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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Magdalena Andersson has been approved by Sweden’s parliament as the country’s first-ever female prime minister, after replacing Stefan Lofven as leader of the centre-left Social Democrats. Sweden is the only Nordic country never to have elected a woman as a national leader before. Ms Andersson, who is currently the finance minister, did not win Wednesday’s […]
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A judge has handed Benzema a one-year suspended jail term and ordered him to pay a €75,000 (£63,000; $84,000) fine. Benzema, 33, was one of five people put on trial last month over an attempt to extort Frenchman Mathieu Valbuena. The scandal has stunned the football community in France and both players lost their national […]
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The Nigerian naira weakened against the U.S dollar at the parallel market on Wednesday to trade at N560 per dollar on Wednesday. The figure is N15 or 2.8 percent lower than the N545 it traded last week at the parallel market. Meanwhile, the currency which opened trading at an indicative price of N413.82/$1, depreciated by 0.3 […]
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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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Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, has said President Muhammadu Buhari is concerned about the rising cost of cooking gas, saying he is taking measures to ensure the prices come down for the yuletide season. Sylva made this known to State House correspondents on Tuesday after he, alongside Gbenga Komolafe, Chief Executive Officer […]
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Sudan’s ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok is to be reinstated, after being placed under house arrest during a military coup last month. All political detainees will be released as part of a new agreement between the military, civilian leaders and ex-rebel groups, mediators said. On 25 October, Sudan’s military had declared a state of emergency […]
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