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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has said that Nigeria’s oil and gas pipelines would soon attain 100 per cent capacity utilisation, as nearly all pipeline theft has been eliminated following coordinated efforts by the country’s defence and intelligence agencies. The group chief executive officer of NNPCL, Bayo Ojulari, made this known at the […]
The federal government has signed a landmark bilateral air service agreement with Brazil for direct flights between Nigeria and Brazil. The pact was signed by Nigeria’s minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo and Brazil’s minister of Transport, Silvio Costa Filho. The BASA establishes a new framework for direct air connectivity between Nigeria and […]
Liverpool needed a 100th minute winner from 16-year-old Rio Ngumoha to beat Newcastle 3-2, after blowing a two-goal lead against 10 men in a Premier League thriller on Monday night. Ryan Gravenberch and long-time Newcastle target Hugo Ekitike struck for the English champions, either side of Anthony Gordon’s red card for a wild lunge on […]
The Cross River State Anti-Illegal Mining Taskforce has arrested 10 suspected illegal miners in Yakurr local government area of the state. The Chairman of the taskforce, Prince Paul Effiong disclosed this during an interactive session with LEADERSHIP on Monday, in Calabar. The suspects were said to be non-indigenes of Cross River State who were found […]
Six persons lost their lives while two others sustaining serious injuries when an articulated vehicle crashed near the Second Niger Bridge in Delta State, on Monday. An eyewitness account said the accident involved a truck and two other vehicles. “We saw a truck carrying cement that was on high speed, trying to navigate through the […]
Veteran juju musician, Alhaji Ahuja Bello passed away early Monday morning, a day after celebrating his 83rd birthday. Ahuja Bello’ music reigned in the 70s and 80s at a time King Sunny Ade and Commander Ebenezer Obey, and others were also in the spotlight. His death was confirmed on Monday in a tribute post on […]
Three farmers conveying yam from a river bank in Kubo Ward of Shani local government area of Borno State lost their lives after their boat capsized on Monday. According to the North-East Zonal Office of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), 17 out of the 27 farmers on the boat were rescued alive. Quoting the […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Akure Zone, has cautioned the federal government against pushing its members into avoidable confrontation over unresolved challenges facing universities in Nigeria. Expressing displeasure over the handling of long-standing challenges in the university system by the federal government, ASUU frowned at the way its members were being treated. Speaking […]
The apex Northern socio-cultural organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has said that zoning of political offices was purely affair of political parties, stressing that it was not covered by the Nigerian Constitution. When contacted over the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s zoning of presidential candidate to South ahead of 2027 general elections, ACF National Publicity […]
The decision of the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Executive Committee (NEC) to zone the presidency to the South, and retaining the National Chairman of the party in the North has been described as another clear vindication of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike and the G-5’s position in 2022. The Minister’s Senior […]