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The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating crude oil theft has insisted on the appearance of the Group Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC) and others before the committee. They include the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigeria Inland Waterways Authority…

Speakers at the 10th Lagos Public Relations Stakeholders’ Conference on Thursday August 31, 2023 addressed the theme: Conversation on Employment Creation and Nation Building. It was agreed at the event that reversing the rising unemployment and under employment in Nigeria is a major intervention to nation building because one of…

Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) on Thursday said that the current power outage being experienced at Awka was due to the loss of supply from Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) Station. This is contained in a statement from the EEDC Head, Corporate Communications Mr. Emeka Ezeh, who said that the…

Former President of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been charged with bribery offences relating to her time as Nigeria’s oil minister, the United Kingdom National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Tuesday. Alison-Madueke, 63, has been on bail since first being arrested in London in…

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of the new ministers and also allocated their portfolios with the swearing in expected by next week after the retreat by the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. Mr Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and…

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said that the recent Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) policy had created difficulties in the payment of foreign scholarship tuition fees and stipends. The Executive Secretary, TETFund, Mr Sonny Echono said at a One-Day Stakeholders’ Engagement on Emerging Issues with the TETFund Intervention…

In line with the mandate of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), which includes safe shipping and cleaner oceans, a team comprising of Search and Rescue and marine accident investigation officers have been dispatched to the scene of the incident involving the Majestic Rig belonging to Depthwize Nigeria…

President Bola Tinubu has assured that measures would be taken to stabilise the supply and demand of petrol in the country. The Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, who disclosed this on Tuesday, said the measures would involve addressing the inefficiencies noticed in the downstream and midstream oil sector. Tinubu said that…

Group of prominent Anti-Corruption Civil Society Groups have voiced deep concern regarding the suspension and detention of AbdulRasheed Bawa, the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The groups, have raised critical issues and call for transparency and fairness in the process. Bawa, who previously led the…

The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has unveiled online programmes for Higher National Diploma (HND) holders to acquire Bachelor’s Degree certificates within one year. The “online Top-Up” programmes, according to NBTE, is with foreign accredited universities. The Board’s Head of Media, Fatima Abubakar, said attempts in the past to…