Chief Ogbonaya Onu, the Minister of Science and Technology, on Friday, assured the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria of the Federal Government’s support for its mini refinery project.
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WHY DOMESTIC FLIGHTS IN NIGERIA DROPPED 33 PER CENT IN FIRST QUARTER – OPERATOR
The Station Manager, Azman Air, Abdulahi Saroke, has attributed the drop in domestic flight operations in the first quarter to the six weeks closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Continue reading »26 PRIVATE JETS IN MINNA FOR IBB DAUGHTER’S WEDDING
Twenty six private jets and four police and air force aircrafts landed in Minna on Friday for the wedding of former President Ibrahim Babangida’s daughter.
Continue reading »NSCDC ROGUE OFFICIALS UPDATE: NSCDC SUSPENDS, DETAINS 12 ROGUE OFFICIALS FOR ROBBING DRIVER
The Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps says 12 officials involved in the alleged torture and robbery of two employees of an oil company in the state (READ IT HERE) have been suspended and taken into custody.
Continue reading »LASTMA CLAMPS DOWN ON UNPAINTED COMMERCIAL BUSES
The Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) has commenced a major clampdown against traffic felons in the state. The agency kicked off massive arrest of offenders on Ikorodu Road, where over a dozen lawbreakers and users of unpainted and unmarked commercial buses were arrested.
Continue reading »CBN BULLION VAN RAMS INTO GOVERNOR AMOSUN’S CONVOY
Governor Ibikunle Amosun’ convoy was involved in an accident today around Ibafo on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Continue reading »OPEC WANTS ‘COLLECTIVE EFFORTS’ TO COUNTER US OIL OUTPUT
OPEC said Thursday that oil producers needed to make more joint efforts to match supply and demand in the oil market in the face of rising output in the United States.
Continue reading »LAGOS STATE TASK FORCE ARRESTS COMMERCIAL BUS DRIVER FOR POLICE IMPERSONATION
Operatives of the Lagos State Task Force have arrested a commercial bus driver who has been impersonating an Inspector attached to the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja.
Continue reading »NIGER DELTA INDIGENES GIVE TERMS FOR MODULAR REFINERIES’ TAKEOFF
— Want 100% funding of projects by govt — Seek 50% investment of 13% derivation funds in schemes — They’re alternatives to illegal refining, says govt The proposed investments in community-based modular refinery projects across oil-bearing states of the Niger Delta will become a pipedream unless government reviews its model to accommodate divergent interests among youths in the region, according […]
Continue reading »FG PLANS FRESH CONCESSION OF LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY, BI-COURTNEY AND MOTORWAYS CONSORTIUM ON THE BILL
The Federal Government is considering a proposal to involve the former concessionaire of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Bi-Courtney Highway Services Limited, in the funding of the completion and management of the reconstruction of the road.
Continue reading »ROGUE NSCDC OFFICIALS SHOOT, ROB TANKER DRIVER, OTHERS IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
Two employees of an oil firm in Lagos have been forced to pay heavily for refusing to give N5,000.00 bribe to some operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Lagos State Command.
Continue reading »US OIL OUTPUT TO HIT A RECORD IN 2018
The United States’ Energy Information Administration said domestic output of crude oil will climb to a record 9.96 million barrels a day in 2018, up from 9.9 million barrels projected last month, according to the agency’s monthly Short-Term Energy Outlook released May 9.
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