The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Wednesday, described the recent reports of plots to attack and destroy oil facilities, especially in the Niger-Delta Region, and overthrow the present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari as inimical to the good of the country. In a statement signed by its General Secretary, Lumumba […]
The Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company did not refine any crude oil from February 2018 to January this year, the latest data obtained from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation showed. The Port Harcourt Refining Company was idle from July 2018 to January this year. It was gathered on Wednesday in Abuja that the last time […]
With over $18 billion yearly losses to Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) in Nigeria, stakeholders in the oil and gas, and financial services sectors, have tasked the Federal Government to introduce measures that will urgently address the development; otherwise funding infrastructural and economic development may remain a challenge. A report by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency […]
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has cautioned against undue interference in the activities of judges engage in the adjudication of post-election litigation in the various election tribunals across the country. The NBA urged those, who took the oath of office on Wednesday, not to compromise the independence of the Judiciary and respect for the principle […]
By Foster Obi The increasing need to blend work and family life for a better and more focused society received a boost last week as the Institute for Work and Family Integration (IWFI) assembled experts from the academia, businesses, and human resources to shed more light on the emerging trend of employees’ journey and how […]
John Achagwa, the Chief Steward to Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State, has committed suicide at the Presidential Lodge, Government House, Maiduguri. The Chief Steward was said to have greeted his colleagues at the lodge at about 1: 44 p.m. on Tuesday before he climbed a tree behind the lodge and hanged himself. A close […]
About 223 local and foreign companies have submitted bids to be engaged by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to lift the federal government’s share of Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs) for domestic or export sales. Speaking at the public bid opening for the Sale and Purchase of NGLs held at the NNPC Tower in Abuja […]
The Ndigbo Unity Forum (NUF), a pan-Igbo political and socio-cultural group, has called for the establishment of Igbo radio to cater for the high number of migrant Igbo traders in all parts of the country. The President of NUF, Mr Augustine Chukwudum, made the call in a statement in Enugu on Tuesday. According to Chukwudum, […]
Nigeria have been unable to translate their dominance of African football into consistent success at the women’s World Cup but coach Thomas Dennerby says his side have the potential to reach the latter stages of the upcoming tournament in France. The ‘Super Falcons’ have played at every World Cup since the inaugural event in 1991 […]
Violence in northwest Nigeria has forced around 20,000 refugees to flee to neighbouring Niger since April, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday. It voiced concern about deteriorating security conditions in the West African country, where military and police have been deployed to tackle criminal gangs behind a spate of killings and kidnappings. Security […]