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Civil society groups in Nigeria have urged the Nigerian government to compel Shell to clean up the massive pollution its extractive activities have created in the Niger Delta and cautioned that the company’s plans to divest its operations by moving offshore is only targeted at evading the scrutiny that its onshore activities have attracted. Three…
May 23, 2021
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Friday said it plans to automatically capture the phone data of Nigerians by deploying Device Management System, as it said subscribers need not submit their International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI). According to a statement by Director of Public Affairs, Ikechukwu Adinde, subscribers aren’t required to submit their IMEI number.…
May 21, 2021
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced that Nigerians will begin the submission of International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) of their phones from July, 2021. NCC stated that this is in line with the commission’s Revised National Identity Policy for SIM Card Registration. The Commission also said the latest move is in compliance with the…
May 21, 2021
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, says the Federal Government has no plans to increase the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol in June. The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) had on Thursday at its virtual meeting considered the report of a committee headed by Kaduna State…
May 21, 2021
A committee of the Nigeria Governors Forum has recommended a petrol price of between N408.5 per litre and N380 per litre. The committee, which is headed by Governor Nasir El-Rufai called for the immediate removal of fuel subsidy. El-Rufai, in presenting the report of the committee explained that the current subsidy regime was unsustainable because…
May 20, 2021
Nigeria's plan to float a new national carrier after the defunct Nigeria Airways got the right impetus on Wednesday as the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika announced that the national airliner christened: 'Nigeria Air' will commence operation in the first quarter of 2022. Sirika made this known while speaking to journalists after the weekly Federal…
May 19, 2021
By Tsvetana Paraskova Royal Dutch Shell does not see its upstream oil operations in Nigeria as compatible with its strategy to become a net-zero energy business, chief executive Ben van Beurden said at the supermajor’s annual general meeting on Tuesday. “The balance of risks and rewards associated with our onshore portfolio is no longer compatible with…
May 19, 2021
Ask FG To Reject Proposal Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) led climate activists in Lagos, on Tuesday to protest against the Net Zero carbon emissions plan proposed by oil multinational -- Royal Dutch Shell as solution to the ongoing climate crisis. The protesters stormed the Corporation’s headquarters in Nigeria located along Broad Street,…
May 18, 2021
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says inflation rate reduced by 0.05 per cent in April compared to what obtained in March.’ It said while inflation rate stood at 18.17 per cent in March, it reduced to 18.12 per cent in April. The rate is contained in the NBS’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for…
May 17, 2021
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Civil society groups in Nigeria have urged the Nigerian government to compel Shell to clean up the massive pollution its extractive activities have created in the Niger Delta and cautioned that the company’s plans to divest its operations by moving offshore is only targeted at evading the scrutiny that its onshore activities have attracted. Three…
May 23, 2021
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Friday said it plans to automatically capture the phone data of Nigerians by deploying Device Management System, as it said subscribers need not submit their International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI). According to a statement by Director of Public Affairs, Ikechukwu Adinde, subscribers aren’t required to submit their IMEI number.…
May 21, 2021
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced that Nigerians will begin the submission of International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) of their phones from July, 2021. NCC stated that this is in line with the commission’s Revised National Identity Policy for SIM Card Registration. The Commission also said the latest move is in compliance with the…
May 21, 2021
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, says the Federal Government has no plans to increase the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol in June. The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) had on Thursday at its virtual meeting considered the report of a committee headed by Kaduna State…
May 21, 2021
A committee of the Nigeria Governors Forum has recommended a petrol price of between N408.5 per litre and N380 per litre. The committee, which is headed by Governor Nasir El-Rufai called for the immediate removal of fuel subsidy. El-Rufai, in presenting the report of the committee explained that the current subsidy regime was unsustainable because…
May 20, 2021
Nigeria's plan to float a new national carrier after the defunct Nigeria Airways got the right impetus on Wednesday as the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika announced that the national airliner christened: 'Nigeria Air' will commence operation in the first quarter of 2022. Sirika made this known while speaking to journalists after the weekly Federal…
May 19, 2021
By Tsvetana Paraskova Royal Dutch Shell does not see its upstream oil operations in Nigeria as compatible with its strategy to become a net-zero energy business, chief executive Ben van Beurden said at the supermajor’s annual general meeting on Tuesday. “The balance of risks and rewards associated with our onshore portfolio is no longer compatible with…
May 19, 2021
Ask FG To Reject Proposal Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) led climate activists in Lagos, on Tuesday to protest against the Net Zero carbon emissions plan proposed by oil multinational -- Royal Dutch Shell as solution to the ongoing climate crisis. The protesters stormed the Corporation’s headquarters in Nigeria located along Broad Street,…
May 18, 2021
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says inflation rate reduced by 0.05 per cent in April compared to what obtained in March.’ It said while inflation rate stood at 18.17 per cent in March, it reduced to 18.12 per cent in April. The rate is contained in the NBS’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for…
May 17, 2021
