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 ...
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CSO Secures Reforms To Oil Divestment, Host Community Deals
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). ...
Read More »World Bank, AfDB Partner To Provide 300m Africans With Electricity
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. ...
Read More »FG To Execute $3.8bn Gas Supply Agreement In May
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 ...
Read More »Marketers Visit PH Refinery, Plan Fuel Loading In May
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 ...
Read More »CAF Set To Scrap Confederation Cup, Elevate African Football League
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. ...
Read More »NCos Moves Bobrisky From Ikoyi To Kirkiri Prison
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 ...
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