Petroleum Industry Act
10 Jan
Stakeholders in the oil and gas sector have emphasised the need for Nigeria to prioritise downstream and midstream infrastructure for competitiveness.
6 Jan
Reports across states in Nigeria have revealed that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited kept its promise to eliminate fuel queues during the Christmas and New Year. Situation reports from different filling stations across Nigeria revealed that Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol, was in sufficient supply to ensure energy security during the festive…
1 Jan
Against the backdrop of tougher projections for the New Year, economists and allied professionals have said Nigerians could be given a soft landing with the right policy formulation, ruthless implementation...
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The researchers at the National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI) of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, have pledged that with the institute's breeding programme, the upgrade of ShikaBrown stock is expected to lay at least between 350 and 380 eggs for a 90-week cycle. According to the researchers, the need to upgrade ShikaBrown Grand Parent…
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A technical team from the Republic of South Korea has completed the installation of modern rice processing mills in Bayelsa State, in furtherance of the bilateral relationship between both parties. The installation of the state-of-the-art mills, with a capacity to process 40 metric tonnes of rice paddies per day, was completed at the state-owned School-to-Land…
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An Anglican cleric has been abducted along with his wife and children by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in the Akoko axis of the northern senatorial district of Ondo State. The cleric, Rev. Canon Olowolagba, was kidnapped with his family while in transit along the Ise Akoko-Iboropa road in the Akoko North-East Local Council Area…
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The management of the University of Benin has ordered immediate online clearance for newly admitted students for the 2024/2025 academic session. The university’s Public Relations Officer, Dr Benedicta Ehanire, said this in a statement on Saturday in Benin. She said the exercise was expected to be concluded on Jan. 15, 2025. Ehanire said the directive…
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For about a month running, JC Best International School, Life Camp, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has become a destination of a sort as visual art enthusiasts converge daily to watch Kanyeyachukwu Tagbo-Okeke engage in a creative endeavour of the moment. A 15-year-old Nigerian artist, popularly known as Kanye and a student of JC Best School,…
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The member representing Ohaozara, Onicha, and Ivo (Ohanivo) Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, Hon Kama Nkemkanma, during the weekend, pleaded with traditional rulers not to allow our cultural heritage to die. Kama made the plead during the second edition of "Ohanivo Unity Carnival" event held at Central School Egunkwo Onicha Igbeze in Onicha local…
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Nigerian troops on the frontline during Christmas week neutralised no fewer than 148 terrorists and arrested 258 others. This disclosure was made by the spokesman of Defence Media Operations (DMO), Major General Edward Buba on Saturday. Troops also arrested 51 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued not less than 291 kidnapped hostages. In the South-South,…
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There was jubilation by the friends and well-wishers as former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Prince Clement Adesuyi Haastrup from Bilaro Oluodo ruling house, emerged as the new Owa Obokun Ajimoko III and Paramount Ruler of Ijesaland. Folashade Aliu, the Executive Director, Corporate Affairs ENL Consortium Ltd, a company founded by His Royal Highness, expressed…
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Imo State Police Command has said it has impounded over 600 motorcycles and arrested 300 operators, some of them popularly known as Okada riders, in a bid to curb the rate of crime in the State. Addressing newsmen while inspecting the impounded motorcycles at the Command's headquarters in Owerri on Saturday, the Police Commissioner, Aboki…
56 mins ago
A group known as Imo State Leadership in Diaspora Forum Worldwide has said they have developed actionable strategies for the sustainable progress of the state. The President General of the group, Sampson Udeh, who spoke in Owerri on Friday, said the group was concerned over the unabated security challenge that has hampered the development of…