Nigeria news today headlines update Tuesday 24th September 2019
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target=_blank>Imran Presses Trump To Seek Afghan Taliban Deal
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday encouraged US President Donald Trump to restart talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban, saying there ultimately had to be a political settlement. “I am meeting with President Trump later on and I will tell that, look, there’s not going to be a military solution,” he told the Council on Foreign Relations
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target=_blank>Indonesia Says At Least 20 Killed, Dozens Injured In Papua Unrest
At least 20 people were killed and dozens more injured as fresh unrest erupted in Indonesia’s restive Papua region Monday, with some victims burned to death in buildings set ablaze by protesters, authorities said. Papua, on the western half of New Guinea island, has been gripped by weeks of violent protests fuelled by anger over
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target=_blank>At Least 40 Civilians At Wedding Party Killed
At least 40 civilians attending a wedding party were killed by explosions and gunfire during a raid by U.S.-backed Afghan government forces on a nearby Islamist militant hideout, officials in Helmand province said on Monday. The raid, days after a U.S. drone strike aimed at militants hiding among farmers killed 32 pine nut harvesters, showed
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target=_blank>Akpabio Lauds NDDC On Quality Projects, Tasks IOCs On Infrastructure
P/HARCOURT – The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has commended the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, for completing the N24 billion Ogbia-Nembe Road, built in partnership with Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC. Akpabio, who addressed NDDC management and staff during a working visit to the Commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt, said that the
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target=_blank>Vintage Farm Celebrates New Yam Festival In Port Harcourt
JOE ASIMOJI P/HARCOURT – It was purely a traditional gathering as the Managing Director of Vintage farm and products, Elele in Ikwerre local government area of Rivers State, Eze Mike Elechi celebrated the 2019 annual new yam festival at his country home, Elele Okaniali. Elechi, whose farm produces several varieties of products including yam, cassava, pepper,
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target=_blank>How Partial Closure Of Nigeria-Benin Border Nipped Fuel Smuggling In The Bud – PPPRA
LAGOS – The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), yesterday stated that Nigeria’s daily consumption of petrol dropped from about 61 million litres to 50.22 million litres following the partial closure of Nigeria’s western border with Benin Republic. The agency said the development gave strength to claims that millions of litres are smuggled daily to Cameroon,
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target=_blank>Sylva Harps On Revamp Of Petroleum Industry
The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has reiterated Federal Government commitment towards implementation of the oil and gas ‘7 Big Wins’ This was contained in statement issued by Mr Paul Osu, Head, Public Affairs Department of Department of Petroleum Resources and made available in Lagos. Sylva, who spoke during his meeting with
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target=_blank>Agency Warns Service Providers In Rivers, May Terminate Contract Of Defaulters
P/HARCOURT – Rivers State Waste Management Agency, RIWAMA, has issued a final warning to its service providers to live up to expectation or have their contracts terminated. The Sole administrator of the Agency, Felix Obuah issued the final warning to the following Service Providers who are yet to rid their operational zones of dirt or have
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target=_blank>Nigeria Ill-Prepared For Crude Oil Era – Former NAPE Boss
The former president of Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE), Dr.Andrew Ejayeriese, has said that Nigeria is not prepared enough for a dispensation that its oil resource would run out. He also expressed concerns over the country’s continuous reliance on crude oil to power its economy. He said: ’’We as a people are still behaving
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Port Harcourt Residents Excited Over Ban On Street Trading, Illegal Parks
PASCAL AIGBOGUN P/HARCOURT – A cross section of Port-Harcourt residents have expressed excitement on the high level of cohesion and order in the city metropolis since the commencement of the implementation of the ban on street trading by the Nyesom Wike administration. Recall that the ban kicked off on August 26, 2019 with the inauguration of […]
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