The Nembe crude was previously blended with the popular Bonny Light grade and exported via the Bonny oil & gas terminal. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and Aiteo Joint Venture on Wednesday announced the introduction of Nembe crude oil grade, a new crude oil grade into the international crude oil market. Olufemi Soneye, […]
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President Paul Kagame, on November 7, 2023, had a productive phone conversation with UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the worrying escalation of armed violence and ethnic rhetoric in eastern DR Congo, the office of the president announced. According to a brief notice posted by the Presidency on X, formerly Twitter, President Kagame reiterated his view […]
The Minister of Interior says that the enhanced e-passport will significantly reduce processing delays in Europe. The Nigerian government has inaugurated additional enhanced e-passport facilities at selected Nigerian embassies in five European countries. The countries are Italy, Greece, Spain, Austria and Switzerland. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, inaugurated the facilities at the Nigerian embassy […]
The war between rival militaries in Sudan is growing in scope and brutality, having driven almost six million people from their homes since it erupted in April and worsening an already complex humanitarian emergency, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday. “The war that erupted without warning turned previously peaceful Sudanese homes into cemeteries,” […]
Cynthia Omowumi Aloba, wife of late Afrobeat singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, on Tuesday, told the Lagos Coroner, Magistrate Adedayo Shotobi, investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of her husband that her life is under threat. The widow, who is testifying in the inquest being conducted at the Lagos State Magistrate Court sitting […]
Medical director of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Jabi, Abuja, Prof Sa’ad Ahmed, has said about 51 healthcare workers have resigned from the hospital since the beginning of 2023. Ahmed stated this yesterday when the House of Representatives committee on Health Institutions visited the hospital for an oversight function. He lamented that every department in […]
Niger State governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has called on the federal government to pay 13 per cent derivation to Niger State for power generated and supplied to Nigerians through the four hydropower generating dams situated in the state. The governor stated this when the Federal Commissioner, of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally […]
Contrary to pledges to cut fossil fuel production, government policies worldwide will add up to a doubling of production in 2030, a new report from the UN environment agency (UNEP) revealed on Wednesday. “The 2023 Production Gap report is a startling indictment of runaway climate carelessness,” the UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message […]
The presidency has disclosed that President Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s administration is working on policies that will strengthen the naira. The Special Adviser to the President on Economic Matters, Dr Tope Fasua, disclosed this at the “Cowries to Cash” lecture and lunch in Abuja on Tuesday. Daily Trust reports that there has been a steady rise […]
“Where there is violence, it will be zero,” the INEC chair said in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it won’t count votes in any polling unit where violence occurs in Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa State. The INEC chair, Mahmood Yakubu, a professor, said this in Yenagoa, Bayelsa […]
Mohbad’s widow said her relationship with her father-in-law went awry shortly after she gave birth to her son, Liam. Omowunmi Aloba, wife of deceased singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba (a.k.a Mohbad), on Tuesday, told a coroner’s court in Lagos State that she used to relate well with her father-in-law, Joseph Aloba, and that both of them were […]
The Senate noted that the commission has deviated from the federal character principle that ensured equity and fairness to all parts of the country. The Senate has directed its Committee on Establishment and Public Service Matters to investigate alleged lopsided recruitment and deployment by the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC). This followed the adoption of […]
Two suspects are facing criminal charges for their alleged role in the theft of $580,000 from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm in February 2020. But where did the money come from and why was it never declared? According to the South African Reserve Bank’s report, it wasn’t Ramaphosa’s money to start with. Throughout the […]
Springbok hooker Bongi Mbonambi suggested that the Tom Curry incident was a case of ‘lost in translation’, although he did not confirm what he said to the England flank. Springbok hooker Bongi Mbonambi broke his silence over the racial slur accusations levelled at him during Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2023, accusing England of being “unprofessional”. […]
ZANU PF Mashonaland West has set out to retain seats in two local authority by-elections in Hurungwe and Banket to be held this Saturday, November 11, 2023. The two vacancies arose following the death of Hurungwe West Ward 24 Councillor Pharaoh Kuerakana (Zanu PF), just after being sworn in early September, and Banket Ward 23 […]
Sewage Spillage Mars Soweto Marathon Service delivery issues were exposed as thousands of international and local runners navigated raw sewage on a section of the 21km Soweto Marathon route, reports TimesLIVE. A viral video showed athletes struggling to pass the sewage spill near the Soweto Towers. The marathon, which attracted over 24,000 runners, including […]
The bus that transported the Springboks around the Eastern Cape on their trophy parade at the weekend was involved in a dramatic motor accident on Monday night. The bus was travelling through the rain in Maletswai, formerly Aliwal North, when its brakes failed as it approached a T-junction on Somerset Street. Onlooker Brian Heger told […]
Permit holders protected until at least June 2024 An urgent application brought by the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) to protect the rights of Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders was dismissed by the Pretoria High Court. The court said the application was not needed and confirmed the validity of the ZEPs and protections afforded to permit […]