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Nigeria will extend gas supplies from its Escravos region in the Niger Delta all the way to Cote d’Ivoire through the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP), the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has disclosed. NNPC disclosed the fresh plan to extend gas supplies to Cote d’Ivoire on the WAGP Wednesday when it hosted a delegation of the country at its …

Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said his administration would rehabilitate the old roads connecting agrarian communities in the state to encourage investments in the agricultural sector. The governor said this when he received a report presented by the Technical Committee on Infrastructural Development, set up to review the state of road network constructed when Edo was under …

The United Nations Children’s Fund’s Child Justice Consultant, Dr Wilfred Mamah, on Thursday said that there were many Nigerian children currently languishing in different prisons across the country. Mamah disclosed this in Lagos at a one-day Sensitisation Meeting on Diversion Community Rehabilitation Programme with media practitioners. The UNICEF’ Consultant also announced the inauguration of a pilot Community Rehabilitation Programme for …

By Victor Osehobo Ofure Benin City, Nigeria – Frustrated by a recent significant tax increase for traders in most markets across Edo State capital, traders at the popular Oba market in Benin City yesterday took to the streets in protest. The men and women own small businesses with an annual turnover of less than N100,000 per annum in their thousands …

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Wednesday, identified poor implementation of development policies by African governments as a big impediment to the prosperity of the continent. The former president spoke in Lagos at the public presentation of the book `Making Africa Work`. The book was co-authored by Obasanjo, Greg Mills, Jeffrey Herbst and Davies Dickie, all of the Brenthurst Foundation. …

There was a disagreement on Tuesday between the Lagos State Police Command and a 51-year-old resident of Magodo Phase II, Alhaji Alaka Abayomi, who was arrested in connection with Badoo killings in Ikorodu. While Abayomi told our correspondent that the police lacked evidence and had released him, the command said he was still in custody. The oil and gas operator …

Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday gave more insights into the theft in his Gwarimpa residence in Abuja, saying the suspects stole all movable objects in the house. Jonathan, in a statement by his Media Aide, Ikechukwu Eze, in Abuja, noted that Nigerians were concerned about the vandalism and theft in the residence. The aide said the enquiries by journalists …

Donald Trump announced plans for new immigration laws on Wednesday that would cut the total number of immigrants admitted to the US by half over a decade and prioritize those who can speak English or are well-educated. The proposed legislation, unveiled at the White House, would also cap the number of refugees admitted to the US every year at 50,000, …

Washington (CNN)-President Donald Trump signed into law Wednesday morning legislation that levies new sanctions against Russia and restricts Trump’s own ability to ease sanctions in place against Moscow. The bill is one of the first major pieces of legislation that was sent to Trump’s desk, and it represents a rebuke of the President by giving Congress new veto power to …

New York —The Committee to Protect Journalists joined more than 20 press freedom organizations announcing the launch today of the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, a new nonpartisan website dedicated to documenting press freedom abuses across the United States. Led by the Committee to Protect Journalists and Freedom of the Press Foundation, the site will serve as a central repository for …