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National Security Council orders disbandment of NATFORCE, declares it illegal

Nigeria’s National Security Council on Thursday ordered the immediate disbandment of the National Taskforce on Prohibition of Illegal, Importation/Smuggling of Arms, Ammunition, Light...

Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project will reduce Africa’s carbon emission, says  Kyari, NNPCL GCEO

The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL), Malam Mele Kyari, has said that the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline...

Port Harcourt refinery to become functional by December 2022- Sylva

Barring any hitch, the ongoing rehabilitation work on the 60,000 barrels-per-day capacity Port Harcourt refinery will be completed by December this year and...

Officials, journalists, others may miss UNGA over U.S. embassy’s visa refusal

The long-awaited United Nations General Assembly meeting (UNGA) began in New York, United States, yesterday, but some Nigerian officials and accredited and non-accredited...

JUST IN: Real reason why Police Service Commission Chairman, retired IGP Musiliu Smith quits

After months of being at loggerheads with the Police High Command, the Police Service Commission (PSC) Chairman, retired Inspector General of Police, Mr...

ASUU strike: NANS blocking of Lagos-Ibadan expressway, violation of law —  FG

The Federal Government on Wednesday described a protest staged by members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Tuesday, blocking the...

FEC approves new regulation for use, disposal of public assets 

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved a policy recommendation to extend the usage life of government assets. The assets include plants,...

Nigeria’s power sector privatization: Electricity workers call owners of power coys ‘hustlers, hawks’, demand reversal

Unimpressed with the performance of the electricity distribution companies and others following the privatization of the power sector in about 12 years ago,...

NNPCL set to seal $25bn 7,000km gas pipeline deal with Morrocco, ECOWAS

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) is to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a 7,000km gas pipeline project with National...

Over 300 lives lost to flood disasters in Nigeria in 2022, says NEMA

  At least, 300 people have so far been killed in flood disaster across Nigeria in 2022, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA),...

Southwest PDP joins “Ayu-must-go” growing call as Atiku gets rousing welcome in Ibadan

The call for the resignation of the National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Iyorchia Ayu, has gained traction in the...

STRETCH MARKS: A TROPHY

By Bunmi Ishola   The truth has been established  that a woman carries pregnancy to term for 40 weeks. We now know the...

Nigerians worse off today under APC govt., says PDP”s Atiku Abubakar

Nigerians are worse off today than they were before the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration took office in 2015, this verdict came on Tuesday from...

Vice- President Osinbajo arrives in Nairobi for Kenya’s President Ruto’s inauguration

Nigeria’s Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has arrived in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital for the inauguration of President William Ruto. The event holding at Kasarani...