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Rivers youths discover illegal oil tapping point
Youths of Nonwa, Uedume community in Tai council of Rivers State have discovered a crude oil tapping point on the Trans Niger Delta Pipeline operated by the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited. Confirming the discovery, the Executive Director, Youth and Environmental Advocacy Centre, Fyneface Dumnamene, said the tap was discovered by youths working
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Nigeria records highest oil production since April 2022 —Report
In December 2022, Nigeria recorded her highest oil production since April 2022, the latest Platts survey by S&P Global Commodity Insights has revealed. The country’s oil production has been faced with oil theft that has hampered exports and resulted in significant oil spills and loss of millions of naira. However, the survey released on Wednesday
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JUST IN: Atiku returns to Nigeria after UK trip
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has returned to Nigeria from the United Kingdom. Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, shared a video of Atiku’s arrival on his Twitter page on Thursday night. In the video, Atiku was seen in company with Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel; Sokoto Governor, Aminu Tambuwal;
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US hospital names Dora Akunyili’s daughter Chief Medical Officer
Ijeoma, the daughter of the late Professor Dora Akunyili, has been named the Chief Medical Officer of the Jersey City Medical Center, an RWJ Barnabas Health facility, in the United States of America.In a statement released on the official website of the centre, Dr. Akunyili is the first African American medical professional to serve in
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Police rescue Edo customary court president, lose officer
The abducted Edo Area Customary Court President, Mrs. Prescious Aigbonoga, has regained her freedom. The Edo State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Mr Chidi Nwabuzor, who confirmed her rescue on Thursday, said that a police officer was killed during the operation. Nwabuzor also said Aigbonoga was rescued by the military and police team at a
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Alleged female executioner not ESN member – IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra has distanced itself from a 22-year-old female executioner, identified as Amaka Onah, who was arrested by the Nigerian Army and labelled a member of IPOB’s military wing, the Eastern Security Network. The alleged executioner, following her arrest in Imo State, had reportedly confessed to killing five persons so far. But
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Cristiano Ronaldo: The wealth versus knowledge debate
Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese footballer, as a person is not in focus here. The arguments that I imagine have followed a mistake he made are. It serves as a backdrop to an interrogation of the well-known debate – wealth versus knowledge. Or, more precisely, what some see as a contest between acquiring wealth and pursuing
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Ex-Kaduna varsity VC, bursar arraigned for N1bn fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned a former vice-chancellor, Professor Ibrahim Garba, and the bursar, Ibrahim Usman, of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, on eight counts bordering on theft and money laundering to the tune of N1 billion. The anti-graft commission disclosed this on its Twitter page Thursday. The duo were
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I could’ve got third term if… – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said he could have got a third term in office if he wanted, saying he is “audacious enough” to get it. This is as he says he won’t join the campaign train of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, saying he has done his best by writing
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Saudi’s Al Hilal rival Ronaldo, to offer Messi $350m
Saudi Arabian club Al Hilal are ready to rival Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr by offering Lionel Messi a mouthwatering deal of up to $350 million a year, according to reports. Messi, a Paris Saint Germain player, has his contract expiring in the summer making him a free agent in less than six months. ????n’? ?und?
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