Andrew Lloyd-Webber joins legal action against UK governmentTheatre impresario Andrew Lloyd-Webber on Thursday joined legal action against the UK government ultimately aimed at bringing back crowds to theatres and cinema halls. x He joined senior figures...Thu Jun 24th, 2021 Read More → |
NSCDC arrests driver, 2 others with truck loaded with adulterated gasolineThe Plateau Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a driver and two others with a truck containing 45,000 litres of adulterated Automated Gasoline Oil (AGO)....Wed Jun 23rd, 2021 Read More → |
Portugal fears a fourth wave from the Delta variantPortugal fears a fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic may take hold with the highly contagious Delta variant now accounting for more than 60 percent of new cases in the capital. x Lisbon is...Wed Jun 23rd, 2021 Read More → |
Buhari to get NDDC 'forensic audit' report JulyBarring any last-minute changes, President Mohammadu Buhari will next month receive the much-awaited report of the ongoing forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NNDC). x...Wed Jun 23rd, 2021 Read More → |
Allow bandits to guard our forests for peace to reign, Sheikh Gumi saysIslamic cleric Sheikh Gumi has declared that Nigeria is fighting a tribal war, calling for amnesty for bandits if they must quit their criminal acts. x He specifically urged farmers across the...Wed Jun 23rd, 2021 Read More → |
Final forensic audit report of NDDC ready by July—AkpabioGodswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, says the final report of a forensic audit of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) will be ready by the end of July. x Akpabio, who fielded...Wed Jun 23rd, 2021 Read More → |
Yinka Odumakin, samurai of the struggleOdumakin “Yinka could not have died now. That was not the plan. Yinka had only achieved 1% of what he planned to do. This was not our understanding…” That was the outpouring of...Wed Jun 23rd, 2021 Read More → |
Again, court orders FG to pay Rivers, Akwa Ibom $3.3b oil revenueA day after a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja ordered the Federal Government to pay $951 million to the Bayelsa State government as arrears of the 13 per cent derivative sum due to the state,...Wed Jun 23rd, 2021 Read More → |
HURIWA demands sack of NSA, Gumi’s arrestEmmanuel Onwubiko Advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack his National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana...Wed Jun 23rd, 2021 Read More → |
Police nab 62-year-old for child trafficking in DeltaThe Special Squad of Delta State Police Command has arrested a 62-year-old woman, Vera Olunwa and one Gloria Ugbebor, in connection with alleged kidnap of a 12-year-old girl in Niger...Wed Jun 23rd, 2021 Read More → |
Leveraging marginal fields for improved national reserves, local contentSarki Auwalu Nigeria’s marginal fields sub-sector has been the cornerstone of the country’s upstream local content development strategy since early 2000, and previous rounds gave...Wed Jun 23rd, 2021 Read More → |
Time to review war-risk insurance on Nigeria-bound cargoesDirector-General, NIMASA, Bashir Jamoh There has been a significant reduction in the rate of piracy on Nigeria’s maritime environment since February 2021, when the Nigerian Maritime...Wed Jun 23rd, 2021 Read More → |
Buhari inaugurates steering committee on poverty reduction, establishes Private Equity FundPresident Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja inaugurated the National Steering Committee (NSC) of the National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy (NPRGS). The committee has Vice-President...Tue Jun 22nd, 2021 Read More → |
Merkel urges better EU coordination on virus travel rulesGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday ahead of this week’s EU summit that she hoped for better coordination on pandemic travel rules among the bloc’s 27 member states. x In...Tue Jun 22nd, 2021 Read More → |
UK borrowing sinks in May on easing lockdown: dataUK government borrowing sank in May as the easing Covid lockdown boosted the economy and tax revenues, but remains elevated on costly pandemic support, official data showed Tuesday. x Public...Tue Jun 22nd, 2021 Read More → |
