Operatives of Edo State Police Command have arrested a 25-year-old herdsman, Idris Amedu, over his alleged involvement in series of kidnappings in the Niger Delta region. The suspect popularly known as Dogo, was alleged to be the head of a ...
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Chairman of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in Rivers State, Dr Joseph Obele, has called on the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to tell Nigerians the truth about the continued payment of subsidy for premium motor ...
Read More »NEMA, Ebonyi Govt Distribute Relief Materials To 2022 Flood Victims
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and Ikwo local government area of Ebonyi State have commenced the distribution of relief materials to victims of the 2022 flood in the area. Addressing the victims at the council headquarters in Onuebonyi, the representative ...
Read More »Obasanjo Advocates Use Of Homegrown Solutions To Solving Africa’s Challenges
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said the desired peace and security in African countries would continue to elude them until world leaders acknowledge the importance of using African-grown solutions to resolving the political and socio-economic problems plaguing the continent. With ...
Read More »Africa’s Total Exports To Hit $1trn By 2035 – Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered report has revealed that Africa’s total exports are expected to hit close to $1 trillion by 2035. Standard Chartered published its Future of Trade: Africa report, highlighting the outlook for African trade and providing a view of the ...
Read More »Refinery Owners Seek Federal Govt Fund To Boost Local Petrol Refining Capacity
…Decry N9.80/litre fees on diesel, low crude supply As Nigeria grapples with the low supply of premium motor spirit (PMS), also called petrol, into the country due to scarcity of foreign exchange to boost importation, modular refinery owners are seeking ...
Read More »Low Oil Output Forces IMF To Revise Nigeria’s Growth
Nigeria’s growth forecast has been revised downward to 2.9 per cent for 2023 before a slight improvement to 3.1 per cent next year due to weaker oil and gas production in the country. This is the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ...
Read More »Concerns As Reps Screen NDDC Board Nominees Afresh
There are concerns over the planned re-screening of the nominees for the positions of chairman and members of the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) after the Senate had carried out the exercise. The Senate had confirmed ...
Read More »‘50 Per Cent Of Teachers In Northern Nigeria Not Qualified’
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, Babangida Aliyu, has highlighted a pressing issue in Northern Nigeria’s education system, stating that “50 percent of teachers in the north are not qualified.” He spoke yesterday ...
Read More »UNGA Elects 4 African Countries, Others To Human Rights Council
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday elected 15 new countries to serve on the Human Rights Council, with Peru and Russia failing to secure a seat. Four of the 15 new members are from African countries, viz, Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire, ...
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