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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday charged that the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Train 7 be delivered on schedule so that the Train 8 project could begin. The President gave the charge at a virtual ground-breaking ceremony of the project in Bonny Island, Rivers State. He urged the NLNG, the host communities, the Rivers State…
June 15, 2021
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) says it has so far recorded 51 leaks from its oil production activities in the Niger Delta in 2021. According to data obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from the oil firm’s website on Tuesday, 44 of the spill incidents were traced to sabotage by vandals.…
June 15, 2021
The Federal Government on Tuesday confirmed that Twitter has formally written to seek for dialogue on issues leading to the indefinite suspension of its operations in the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, confirmed this when he featured on “Politics Nationwide,’’ a Radio Nigeria call-in programme monitored by the News Agency…
June 15, 2021
Nigeria’s Consulate in Johannesburg says it issued a total of 10,341 passports to Nigerian citizens in South Africa between March 2020 and May 2021. Hon. Malik Abdul, the Consul General, disclosed this in a statement obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday from Johannesburg, South Africa. He said that the consulate had…
June 10, 2021
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says Nigeria’s proven natural gas reserve stood at 206.53 trillion cubic feet (tcf) as at Jan.1, 2021. Mr Sarki Auwalu, Director, DPR, made the announcement on Thursday in Abuja at the 2021 Nigeria International Petroleum Summit. The new figure represents an increase of 3.37tcf, representing 1.66 per cent percentage…
June 10, 2021
Former U.S. president Donald Trump ordered his top White House attorney to issue a false statement at the height of the Mueller investigation even though he knew that lying could carry criminal consequences for both of them, according to newly unearthed congressional testimony. Donald McGahn, who served as Trump’s first White House counsel, told members…
June 10, 2021
Nigerian courts will reopen on Thursday as the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) on Wednesday, called off its industrial action which had lasted for over two months. This was announced in a communique issued by the Deputy President of the body, Emmanuel Abioye; and the General Secretary, Isaiah Adetola, on Wednesday. According to the…
June 10, 2021
The U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, says her country has facilitated 28 million dollars scholarships for Nigerian students to study in U.S institutions in the past one year. Leonard said this on Thursday at the commemoration of the Student Visa Day organised by the U.S Mission in Abuja. She said that the scholarship…
June 9, 2021
The Nigeria-Netherlands Bilateral Working Group (BWG) has underscored strategic partnership and sustenance of bilateral relations between Nigeria and Netherlands to spur trade and investment. This was jointly agreed at the end of the First Nigeria-Netherlands Annual Bilateral Working Group (BWG) Meeting on Trade and Investment on Tuesday in Abuja. Amb. Samson Itegboje, Director, Department of…
June 9, 2021
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday charged that the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Train 7 be delivered on schedule so that the Train 8 project could begin. The President gave the charge at a virtual ground-breaking ceremony of the project in Bonny Island, Rivers State. He urged the NLNG, the host communities, the Rivers State…
June 15, 2021
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) says it has so far recorded 51 leaks from its oil production activities in the Niger Delta in 2021. According to data obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from the oil firm’s website on Tuesday, 44 of the spill incidents were traced to sabotage by vandals.…
June 15, 2021
The Federal Government on Tuesday confirmed that Twitter has formally written to seek for dialogue on issues leading to the indefinite suspension of its operations in the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, confirmed this when he featured on “Politics Nationwide,’’ a Radio Nigeria call-in programme monitored by the News Agency…
June 15, 2021
Nigeria’s Consulate in Johannesburg says it issued a total of 10,341 passports to Nigerian citizens in South Africa between March 2020 and May 2021. Hon. Malik Abdul, the Consul General, disclosed this in a statement obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday from Johannesburg, South Africa. He said that the consulate had…
June 10, 2021
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says Nigeria’s proven natural gas reserve stood at 206.53 trillion cubic feet (tcf) as at Jan.1, 2021. Mr Sarki Auwalu, Director, DPR, made the announcement on Thursday in Abuja at the 2021 Nigeria International Petroleum Summit. The new figure represents an increase of 3.37tcf, representing 1.66 per cent percentage…
June 10, 2021
Former U.S. president Donald Trump ordered his top White House attorney to issue a false statement at the height of the Mueller investigation even though he knew that lying could carry criminal consequences for both of them, according to newly unearthed congressional testimony. Donald McGahn, who served as Trump’s first White House counsel, told members…
June 10, 2021
Nigerian courts will reopen on Thursday as the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) on Wednesday, called off its industrial action which had lasted for over two months. This was announced in a communique issued by the Deputy President of the body, Emmanuel Abioye; and the General Secretary, Isaiah Adetola, on Wednesday. According to the…
June 10, 2021
The U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, says her country has facilitated 28 million dollars scholarships for Nigerian students to study in U.S institutions in the past one year. Leonard said this on Thursday at the commemoration of the Student Visa Day organised by the U.S Mission in Abuja. She said that the scholarship…
June 9, 2021
The Nigeria-Netherlands Bilateral Working Group (BWG) has underscored strategic partnership and sustenance of bilateral relations between Nigeria and Netherlands to spur trade and investment. This was jointly agreed at the end of the First Nigeria-Netherlands Annual Bilateral Working Group (BWG) Meeting on Trade and Investment on Tuesday in Abuja. Amb. Samson Itegboje, Director, Department of…
June 9, 2021
