For the second month in a row, Russia has maintained its status as the world’s largest oil producer, ousting Saudi Arabia, official figures in December 2016 and January 2017 have confirmed. Russia’s daily oil output averaged about 10.8 million barrels in January, slightly more than 10.5 million barrels in December, according to data released by […]
Continue ReadingEighteen Nigerians died in Saudi Arabia during the just concluded 2016 Hajj attended by Muslims, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) says. The victims were from Kwara, Kogi, Bauchi, Taraba, Niger, Kaduna, FCT. There were foreign-based Nigerian pilgrims as well. The head of NAHCON’s medical team, Ibrahim Kana, said two pilgrims, including a 40-year-old […]
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Reports have confirmed that a Nigerian was among the 10 people that died in a fire that engulfed parts of a residential compound in the Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich east, a Saudi official said. The Nigerian has not been identified. The inferno began early Sunday in a sprawling, multistory housing complex in the city of Khobar […]
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