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Gets further commitments from Sinopec, CNOOC to close $20bn upstream deals in months The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with several Chinese firms for over $80 billion new investments, spanning five years, in the oil and gas industry covering pipelines, refineries, gas and power, facility […]

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has declared MTN as winner of its latest auction for a 10-year frequency spectrum licence for the 2.6GHz band, which guarantees superior performance for wireless networks, especially 4G LTE services. MTN has also paid an additional N30 billion of its N330 billion fine as part of the agreement it reached […]

A judge of the federal high court in Abuja on Thursday, June 30, 2016 has struck out a suit filed by an Abuja-based lawyer challenging the eligibility of President Muhammadu Buhari over the president’s inability to present a WAEC certificate to prove he sat for the secondary school leaving examination. Justice Adeniyi Ademola delivered his […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration would rebuild Nigeria, including the Niger Delta region. According to a press statement issued on Thursday, June 30, 2016 by presidential spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina, President Buhari solicits patience and understanding from the citizenry in order to achieve this. Receiving a delegation of Niger Delta Dialogue and Contact Group, […]

“Elechi Amadi had a gift of innovative thinking, a visionary spirit, and tenacious patience- ingredients that made him succeed in his various areas of human endeavors as a successful manager of men and events,” former president of the Association of Nigerian Authors, Wale Okediran writes a tribute.   Although I had met him early in life […]

The Fund for Peace, a global non-profit, non-governmental research and educational institution, has ranked Nigeria as one of the world’s most unstable countries. In its 12th annual Fragile States Index (FSI) released on Wednesday, June 29, 2016, Fund for Peace ranked Nigeria alongside war-torn Afghanistan, Haiti, Iraqi, Guinea, Pakistan, Burundi and Zimbabwe. The Washington DC-based […]

Reports from Abia State indicate that the chief judge of the state, Justice Theresa Uzoukwu, has ‘disappeared’ as part of the build up of a political leadership crisis in the southern state. Two key actors are in a tussle for the governorship of the Abia. There is the challenger, Dr. Samson Ogah is a People’s Democratic […]Read More

Workers in Ondo State have suspended their 30-day-old strike after labour leaders signed an agreement with the state government late on Thursday, June 30, 2016. According to the chairman of the state’s labour union, Joint Negotiating Council, Mr. Sunday Adeleye under the agreement, the Ondo State government is expected to pay just January salary for […]

President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday had a closed-door meeting with the nation’s security chiefs. It was gathered that the aim of the meeting was to address the military operations in the volatile Niger Delta region and the ongoing anti-terrorism war in the North East. Security chiefs who attended the meeting included […]

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from accepting list of candidates for the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo from other leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) except form the Ali Modu Sheriff-led National Working Committee (NWC). Justice Okon Abang in a ruling also granted […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has proposed 23rd and 30th July to conduct the suspended re-run elections into the National Assembly for Kano, Kogi, Imo and Rivers States. This was announced on Thursday by the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, at a meeting with security officers, INEC Commissioners and political parties representatives from the affected […]

Submitted by Danielle DiMartino Booth via DiMartinoBooth.com, “You’re only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!” [embedded content] That one line, spoken on the big screen by Michael Caine was crowned, according to a 2003 Daily Telegraph survey, Britain’s favorite one-liner of film. That kind of staying power is remarkable considering The Italian Job, the […]Read More