Naomi Nwokolo
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Ahead of its projected 2.8 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) gas production, UTM FLNG Ltd, owner of Nigeria’s first indigenous Floating Liquified Natural Gas (FLNG) has signed the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) on Human Rights, Labour, Environment and Anti-Corruption.
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The president-elect, Nigerian Academy of Science, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Prof. Abubakar Sambo, has urged the regionalisation of the national grid as a solution to frequent power outages caused by grid collapses. The Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Engineering and Environmental Designs, on Thursday, while delivering the 12th convocation lecture of the Kwara State University (KWASU),…
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A couple in Spain is accused of selling their 14-year-old daughter to a 22-year-old man for 5,000 Euro (or 5,200 dollars) some three years ago, according to local media reports. READ ALSO: Nigeria may collapse without functional judiciary, Ozekhome warns The girl managed to flee and the parents, who went to the police station in…
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Communities in the Okania-Ogbogoro in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, have expressed joy over the construction
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Prof. Mike Ozekhome, SAN has warned that Nigeria is heading toward anarchy except necessary machinery is put in place to ensure a functional
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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command today paraded members of a 'one chance' criminal syndicate terrorising the city. READ ALSO: TETFund dismisses allegations of funding APC with N325m The FCT Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu, who paraded the three suspects alongside several others, said that the arrest of the suspected criminals was part of…
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South African singer Tyla has emerged victorious, beating Nigerian artistes like Burna Boy, Rema, Tems, and Asake to win the Top Afrobeats Artiste award at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards. Tyla, who has been making waves globally with her hit track Water, outshone her Nigerian counterparts in a category often dominated by Afrobeat stars from…
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The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has denied allegations that it provided a whopping N325 million in funding to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State. This denial comes on the heels of a petition filed by the APC Women Leader in Adamawa State, Patricia Yakubu, who claimed that the funds were misappropriated. In…
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The Law Firm of Afe Babalola has petitioned the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, (LPDC) against legal practitioner, Dele Farotimi, alleging that he violated certain provisions of the rules of professional conduct for lawyers. The LPDC is the regulatory body that investigates and addresses misconduct among Nigerian lawyers, and can bar any lawyer from legal practice.…
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A Nigerian, Abiola Kayode, 37, who had been on the most wanted list of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been extradited from Ghana to Nebraska, U.S., following a Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud Indictment, filed in August 2019. According to a statement by the United States Attorney's Office, District of Nebraska,…
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The country’s economy as well as its ability to attract and retain foreign direct investments (FDIs) in the coming year will depend on the sustainability of the current reforms, analysts at Cordros Securities Limited have said.