Category: Nigeria

The Oil Curse

  By Kazeem Akintunde When oil was discovered in Oloibiri, a small fishing community in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, in 1956, those living in the...

Weekend Tragedy: 48 killed as petrol tanker explodes in Niger

  Tragedy Tragedy struck on Sunday when 48 people lost their lives as a result of a petrol tanker explosion that occurred along Bida-Agaie-Lapai- road in Niger....

NiMet forecasts 3-day thunderstorms, rains from Monday

  Weather The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted rainy and thundery weather conditions from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet’s...

COLUMBIA 2024: Falconets sail into knock out stages in style

…spanks Venezuela 4-0 Falconets of Nigeria on Saturday night sailed into the knockout stages of the world U20 women’s football in Columbia with a 4-0 bashing...

Salihu Lukmans Combative Politics

By Musa Ilallah musahk123@yahoo.com Photo Caption:,Salihu Lukman A former National Vice Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Salihu Lukman’s...

NNPC indebtedness to suppliers not good image for Nigeria – economist

  An Economist, Dr Chijioke Ekechukwu says the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) indebtedness to fuel suppliers is not good for the...

$1Billion Iron Ore Project,breakthrough in value addition for Nigeria-Alake

Photo Caption: Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Oladele Alake welcoming the Vice Manager of SINOMACH-HE, Hou Encai and Chief Executive Officer, Chart &...

Presidency accepts Ngelales resignation, wishes him well

  The President has received the memo from Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity and Official Spokesperson of the President...

Pump Price of Fuel : NNPC carpets MURIC

Pump Price of Fuel:NNPC carpets MURIC …. Says It is Not the Sole Offtaker; Market Open to Lower Prices from Any Domestic Refinery The Nigeria National Petroleum...

Beyond the barrel: The tourism imperative (1)

By abiodun KOMOLAFE   Nigeria is at the moment in a precarious position, teetering like a heavy toddler due to the instability of its monocrop economy. The...