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Oil Production Inches Closer To 1.7mbpd – NNPCL
This was revealed by the NNPCL boss, as he addressed stakeholders at an engagement between the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists and the NNPCL in Lagos on Saturday.According to him, 1.7 million barrels per day was a boost from 1.28 million barrels reported in April.According to Kyari, the nation’s crude oil production keeps dropping due […]
NSCDC uncovers illegal refining sites in Rivers
This was confirmed in a statement by NSCDC Public Relations Officer, Babawale Afolabi, on Monday in Abuja.Afolabi said based on the Corps’ dedication to wage war against illegal bunkering, the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad, CGsSIS, laid intelligence surveillance at the site which aided in the successful arrest.According to him, the suspects arrested are Oghene […]
Looted Ancestral Stools Return To Oba Of Benin
According to historical records, the artefacts — Bronze and wooden Royal stools ,Ekete, made during the reign of Oba Eresoyen and Oba Esigie several centuries ago, were looted from the Oba’s Palace during the punitive expedition in 1897.They were handed over to the National Commission for Museums and Monuments .NCMM, on behalf of the Nigerian […]
Tinubu Establishes Climate Action Committee, Appoints Ngelale As Special Envoy
The President also appointed his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale as the Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action.The Committee is to be Chaired by the President himself, while the Minister of Environment, Mister Balarabe Lawal will serve as the Vice Chairman. Mister Ngelale will serve as the Secretary of the Committee while […]
Oludo Of Ido-Osun Joins Ancestors
A family source who confirmed his death, earlier in the day said Oba Adedapo died yesterday at Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun State.He was said to have developed sudden sickness on Monday and was taken to a private hospital at Capital Area, Osogbo, from which he was referred to Osun State University […]
Jnr Pope laid to rest amid tears in Enugu
Information has it that the burial rites commenced at 10:00 am with a commendation mass at St. Peter’s Catholic Parish, Ukehe, and lying-in-state at his father’s compound, where family members, well-wishers, colleagues and friends had the final glimpse of the late actor before the body was moved to a private venue for internment at about […]
FG, Labour To Reconvene Next Week Over Minimum Wage Negotiation
An invitation letter sent to the labour leaders by the chairman of the committee, Bukar Goni, states that the other members of the committee have agreed to shift grounds from the N48,000 proposal.The letter appealed to the labour leaders to speak to their members and attend the reconvened meeting next Tuesday.The organised labour comprising the […]
Several Trapped As Building Collapses In Niger State
Emergency officials who raced to the scene succeeded in rescuing seven persons who are receiving treatment at the Minna General Hospital.The building is located at the popular New Market Area in Minna, the capital of the North-Central State. The manual evacuation of the debris has commenced, and the authorities said machines would be mobilised quickly so […]
Truck rams into BRT on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
It was gathered that the accident occurred around some minutes to 6am on Saturday.Officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps and Police on response call at the accident scene insisted that only their Public Relations Officers were authorised to speak.However, unconfirmed reports from onlookers noted that several people on the BRT bus were injured. Onlookers […]