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Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, would raise funds from the capital market to finance a minimum of seven new oil and gas projects in the country. In his keynote address at the ongoing Nigerian Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition in Abuja, entitled ‘Driving Nigeria’s Oil & Gas Industry towards Sustained Economic Development and Growth,’ Mr. Maikanti Baru, Group Managing Director of NNPC, listed the projects as NNPC/Nigeria Agip Oil Company Joint Venture Idu-Re-development and South Gas Project. Others include the North Gas Project, Central Gas Project, NNPC/Total Exploration and Production Nigeria JV’s Ikike Project, NNPC/Shell Petroleum Development Company JV…

Following the inability of the Imo State Government to defray more than N200 million debt, the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), Tuesday, disconnected power supply to Imo State Government House and the state secretariat. Angered by the disconnection, the state government has commenced moves to demolish the EEDC office in Owerri, the Imo State capital. A visit by our correspondent to the Owerri District Headquarters of the EEDC along Royce Road, Owerri revealed that the office was marked for demolition last Friday. The inscription on the wall of the building read, “To be demolished. Remove within 7 days, by IMSG.” Mr. Emeka…

Some notable Igbo leaders in All Progressives Party, APC, in South East region, Tuesday, shunned rally organised by Governor Rochas Okorocha for President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid at Dan Anyim Stadium, Imo State. This is even as Buhari stated that the political future of  Igbo in Nigeria depends on his re-election in 2019. The rally, which was supposed to be a mega rally for the South-East zone, saw the absence of major stakeholders of APC extraction from the zone- Orji Uzor Kalu, former governor of Abia state, serving ministers, Senators, former Senators, and House of Representatives members from the…

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in the 17 Southern States declared “There is no security in Nigeria.There is grave injustice in this country and they are not even pretending about it.” Speaking as reactions continue to trail the killing of more than 100 residents of Plateau State by suspected herdsmen, CAN, therefore, warned that the upswing insecurity pervading the country, particularly in the North Central zone, poses grave danger to the conduct of next year’s general elections. CAN Secretary of the organization, Dr. Joseph Ajujungwa, who spoke to newsmen in Enugu, said the conduct of the 2019 election was…

Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Tuesday, debunked reports that a United States District Court entered a default judgment affirming a $6.59 billion arbitral award against the Federal Government. The judgment was said to have been entered in favour of a firm, Process and Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID), following a dispute that arose over a natural gas supply and processing agreement signed by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources in 2010. In a press statement he issued yesterday, the AGF, who acknowledged that the firm had indeed initiated enforcement proceedings against Nigeria in the…

England outclassed Colombia in 3-2 on penalties and Swedish Emil Forsberg’s deflection flung into the net of Switzerland for 1-0 score for Sweden to reach quarter-final in the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Russia. England held their nerve against Colombia to win their first ever penalty shootout in a World Cup and reach the quarter-finals in dramatic fashion on Tuesday. Eric Dier scored the decisive spot-kick to win the shootout 4-3 and send Gareth Southgate’s young team through to a meeting with Sweden, who earlier beat Switzerland. A bad-tempered match at Moscow’s Spartak Stadium that featured eight yellow cards –…

Six metropolitan-type fire stations are set for establishment in the geopolitical zones of the country by the Federal Government, with Akwa Ibom State as the headquarters of the South-South Zonal Station. Engr. Joseph Garba Anebi, the Controller-General of the Federal Fire Service, FFS, who told Udom Emmanuel, Akwa Ibom governor during a courtesy visit on him at Government House, Uyo. Encouraged by this, Governor Emmanuel pledged to donate land to FFS for the project in an accessible area, thanking the Federal Government for choosing to site the zonal station in the state. The Governor, who said the land located in the…

Indications are rife that the military may arrest the leadership of Miyetti Allah and their sponsors if ongoing investigations by the military established that they had a hand in the bloodbath in Benue State, Brig. Gen. Agim, the acting Director Defence Information stated. Brig. Gen. Agim, who made this known Tuesday in Makurdi, was reacting to allegation by the leadership of Miyetti Allah that its members and cows were killed by the military in Nasarawa State. Agim said the military has commenced investigations into the complicity of the group in last week’s killing of two soldiers and injuring of five…

Hundreds of protesters, under the aegis of National Convener of Citizens’ Action to take back Nigeria, CATBAN, Tuesday, stormed the National Assembly, calling for the resignation of Dr. Bukola Saraki, the Senate President, Yakubu Dogara, Speaker, House of Representatives, and their colleagues for alleged sponsoring of political killings in the country. The protesters, mostly women and youths, were seen carrying placards with threats and caution to the National Assembly as they made vehicular movement impossible, even as they blocked the entrance to the National Assembly with a truck, Led by Comrade Ibrahim Garba, the protesters accused the lawmakers of cutting…

The Federal High Court in Abuja, Tuesday, ordered Mr.  Abubakar Malami, SAN, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to arraign three Channels TV presenters for anchoring a programme where prejudicial comments were made in respect to ongoing trial of Chief Olisa Metuh, former  National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Justice Okon Abang, the presiding judge maintained that the conduct of the three presenters, including Chamberlain Usoh, Gimba Umar and Nneota Egbe, in asking questions on a case pending before his court, was contemptuous. Abang directed that the trio be docked before any court of same…