In picture above: Methane bubbles are seen in an area of marshland at a research post at Stordalen Mire near Abisko, Sweden, August 1, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay Nigeria is among two dozen countries that have joined a U.S./EU-led effort to slash methane emissions by 30% by 2030, giving the emerging global partnership momentum ahead of Read More…
ABUJA, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Nigerian petroleum tanker drivers have suspended a nationwide strike that was due to start on Monday to give negotiations a chance, their union said, after state-owned oil firm NNPC warned that the job boycott could disrupt fuel supplies. The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) had called the Read More…
Four students still in captivity While the parents of five more students of Bethel Baptist High School, Maraban Damishi, in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state, can heave a sigh of relief for their release, at least 20 people have been killed in Sokoto state following an attack by gunmen on a market, torching Read More…
In picture above: Members of the Yansakai vigilante group surrender more than 500 guns to the Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, as part of efforts to accept the peace process of the state government in Gusau, on December 3, 2019. At a ceremony before Zamfara Governor Bello Matawale, hundreds of the fighters unloaded sacks full Read More…
Ten more students who were kidnapped by gunmen from Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna, two months ago have been released after a ransom was paid, the school administrator has said. The bandits have been releasing the students in batches after getting ransom payments. The Administrator of the Bethel Baptist High school, Reverend John Hayab, said Read More…
The use of Azo-Dyes for the enhancement of palm oil and pesticides like Sniper for food preservation is dangerous and could be fatal and needs to stop. This is the assertion of Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General, National Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), at the flag-off of the agency’s Sensitisation Campaigns in Lagos on Read More…
Pat Utomi says the new project is a movement, not a political party Former Cross River State Governor, Donald Duke, has denied membership of the newly-formed Rescue Nigeria Project (RNP). On Tuesday it was reported in a national newspaper that a new organisation comprising the likes of former INEC boss, Prof. Attahiru Jega, Prof. Pat Read More…
Around 20% of workers in Nigeria have lost their jobs as a result of COVID-19, the government’s statistics office said on Tuesday, outlining the impact of the pandemic on businesses in Africa’s most populous nation. The National Bureau of Statistics and the United Nations Development Programme surveyed nearly 3,000 businesses in the formal and informal Read More…
In picture above: Police officers walk at the JSS Jangebe school, a day after over 300 schoolgirls were abducted by bandits, in Zamfara, Nigeria February 27, 2021. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo Parts of Sokoto State now experience a telecommunications blackout as a result of a shutdown order imposed on Monday by the Ministry of Communications as Read More…
Going by the directive by President Muhammadu Buhari to incorporate a Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021 has begun. A statement from Aso Rock signed by Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said that this was in consonance with Section 53(1) of the Petroleum Industry Act Read More…