Gunmen, suspected to be pirates, in the early hours of Sunday, attacked two oil installations, killing three and abducting seven oil workers in Bayelsa State, Nigeria’s South-south. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the pirates ambushed their unsuspecting victims in Okoroma and Ogbokiri-Akassa communities of Nembe and Brass local government areas of Bayelsa. Sources […]
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected a planned petroleum price increase. NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, made the call in a statement he issued to reporters in Abuja, entitled: ”Nigerian workers refused to take the bait’’. According to him, the Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, announced that petrol could cost as much […]
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By Folasade Akpan The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) has expressed delight over the approval of the Outline Business Case (OBC) for the establishment of the National Carrier (Nigerian Air) by the Federal Executive Council (FEC). Mr Micheal Ohiani, the Acting Director General of ICRC said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja after […]
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A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from further investigating a former governor of the state, Seriake Dickson, on the issue of assets he declared with the Code of Conduct Bureau between 2007 and 2020. The case with suit number FHC/CS/81/2021 involved the Registered […]
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The secretary to Niger state government, Ahmed Matane, says Boko Haram and a faction of the Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP) are setting up camps in the state. Speaking at a press conference in Minna, Niger capital city, on Tuesday, Matane said these groups have been telling communities that they are “God-send” and […]
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Not less than 569 people — including 337 soldiers — have been killed in various forms of ambush launched by insurgents since 2019, according to a report by SB Morgan (SBM) Intelligence. The research organisation, SBM intelligence, compiled and analysed data about happenings in the country, identifying 62 attacks perpetrated by insurgents in the period […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has finally spoken on the judicial panels of enquiry set up by state governments to examine allegations of police brutality, saying the Federal Government is waiting for the submitted reports of the sub-nationals before it can take any action. Buhari made this statement when he hosted Anthony Blinken, the US Secretary of […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria is full of joy and has hailed the United States for removing Nigeria from its list of countries with religious freedom concerns. Recall that the United States on Wednesday removed Nigeria from its list of religious violators. It also blacklisted Russia, China, and eight others as countries of ”particular concern” […]
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Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has confirmed that that the violent attacks on Monday in Illela and Goronyo Local Government Areas of Sokoto State has resulted in the death of 45 persons. However, Thursday morning, Governor Tambuwal’s spokesperson, Muhammad Bello, told the BBC Hausa Service that residents told the governor during his visit that […]
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The executive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, says there was no diamond bra recovered from former petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke. Recall that Diezani, who fled the county shortly before former President Goodluck Jonathan handed over to President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015, is alleged to have stolen $2.5 billion from […]
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