Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) says it has declared force majeure on exports of Nigerian Forcados crude oil after a malfunctioning barge obstructed a tanker path. SPDC is a Nigerian subsidiary of the Royal Dutch Shell Plc. Force majeure is a clause that allows a company to skip contractual obligations following issues beyond […]
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Mustapha Ahead of the Christmas and New Year celebrations, the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 has restricted indoor religious gathering to 50 per cent with full compliance to public health measures. The committee threatened that it might be forced to introduce more restrictions if infections increase. In a statement yesterday in Abuja, PSC Chairman […]
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Photo/facebook/JKayodeFayemi By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu This Christmas is the last that Governor Kayode Fayemi will spend as the helmsman of Ekiti State. He happens to be term-limited and cannot seek further re-election as governor. Some of the other outgoing governors have had recourse to retire to the Senate. The leadership recruitment process in Nigeria has […]
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Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has said N4 billion licence renewal fees are being owed it by some 100 broadcast stations. Consequently, the regulator gave the erring outfits up till February 17, 2022 to pay up or have their licences withdrawn and reallocated to prospective […]
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Photo: Arik Air The management of Arik Air has dismissed at least 10 of its pilots for embarking on industrial action without due notice. The Guardian learnt that the aggrieved pilots began strike this week in protest against protracted wage disparity between expatriate and Nigerian pilots that has still not been resolved by Arik Air. […]
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Ogoni want payment to HYPREP halted over failure to implement UNEP report Some oil-bearing communities in Ogoniland under the aegis of Ogoni Liberation Initiative (OLI) have urged Federal Government to partner international agencies towards expediting cleanup of Ogoniland in line with recommendations of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Report. The group also advised President […]
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Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum (right); his Kaduna counterpart, Nasir el-Ruufai; President Muhammadu Buhari and Chairman, Oriental Energy, Dr. Muhammadu Indimi, during the commissioning of Muhammadu Indimi Centre for Distance Learning at the University of Maiduguri …yesterday Motivates troops in final campaign against insurgency President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, in Maiduguri, Borno State, said more cooperation […]
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FG to pay N129b subsidy as DisCos remits N130b The Service-Based Tariff (SBT) introduced by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has in the second quarter of the year, pushed electricity consumption in the country to N259.7 billion although improvement in service remains dismal. While the tariff was increased last year on the promise that […]
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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has expressed displeasure over President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to delay and eventually withhold of assent to the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2021. The NBA, in a statement by its President, Olumide Akpata, said Buhari’s decision was a negation of his pledge to improve the nation’s electoral process. It urged the […]
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As the Christmas and New Year celebrations kick off few hours away, prices of food are marginally on the increase, compounding challenges of the resource-poor citizens. A survey showed that prices of rice, vegetable oil, eggs, chicken (live and dressed), yam and whole grain wheat, among others, have increased marginally in the last three months, […]
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