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LNG global trade rises 6% in 2021

  The global trade in Liquefied natural gas rose 6 per cent to 380 million tonnes in 2021 on the back of higher...

Russia/Ukraine crisis: We are ready for ‘diplomatic solutions’ – Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said that Moscow was ready to look for “diplomatic solutions” in tensions with the West over Ukraine...

For the third time, APC fixes March 26 for its national convention

    Few hours after it announced indefinite postponement of its national convention, the Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the...

Fuel supply improves across the country, boosted by NNPC’s intervention, mobilization of officials to Lagos loading points

        Petrol supply to filling stations in Lagos, Abuja, Ibadan, Kogi and some parts of the country has improved just...

Kenyan High Commissioner in Nigeria collapses, dies

    The Kenya High Commissioner in Nigeria Dr. Ambassador Wilfred Machage, has passed on, a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

Ogun tanker tragedy claims 17 lives

Another petrol tanker tragedy has occurred in Ogun State leaving at least 17 people dead. About 14 of them were roasted when a...

Those rubbishing N5,000 vulnerable intervention fund as insufficient are elite — Minister

  The Minister of Humanitarian Services, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouk, has described those saying N5,000 monthly national cash...

FEC approves $2.81bn for railway services

    The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the sum of $2.81 billion for the Ministry of Transportation for the procurement...

Contaminated petrol: We’ll handle erring suppliers, House of Rep C’ttee assures Nigerians

      The House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) has intervened in the current fuel situation in the country with a...

Most addicted social media users in Africa : Nigerians rank first, trailed by South Africans, Ghanaians

Globally, social media usage has plateaued, according to the Global Web Index’s flagship report on the latest trends in social media.   The...

Full-blown crisis breaks out in Tinubu’s political family as estranged ally, Aregbesola, vows to sack his cousin, Osun Gov.  

      Ahead of 2023, a political brouhaha of epic proportion has broken out in the political family of the All Progressives...

Update: Suspended DCP Abba Kyari declared wanted by NDLEA over cocaine deal

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh     The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has declared the suspended head of the Police...

Ethiopian national carts home 7th Lagos City Marathon $30,000 cash prize

      At exactly 8:03am on Saturday, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu crossed the finish line of the Access Bank Lagos City...

Methanol-blended petrol: Are NNPC, NMDPRA to blame? 

     By Ayo Akinsola   Following the discovery of Methanol-blended petrol otherwise known as Off Spec fuel by the Nigerian National Petroleum...

Beleaguered Mali Govt moves to end crippling sanctions as ECOWAS urges more action

    By Paul Ejime   The beleaguered military-dominated Interim Government in Mali has set up Dialogue Mechanisms towards ending the ECOWAS and...

Former mayor of Kabul becomes refugee in US after fleeing Taliban

Former Kabul mayor Fazal Karim Aimaq had seen more than his share of turbulence during decades of war, but nothing prepared him for...