The Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2019, sponsored by Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, passed through…
Month: November 2019
Staffers threaten to shut down First Bank over plans to sack 1,000 workers
Operations of one of Nigeria’s oldest banks, First Bank Nigeria Plc, may be disrupted from today…
INTERPOL arrests Nigeria’s ex-Attorney General in Dubai over $1.3bn oil deal
Nigeria’s former Attorney General, Mohammed Adoke, has been arrested in Dubai, his lawyer told Reuters on…
Coalition asks NASS to revisit probe of $195m maritime security contract to foreign firm
A coalition of nine civil society organisations has requested the National Assembly to revisit its earlier…
FG approves Euro 500m credit for Bank of Industry
The Federal Executive Council has approved that 500 million Euro loan be sourced for the Bank…
Nigeria still attractive for investment despite PSC terms, maintains ExxonMobil
The Managing Director of ExxonMobil in Nigeria, Mr. Paul McGrath, has said that the Nigerian oil…
DPR discovers illegal refineries in Kano
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Kano Directorate, has sealed off two facilities over alleged involvement…
FG’s N1.5tr power sector intervention ineffective, says AfDB
Government’s intervention in Nigeria’s power sector has not only been ineffective but also unsustainable, the African…
NNPC warns of imminent depletion of 37bn barrels of oil reserve
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Mele Kyari, has raised the…