The National Emergency Management Agency has received another batch of 161 stranded Nigerians from Mtiga in Libya. The acting Coordinator, Lagos Territorial Office, NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, received the returnees on Thursday night in Lagos State. Farinloye said that the Nigerians arrived the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, late on Thursday […]
The Federal Government, Thursday, set a two-month deadline for marketers and dealers of liquefied petroleum gas, LPG, also known as cooking gas, to weed out illegal and roadside dealers amongst themselves before the government commences full clampdown on unregistered and unlicensed gas sellers. Speaking in Abuja, at the Department of Petroleum Resources’, DPR, Annual General […]
The public accounts committee of the House of Representatives has resolved to probe the activities of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency. The chairman of the committee, Oluwole Oke, stated this on Thursday at the resumed public hearing on the agency. According to Mr Oke, the investigation is because of the failure of NIMASA […]
Nigeria’s legislature has begun consulting with the president to draft “from scratch” a bill overhauling the nation’s petroleum sector and will aim to pass it by the end of 2020, the Senate president said on Wednesday. The government of Africa’s largest oil-producing nation has been trying to pass sprawling legislation on the sector, governing everything […]
Key oil-producing countries led by Saudi Arabia and Russia appear set to implement 600,000 b/d of new production cuts for three months starting in March to counter the demand destruction caused by the coronavirus outbreak, according to a delegate involved in the talks. That would apparently be on top of their existing 1.7 million b/d […]
Days after PREMIUM TIMES exclusively reported how Olabisi Olaleye, a lecturer of the Department of International Relations, demanded sex from a student, another staffer is currently enmeshed in an alleged sex scandal, sources and the school management have said. The scandal emerged at the university’s Centre for Distance Learning (CDL). PREMIUM TIMES gathered that a […]
An individual may no longer be able to own more than three phone lines going by a directive handed down to the Nigerian Communications Commission by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isah Pantami. The directive was based on security considerations. Pantami directed the NCC to revise the policy on SIM card registration […]
The United States said on Tuesday the soon to be repatriated $308million recovered from the family of the late maximum ruler, Gen. Sani Abacha, must be placed in a secured account by the Nigerian government. Washington said the Federal Government would be required to replace the fund if it is stolen from the account. The […]
By Foster Obi Management and staff of Eliel group recently organised Company’s client and media partners’ party at the Police Officers Mess, outer Marina Lagos Island on January 25, 2020. The occasioned was designed to create more bonding between the group and her clients/partners. Companies under Eliel Group are TNT TV also known as Tiwantiwa […]
The National Examination Council (NECO) has reached out to the Department of State Services (DSS) for support in tackling cases of impersonation and malpractices ahead of its 2020 exams. Abubakar Saddique, chairman of NECO’s governing board, disclosed this when he led Abubakar Gana, acting registrar of the council, and the management team on a visit […]