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The Indigenous People of Biafra has told the residents of South-East that it did not order any five-day sit-at-home order in the region. The group therefore asked the people to ignore the order, describing it as a “senseless” order from ...

The Osun State government has said that the immediate past administration left a debt portfolio of N76bn in unpaid salaries, pensions, and insurance commitments.A statement signed by the spokesperson to the governor, Olawale Rasheed, obtained in Osogbo on Thursday, said ...

Nigeria, Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, Egypt, and Equatorial Guinea account for the 71.1 million tons per annum (mtpa) liquefied natural gas (LNG) liquefaction capacity on the continent. This is according to the World Oil Outlook (WOO), released by the Organization of ...

“We are expecting that we will be exiting the importation of petroleum products from maybe about the third quarter next year if I were to give it a longer timeframe, but I believe that even before the third quarter next year.”

Lagos (Ooduarere) – A peaceful atom may be produced in Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya already in the coming years, while the majority of African countries will use nuclear energy by 2030, Mikhail Chudakov, the deputy director general of the International ...

An Indian, Chandra Singh, is standing trial before an Ikeja Special Offences Court for alleged N816 million fraud. Singh, who is facing a 19-count charge bordering on bribery and retention of stolen property, was arraigned by the economic and financial crimes ...

The Edo State Police Command said it had rescued 17 victims who were abducted along the Benin-Lagos Expressway, on Sunday.In a press statement on Wednesday, the spokesperson for the command, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, said that three of the victims were ...

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has advised some Lagos street boys popularly known as “area boys” brought to him by a renowned female talking drummer, Aralola Olamuyiwa, for mentorship to rediscover themselves.The renowned female talking drummer, popularly known as Ara, took ...

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the removal and immediate replacement of the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier-General Mohammed Fadah. Fadah’s removal comes only six months after his appointment as the NYSC boss ...

In a bid to ensure food and nutrition safety as well as the health of the populace, the Ogun State government has ordered the indefinite closure of an illegal fish farm belonging to Zhongmulfeng Ecological Development Nigeria Limited, located at ...