Former Premier League soccer player Dickson Etuhu goes on trial in a Swedish court on Thursday to face a charge of match-fixing, which he denies. Etuhu played at the 2010 World Cup for Nigeria and had a lengthy career in England for Manchester City, Preston North End, Norwich, Sunderland, Fulham and Blackburn Rovers before moving […]
Nigeria has awarded a mining contract to ten exploration and consulting companies as part of the country’s efforts to develop the sector, the mining and steel development minister said on Tuesday. Abubakar Bawa Bwari did not say how much the contracts were worth but in July he had said eight firms would be awarded a […]
Departures of migrant-laden boats to Italy from Sabratha, formerly Libya’s biggest people-smuggling hub, have slowed to a trickle thanks to a security crackdown triggered by European pressure that ejected the city’s top smuggler. But the local branch of Libya’s coastguard feels neglected. It says it is still starved for resources, unable to run its own […]
Fresh facts has emerged that Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, are still owing the nation’s Under 20 women national team, the Falconets and their coaching crew match allowances, bonuses and salaries months after they played in the quarterfinals of the Under 20 Women World Cup in France in August. According to investigation carried out by BSNsports […]
Crude oil futures resumed their upward trajectory in morning trading in Europe Tuesday despite an absence of clear bullish sentiment, with analysts saying the rise appeared to be an adjustment following steep losses at the end of the previous week. At 1206 GMT January ICE Brent crude futures rose 12 cents/b from Monday’s close to […]
Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) has offered a cargo for loading in December, three industry sources said on Tuesday. The company has likely offered the cargo through private negotiations and it was not immediately clear if it was a firm offer, one of the sources said. NLNG, set up 16 years ago to export gas, […]
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, has said there are strong indications that three out of the 40 planned modular refineries would come on stream by end of 2019. Kachikwu disclosed this at the three-day Biennial International Conference for Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) organised by Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) […]
A court in Milan is considering charges of corruption against Eni and Shell in a controversial oil deal that led to Nigeria losing an estimated $6bn. The campaign group Global Witness has calculated the OPL 245 deal in 2011 deprived Nigeria of double its annual education and healthcare budget. Eni and Shell are accused of […]
Blackberry Mobile Nigeria on Monday unveiled Blackberry KEY2 LE, an Android version of Blackberry smartphone in the Nigerian market. The re-born icon Blackberry brand is being sponsored by Ngilex Mobile Ltd. Speaking during the unveiling in Lagos, the Chief Executive Officer, Ngilex, Mr Kingsley Obaji, said that with the Blackberry KEY2 LE, the company was […]
Guaranty Trust Bank and the Nigerian Breweries on Monday top the losers’ table at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Nigerian Breweries recorded the highest loss to lead the losers’ table, dropping by N2.10 to close at N79.40 per share, while Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) trailed with a loss […]