The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) says Nigeria’s crude oil production declined to an average of 1.417 million barrels per day in February 2022. OPEC made this known in its Oil Market Report for March 2022, which was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN)...
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The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, says the food economy in the West Africa and Sahel sub-region is projected to reach 480 billion dollars in 2030. Schmale said this at the 13th Multidisciplinary Team Meeting of 15 West African countries and Sahel sub-region in Abuja...
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has called on the Board of Trustees members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to be united in working towards the victory of party in 2023. Abubakar in an interactive session with BoT members to seek their support for his presidential aspiration in Abuja,...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – Crude oil supply trouble got worse with Shell and Eni both declared force majeure on key oil flows from Nigeria, threatening to disrupt supplies in a market that is already being impacted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Force majeure is a foreseeable circumstance that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Tuesday in Abuja, chaired the inaugural meeting of a technical working group under the main Presidential Committee on Repatriation, Return and Resettlement of Displaced Persons in the North-East. The broader committee was constituted by President Muhammadu Buhari who...
Ahead of the national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC), a frontline Chairmanship aspirant, Saliu Mustapha, has purchased the nomination form, thereby becoming the first among other contestants to do so. Mustapha, a long time ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, is a former Deputy National Chairman of the...
By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki- No fewer than four persons were killed on Tuesday’s attack on the facility of the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in the state. It was learnt that the security agencies killed two of the gunmen, while others escaped with injuries at the incident that...
The Niger State Police Command on Tuesday said some gunmen have killed a divisional police officer and others in Magama Local Government Area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Bala Kuryas, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna that the gunmen attacked the police...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – The Director-General of the the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) , Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has charged corp members in the country to be proactive in the discharge of their duties during their service year. Maj. Gen. gave the charge on Tuesday while declaring...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Eteng Jonah Williams on Tuesday sworn in Dr Ekeng Efiom Edet of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), representing Akpabuyo State Constituency. The newly sworn in member had, in the February 26 Akpabuyo State constituency by-election,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In continuation of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the BUA Group of Company has yet again spent no fewer than 62 million naira on various projects for host communities in Sokoto State. The projects which include the procurement and installation of electricity transformers in...
Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) has reemphasized that there is no leadership crisis in the party as being reported in the media. He said this when speaking with newsmen at the party’s national secretariat on Tuesday in Abuja, adding that the...
The police have arrested 11 suspects who set ablaze a traditional ruler in Ogun State. A petition was received from one Odetola Okuribido ‘m’ on behalf of the entire Okuribido Royal Family of Agodo town, Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State. According to the petition, the traditional ruler,...
The United Kingdom Embassy in Nigeria has announced a temporary suspension of study, work, and family visa applications, as priority is now being placed on applications made under the Ukraine Family Scheme. The Embassy announced this in a statement shared on Tuesday on their official social media handles. According...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr. Alex Ayoola Okoh has emerged winner of the Independent Newspapers 2021 Public Sector CEO of the Year Award. The Director General who was presented with the Award recently amongst other Awardees in different categories in...
All roads lead to the prestigious Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos on Tuesday March 22 as Freedom Online, one of Nigeria’s fastest-growing online newspapers, hosts its fourth annual lecture. A statement by the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief, Gabriel Akinadewo, said the Guest Speaker is Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. Former...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The FCT Administration is set to begin the full implementation of the National Emergency Medical Service and Ambulance System (NEMSAS) in the Territory. This was disclosed by the Secretary for the Health and Human Services Secretariat, Dr Abubakar Tafida following the presentation of a...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Due to their centrality, especially in the age of technology, Nigerian scientists should get adequate support in the drive towards national development. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, stated this on Monday when he received, on a courtesy call at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, a...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has increased by 15.70% Year on Year in the month of February. This is 1.63% lower than 17.33 per cent recorded in the previous month. The Statistician General of the Federation, Dr....
Scores of armed bandits have been eliminated when military jets of the Nigerian Airforce (NAF) shelled missiles at a wedding feast organized for one of Katsina top Bandit Leaders, PRNigeria reports. Among those killed include one Sule, a notorious bandit leader, who is a brother to Lalbi Ginshima, also...