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Breaking: AfDB President, Adesina, re-elected for second term

Nigeria’s Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina has been re-elected the President of the Africa Development Bank by the Board of Governors. Mrs Lauretta Onochie, Personal...

Nigeria-US Relations: Questing for Ambassador Adefuye’s template

By Olufemi Soneye Demographically and by the size of her economy, Nigeria leads the rest of Africa. Nigeria’s estimated population is more than...

Foreigners exchanging arms for gold in Zamfara, Gov. Matawalle alerts FG  

  Zamfara State Gov. Bello Matawalle has expressed worry about arms proliferation in the state, saying foreigners buying off gold were responsible.  ...

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COVID-19: NNPC GMD, Kyari, tasks stakeholders on strategies for petroleum industry growth

  The Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has thrown the gauntlet at stakeholders to evolve innovative...

COVID-19 protocols non-compliance: FG to sanction errant airlines $3,500 per passenger

  Henceforth, airlines that fail to comply with international flight COVID-19 protocols will be fined $3,500 per passenger, the Presidential Task Force on...

School resumption date not confirmed – FG

  The Federal Government has said it is still too early to decide when school classes can resume as the coronavirus epidemic is...

BREAKING: Unilag Senate names woman, Prof. Ogunsola, acting VC

  For the first time in the history of the 60-year-old University of Lagos, a woman,  Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, has emerged the Vice-Chancellor in acting...

COVID-19 lockdown ease: NNPC ups crude oil, gas export revenue by $378.42m in June 2020

  Following the ease of the COVID-19 global lockdown, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it recorded a total crude oil and...

NPDC to boost domestic gas market by 600m standard cubic feet per day

The Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), an exploration and production subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says it will boost gas...

COVID-19 : Nigeria’s health system zero, fight by the grace of God — SGF Mustapha

The Presidential Task Force Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, has expressed concern about the inaccessibility of...

Restore democracy, release detained President, others, Buhari, ECOWAS leaders urge Mali junta

  President Muhammadu Buhari and other ECOWAS leaders have called for the immediate release of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of Mali, who was...

FEC approves N5.48bn contract variation for federal secretariat in five states,  Usuma Dam rehabilitation

The Federal Government on Wednesday  approved N5.48 billion for the construction of federal secretariat in five states and the rehabilitation of Lower Usuma...

Breaking : Detained Malian President, Keita, resigns amid coup

  Trapped in the quicksand of month-long political turmoil and coup which ousted him, Malian President, Ibrahim Keita, on Wednesday indicating he was...

Bandits dislodged from states in the north found safe haven in Nasarawa state – Governor

  Bandits dislodged from the North West and some North East states has found safe haven in Nasarawa state, said Governor Abdullahi Sule...

NNPC scores another first, joins 65 extractives companies as EITI partner company

The profiled of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) soared on Tuesday  as it joined a group of over 65 extractives companies, state-owned enterprises...

2021-2023 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework: FG introduces fiscal measures, interventions

  In a bid to cushon the financial crisis occasioned by the global COVID-19 pandemic and reflate the economy, the Federal Government says...