Okechukwu Nnodim, AbujaThe Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Thursday announced plans to resume active oil exploration in Sokoto Basin.A statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by NNPC spokesperson, Kennie Obateru, said the corporation’s Group Managing Director, Mele Kyari, said exploration for crude would resume in the Sokoto Basin.The statement read in part, “Kyari also hinted […]
Continue ReadingThe family, in conjuction with the Aisegba Community Grammar School and Christ’s School , Ado-Ekiti Alumni Associations, have come up with a week-long events to give a former Principal of the schools, Chief Olusola Bayode a befitting burial. The family has lined up programmes both in Ado-Ekiti and Ikere Ekiti to honour the late educationist […]
Continue ReadingHon. Mayowa Akinfolarin, lawmaker representing Odigbo and Ile-Oluji/ Oke-Igbo federal constituency has continued to deliver more on his electoral promises. Two new boreholes were commissioned in two separate areas in okeigbo on the 7th of April 2021 as part of the plan of the lawmaker to ensure the provision of adequate water to people in […]
Continue ReadingOluwatosin Omojuyigbe A pregnant mother of eight children, identified simply as Dada, has been arrested for stabbing her husband, Jonathan, to death in the Otomi community, Uwheru, in the Ughelli Local Government Area of the Delta State.It was gathered that the suspect returned late from work on Monday, April 5, 2021, when an argument ensued […]
Continue ReadingDennis Naku Kidnappers of the monarch of Ikuru town in the Andoni local government area of Rivers State, HRM Aaron Ikuru, have released a video of the monarch kneeling before them and making promises in an unidentified location suspected to be a creek.The video showed the monarch kneeling beside two masked men wearing construction site […]
Continue ReadingOlalekan Adetayo and Eniola Akinkuotu THE Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, on Thursday said the Federal Government had so far implemented four out of the items listed on the Memorandum of Action it signed with the leadership of the striking National Association of Resident Doctors in a fresh talk with a view […]
Continue ReadingGodwin Isenyo, Dennis Naku, Peter Dada, Rapael Ede and Olufemi Olaniyi • Ethnic cleansing not solution to herdsmen’s criminality – Ango Abdullahi • ACF turning facts upside down, northerners killing in South, says Ohanaeze • Power not exclusive to any region – Afenifere • ACF stand amusing, says IYC Prominent northerners on Wednesday met in […]
Continue ReadingFriday Olokor President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on Wednesday said government could not function without tax payment, increase Value Added Taxes and charging the right prices on petrol products.Dangote spoke during a dialogue session in Abuja with stakeholders. It was organised by the National Peace Committee, co-chaired by a former Head of State, […]
Continue ReadingAdeyinka Adedipe, Benin The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, on Wednesday in Benin disclosed that Nigeria generated $150m from the export of coconut oil and its derivatives in 2020.Speaking through his representative, Bernard Ukattah, a deputy director at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development during a training for coconut farmers […]
Continue ReadingEniola Akinkuotu Eniola Akinkuotu, AbujaA bill pending before the House of Representatives is seeking to compel the Armed Forces and para-military organisations to permit female officers to wear Islamic veil, commonly known as hijab.The bill, known as the Religious Discrimination (Prohibition, Prevention) Bill, 2020, which has passed second reading at the House, was sponsored by […]
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