Former Group Managing Director (GMD) of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Maikanti Kacalla Baru, is dead. Baru died on Friday after a brief illness at an Abuja hospital. He was at the helm of the Corporation from July 4th 2016…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has said that the Federal Government is expanding access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene facilities as one of Nigeria’s most effective weapons against infectious diseases. The VP said that expanding access to Water, Sanitation and…
As at Friday, 29th of May, 2020, the @NCDCgov reported 387 new cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria bringing the total number of reported cases to 9302. Also, according to @NCDCgov , a total of 2697 recoveries and 261 deaths have…
The International Press Centre (IPC) has called for the immediately release of kidnapped female reporter of the Nigeria television Authority, Mrs. Chinyere Okoye. Mrs Okoye was kidnapped in Abia by some gunmen on Wednesday night after close of work. She…
Smuggler dashing into Ile Komi from Benin Republic to evade several checkpoints between the two Benin and Nigeria In August 2019, the Nigerian Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari declared a partial land border closure in order to halt the…
Organisers of The Future Awards Africa (TFAA) has unveiled Vimbai Mutinhiri and Taymesan Emmanuel as the season hosts of the 2020 award ceremony. In anticipation of the main event, Adebola Williams, CEO, RED | For Africa, also announced the launch of…
By Dataphyte | Data analysis by Dataphyte has shown the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) paid over 8 billion as salary upfront in January 2020. This is according to the daily payment data published on the open treasury portal. The review of…
Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has signed an agreement with Siemens AG to kick off the next phase of a deal to revamp the Nigeria power sector. President Buhari directed his power and finance ministers to “commence the pre-engineering and concessionary…
By Mayowa Adeniran | The Nigerian National Assembly has been asked to hasten the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The call was part of the resolutions reached at the end of a webinar training on “Impact of Gas Flare…
Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tunji Bello has hailed Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for his works in reinvigorating the environmental sector of the state. He stated that the administration has restored the mandate of its agencies and making…
