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Since the tenure of the elected local government chairmen and councillors in Bayelsa State expired in early 2022, the caretaker committees have been running the affairs of the eight local government areas and 105 wards in the state. The Bayelsa ...

In a significant victory for civil society, the Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) has secured key commitments from lawmakers to address long standing issues in the oil and gas industry’s divestment processes and the implementation of Host Community Development Trusts (HCDTs). ...

The World Bank Group and African Development Bank Group are partnering to provide at least 300 million people in Africa with electricity access by 2030. This is as it urged for more clarity in the electricity tariff reforms in Nigeria. ...

The Gas Supply and Purchase Agreement to support the Final Investment Decision for the $3.8bn Brass methanol project is to be executed in May 2024, the Federal Government announced on Monday. The Brass methanol project is a major industrial project ...

Oil marketers have paid a visit to the Port Harcourt Refinery Company in Rivers State and have expressed optimism that the plant may start releasing refined petroleum products this month. Dealers under the aegis of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association ...

The Confederation of African Football, CAF, is set to scrap its second-tier club competition, the Confederation Cup, according to reports. The Confederation Cup was established in 2004 from a merger of the CAF Cup and the African Cup Winners’ Cup. ...

Fresh facts have emerged that the embattled cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye popularly known as Bobrisky who was sentenced to a six-month jail term for abusing the Naira has been transferred from the Ikoyi Correctional Center to the Kirikiri Prison by the ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, arraign a businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, before the Federal High Court in Lagos over allegation of abusing the Naira currency. ...

In an unprecedented move, Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced a further reduction of the price of diesel from N1,200 to N1,000 per litre. In a Tuesday release, the company said “While rolling out the products, the refinery supplied at a ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged for calm amid probable Israeli retaliatory attacks on Iran as Israel is said to be getting set to hit Iran hard following Tehran’s unprecedented drone and missile attacks into Israeli territory at the weekend. ...