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Probe N39.5bn duplicated, phoney projects in 2021 budget, SERAP tells Buhari
With irrepressible high spirits, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has again called on President Muhammadu Buhari to launch an investigation...
International Container Terminal Services says it is not owned by Dangote
Contrary to claims by an online publication, a global port management company, International Container Terminal Services Inc, says it is not owned...
NPA did not have operating surpluses of N133.084b in 2017, N88.79b in 2018, says Bala-Usman
Suspended Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has clarified what the Authority received...
Port Harcourt Refinery rehabilitation commences, to generate 3,000 jobs
Determined to deliver the project on schedule and speedily, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says construction work on the Port Harcourt Refinery...
Suspension of NPA boss, Bala-Usman: Pres. Buhari, Ameachi breach Public Service Rules, govt’s own circular – PSN investigation
The suspension of the Managing Director/CEO of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala-Usman, by President Muhammadu Buhari, is a flagrant breach...
Facebook bans News website after reporting deaths from US gov’t vaccine database
A news website has been permanently booted from Facebook after the social media giant accused it of publishing “false information about COVID-19 that...
Mama Taraba, Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan dead at 60
A former Minister of Women Affairs during the first tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari, Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan, has died at the age...
COVID-19 forces postponement of FIFA 2022 World Cup Qualifiers in Africa
By Boye Ajayi The 2022 World Cup qualifiers in Africa have been rescheduled as a result of COVID-19, the World Soccer ruling...
FG/CBN power intervention: 4m free prepaid meters to be rolled out
Another intervention by the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in the power sector will soon deliver four million free...
Breaking: Abducted 27 Kaduna Forestry College students set free after 52 days in the forest
After about 52 days in the abductors’ den, 27 students abducted by bandits from Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, were...
FG approves N6.2bn for electricity infrastructure upgrade, improved power supply
In a bid to further upgrade electricity infrastructure and improve power supply across the country, the Federal Goverment has approved N6.15 billion ($8.29...
Coup alert: Presidency fingers religious, past political leaders
“Championed by some disgruntled religious and past political leaders, the intention is to eventually throw the country into a tailspin which would...
Real reason EU canceled election observation mission to Ethiopia
EU High Representative Josep Borrell Monday disclosed the real reason the European Union canceled election observation to Ethiopia. ” Ethiopian authorities would not...
A Nigerian, Fadayomi, stabbed fatally in defence of son in London
It was a tragic end in North West London for a Nigerian, 40-year-old Michael Olatunde Fadayomi, as he was stabbed to death...
Bill and Melinda Gates announce divorce
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates announced with his wife Melinda Gates on Monday that they are divorcing. “After a great deal of thought...
Nigeria, 10 others make the list of countries with the largest oil reserves in 2021
Dating back to the mid-1950s, oil has been considered the most important energy source globally. Without oil, modern society would not have...
