu to call the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Nyesom Wike to order over the ranging political crisis in Rivers State. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos, the President of the Progressives Yoruba Youth Congress, Akintunde Adedeji, said the President should openly denounce the assault on democracy in Rivers State and direct that all government institutions act according to the law. The congress asked Tinubu should insist that Wike must choose whether he wants to remain FCT Minister or return to Rivers State as a warlord. It said: "Where Wike continues to be recalcitrant and refuses to let peace reign in Rivers State, he should be relieved of his ministerial position so that he can return to Rivers State and concentrate on local state politics without dragging President Tinubu’s name into the mess he is making. "Additionally, we call on the 27 former Rivers State House of Assembly members to see...

A coalition of Civil Society Organizations has urged the Department of State Service (DSS) and the police to take action against those blackmailing the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos, the leader of the coalition, Declan Ihekaire, said the allegations against Kyari and the NNPCL have been investigated by the National Assembly and the lawmakers cleared the GMD of any wrongdoing. The coalition condemned the blackmailer for engaging in a relentless campaign to extort Kyari from other government agencies including corporate institutions. “For the records, the National Assembly who is saddled with legitimate investigations of all MDAs has investigated the phantom missing 48 million barrels of crude oil that only exists in George Uboh’s world and angrily thrashed it after thorough investigation that none of such happened. “It may interest you to know that it was the same George that ra...