Kaduna State government has signed agreement with a Chinese company to build a refinery in the state, which will use crude oil from Niger Republic via a 400-kilometre pipeline from Niger to Kaduna.
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EBOLA: FED GOVT MAY SANCTION KENYA AIRWAYS FOR REPATRIATING CORPSE FROM CONGO
The Federal Government may sanction Kenya Airways for conveying a corpse from Ebola-affected Democratic Republic of Congo to Nigeria.
Continue reading »SENATE PASSES PETROLEUM GOVERNANCE BILL 14 YEARS AFTER; APC, NUPENG, PENGASSAN HAIL PASSAGE
The Senate on Thursday passed the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill, which seeks to unbundle the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and merged its subsidiaries into a single entity.
Continue reading »BREAKING: TANKER CRASH CAUSES GRIDLOCK ALONG LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY (PICTURES)
A 33,000 litres fully-loaded Petrol Tanker crashed this morning near Redeem Youth Centre resulting in heavy traffic gridlock on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Continue reading »‘MOTOR BOY’ KILLED AS CONTAINER FALLS OF TRUCK
A Trailer driver’s assistant, also called motor boy, lost his life as a trailer fell on the expressway along Lagos tollgate yesterday.
Continue reading »FRSC DENIES STRIPPING CAB DRIVER NAKED
Officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) have denied stripping a cab driver naked in collaboration with soldiers they purportedly invited in the Mararaba area of the Federal Capital Territory on Tuesday.
Continue reading »STREET HAWKERS ALLEGEDLY STONE KAI OFFICIAL TO DEATH IN LAGOS
Street hawkers at Iyana-Oworo area of Lagos State have allegedly lynched an official of the Lagos State Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) brigade.
Continue reading »NNPC KILLS N4TR FUEL INVESTMENT
— Takes over imports — Oil Corporation explains position — Independent marketers abandon 198 depots, tank farms
Continue reading »FRSC RUES AMBODE’S COMMENT ON ITS ACTIVITIES IN LAGOS
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said on Tuesday that the call by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State for its personnel to restrict their activities to city suburbs and the highways had negative implications.
Continue reading »FG CONCESSIONS RAIL LINES TO GE, MULTINATIONAL TO INVEST OVER $2.2BN
The Federal Government Wednesday handed over the letter of award appointing General Electric (GE) as the concessionaire for two narrow gauge rail lines in the country, after the company’s emergence as the preferred bidder for concessions.
Continue reading »NCAA CONFIRMS MED-VIEW AIRLINE’S BAN BY EU
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Tuesday, confirmed that MedView Airline has been banned from European airspace by the European Union Air Safety Committee, ASC, of the European Commission, EC, and the authority is to meet with ASC this week to resolve all discrepancies that will lead to lifting of the ban on Medview Airlines.
Continue reading »KADUNA DRY PORT TO COMMENCE OPERATION SOON – NSC
The Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) says the Kaduna Dry Port has been completed and is set to commence operation after final inspection in June.
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