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Sylva Will Contest 2023 Presidential Election- Source

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  Matric No: PGD/22/PA/016 By Olatunji Buhari Ekiti March 24, 2022 As the race for the 2023 presidential election takes off in the country, various alignments and re-alignments which are breaking the chords that hitherto bond political allies, with attendant impact on loyalty are now upswing in the polity. These have become even more discernible since the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu made public his intention to run for the presidency. According to a very reliable source, former Bayelsa State Governor and Chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva is ready to throw his hat into the ring by contesting the 2023 presidential election. This was revealed to our correspondent  at  an  event on Saturday in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. The source who did not want his name in print, said he can confirm to www.tunjibuhari.blogspot.com that the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources will soon declare his intention. When a
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Jonathan, Sylva Perform Groundbreaking of Lubricant Plant in Bayelsa

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  The Federal Government is determined to deepen local content and reduce importation of products we could produce locally, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB),  Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote, has said. Wabote spoke on behalf of the agency and the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, at the groundbreaking of the ERASKON 64,000 Litres/ Day Lubricant  and Chemical Blending plant and product Launch ceremony in Gbarain, Yenagoa Bayelsa state. ERASKON Nigeria Limited is an arm of  the ERASKOP  industrial and infrastructure conglomerate which includes  Erasko Energy Limited  and Eraskorp FPSL. According to Wabote, Nigeria currently consumes about 250million liters of engine oils per annum and this consumption grows at more than 5 per cent every year due to the addition of new vehicles and machineries. He however regretted that “The in-country blending capacity has remained constant at about 150 million liters showing
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NIJ Matriculates 309 New Students for 2021/2022 Academic Session

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  The Nigeria Institute of Journalism (NIJ) on Tuesday admitted 309 students into the various department of Journalism  of the institution for the academic session 2021/2022 Of the numbers (96) were admitted for the National Diploma(ND)  programme , 112  for Higher National Diploma (HND) programme  and 91 were for the Postgraduate diploma (PGD) programme. Speaking at the 19th matriculation ceremony, NIJ provost, Mr. Gbenga  Adefaye restated the commitment of the institutions to provide quality education while adding that the students of the institution graduate on time and don’t experience strikes as being witnessed in other tertiary institutions. Adefaye said the importance of matriculation ceremony cannot be over emphasized because students are not recognised until they have been matriculated. He urged the students to  face their studies squarely and shun any act that will jeopardize their stay in the school including cultism, examination malpractice, bullying, sexual harassment etc
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World Water Day: Groups Reiterate Opposition To Water Privatization

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  Groups under the aegis of Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC) have described privatization as the biggest impediment to universal access to potable water on the continent of Africa. The coalition which is made up of activists from Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, and Uganda who are working to push back against water privatization  in Africa are worried about  the influx of big corporations on the continents with the aim of commodifying water. The group  said  a well funded public water system is the best way to guarantee  accesbility and affordable safe water for all  and called on governemnt to break ties with companies seeking to make profits out of water. In a statement released to mark the World Water Day, the coalition said their position stands to counter false ‘solutions’ espoused by the corporate-backed World Water Forum (WWF) which is holding in Dakar, the Senegalese capital, where multinational Suez’s large-scale water privatisation sch
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