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Iran To Sign $40 Billion Deal With Russian Gas Giant

In December, Iran expects to sign an energy agreement with Russian gas giant Gazprom worth around $40 billion, a senior Iranian diplomat was quoted as saying on Wednesday. “We have concluded an agreement worth about $6.5 billion with Gazprom. We hope that the remaining agreements totaling to $40 billion will be signed next month. The…

Flight Operations Resume As Aviation Workers Call Off Strike

Aviation workers under the aegis of the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) and Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), the operators of the terminal have reached a truce. Consequently, the ATSSSAN has called off the strike embarked upon to protest the sacking of 34 workers paving the way for the resumption of…

El-Rufai Blasts: Why Nothing Has Changed In NNPCL Since Name Change

Says Govt Should Get Out Of Company, Oil Sector Despite a change in its nomenclature, nothing has changed in terms of value addition and transparency since the Federal Government commercialised the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), transforming it to a private company, Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has said. Governor El-Rufai explained that government's…

Why Osinbajo’s Debt-For-Climate Swap Deal Should Be Rejected — Nnimmo Bassey

Leading Climate Activist, Nnimmo Bassey has faulted proposal and arguments advanced in support of a Debt-For-Climate (DFC) swap deal as solution to Nigeria’s debt crisis. The New Diplomat recalls that Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo while delivering a lecture at the Center for Global Development in Washington D.C, United States (U.S.) in early September, had said the…

Lagos, FG Working To Kill Waterworks To Pave Way For Privatisation, AUPCTRE, CAPPA Signal

..Bash National Water Bill Sanwo-Olu Reacts To Lagos Water Crisis  The Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE) and Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), have raised fresh alarm on what they called attempt by some individuals in government to 'stifle' public waterworks in their bid to impose…

FG: Why 5% Excise Duty On Telecom Services Was Suspended

The proposed 5 per cent excise duty on telecommunication services has been suspended by the Federal Government. This was made known by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, on Monday during the inaugural meeting of the Presidential Committee on Excise Duty for the Digital Economy Sector in Abuja. The minister asserted that…

Osinbajo Pushes For Debt-for-Climate Swap Deal For Africa In Washington

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has proposed a Debt-For-Climate (DFC) swap deal to allow African countries help advance the course of global net-zero emissions targets and facilitate energy access. According to a statement signed by the Vice President’s spokesperson, Laolu Akande, Osinbajo made the proposal during a lecture on a just and equitable energy transition for…

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Iran To Sign $40 Billion Deal With Russian Gas Giant

In December, Iran expects to sign an energy agreement with Russian gas giant Gazprom worth around $40 billion, a senior Iranian diplomat was quoted as saying on Wednesday. “We have concluded an agreement worth about $6.5 billion with Gazprom. We hope that the remaining agreements totaling to $40 billion will be signed next month. The…

Flight Operations Resume As Aviation Workers Call Off Strike

Aviation workers under the aegis of the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) and Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), the operators of the terminal have reached a truce. Consequently, the ATSSSAN has called off the strike embarked upon to protest the sacking of 34 workers paving the way for the resumption of…

El-Rufai Blasts: Why Nothing Has Changed In NNPCL Since Name Change

Says Govt Should Get Out Of Company, Oil Sector Despite a change in its nomenclature, nothing has changed in terms of value addition and transparency since the Federal Government commercialised the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), transforming it to a private company, Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has said. Governor El-Rufai explained that government's…

Why Osinbajo’s Debt-For-Climate Swap Deal Should Be Rejected — Nnimmo Bassey

Leading Climate Activist, Nnimmo Bassey has faulted proposal and arguments advanced in support of a Debt-For-Climate (DFC) swap deal as solution to Nigeria’s debt crisis. The New Diplomat recalls that Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo while delivering a lecture at the Center for Global Development in Washington D.C, United States (U.S.) in early September, had said the…

Lagos, FG Working To Kill Waterworks To Pave Way For Privatisation, AUPCTRE, CAPPA Signal

..Bash National Water Bill Sanwo-Olu Reacts To Lagos Water Crisis  The Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE) and Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), have raised fresh alarm on what they called attempt by some individuals in government to 'stifle' public waterworks in their bid to impose…

FG: Why 5% Excise Duty On Telecom Services Was Suspended

The proposed 5 per cent excise duty on telecommunication services has been suspended by the Federal Government. This was made known by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, on Monday during the inaugural meeting of the Presidential Committee on Excise Duty for the Digital Economy Sector in Abuja. The minister asserted that…

Osinbajo Pushes For Debt-for-Climate Swap Deal For Africa In Washington

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has proposed a Debt-For-Climate (DFC) swap deal to allow African countries help advance the course of global net-zero emissions targets and facilitate energy access. According to a statement signed by the Vice President’s spokesperson, Laolu Akande, Osinbajo made the proposal during a lecture on a just and equitable energy transition for…

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