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One of the deals was the sale of ExxonMobil onshore assets to Seplat Energy The Nigerian government has approved four major oil divestments including the sale of ExxonMobil onshore assets to Seplat Energy, more than two years after the deal was first secured. The regulator, however, rejected one for failing “regulatory tests.” The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Upstream …

Shocking Lack Of Funds, Says Divisions Allocated N15,000 To Run Stations For 3 Months, Some With Zero Allocation In an exclusive interview with SaharaReporters, the DPO revealed that Divisional Police Offices across the country are forced to operate on a meager quarterly budget of just N15,000 to N30,000. A Divisional Police Officer (DPO) has blown the whistle on the endemic …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has continued to pay tribute to General Yakubu Gowon, Nigeria’s former Head of State, describing him as a celebrated leader and likening him to the late British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. Speaking at the African Biblical Leadership Initiative (ABLI) conference in Abuja on Monday, Obasanjo praised Gowon’s exceptional leadership and noted that few leaders receive recognition …

*Tinubu, Jonathan, Osinbajo, Katsina, Niger govs, CDS celebrate former leader at 90 Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd) yesterday insisted that the Nigerian Civil War of 1967 to 1970 was fought to keep the country together and not a question of defeating any part of the country. This is just as President Bola Tinubu, represented by his wife, …

On 19 May 2024, bandits raided Dawaki, a community in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, kidnapping 20 people. This marked the start of a series of kidnappings in both urban and semi-urban areas. The GI-TOC has identified at least six other kidnapping incidents in the outskirts of urban centres in Kaduna, Zamfara, Katsina and Abuja that appear to have been committed by …

•Tasks govt on incentives to reduce cost of CNG conversion kits, installation Under no circumstances should anyone be allowed to install makeshift Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) kits or a welded tank on any vehicles, an industry expert, Olugbenga Awe, has said. The advice, he said has become imperative following last week explosion of a CNG vehicle during refuelling at a …

He urged the government to ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice and to prevent such incidents from recurring. Peter Obi, the former Labour Party presidential flag bearer, has called on authorities to act swiftly in response to the killing of 16 young men in Nibo, Anambra State.  He urged the government to ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice …

The Managing Director and CEO of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Sule Abdulaziz, revealed that Nigeria continues to provide 24-hour electricity to neighbouring countries Togo, Benin, and Niger despite domestic challenges, including the recent national grid collapse. Speaking on Channels TV’s Politics Tonight programme on Sunday, Abdulaziz said, “We supply Togo, Benin, and Niger. They get power from Nigeria …

Washington, D.C. – Former president Donald Trump said he will consider reimplementing a ban on taxpayer funding for abortion overseas as well as establishing religious exemptions for any government program that requires health insurance coverage of in vitro fertilization (IVF) during an Oct. 17 interview with EWTN’s Raymond Arroyo. The Catholic News Agency reports that the former president was interviewed …

…Trains stakeholders on Conflict Prevention, Violent Extremism, Crisis Management and Peacebuilding  By Isaac Eranga  A 3-day training workshop on Conflict Prevention, Violent Extremism, Crisis Management and Peacebuilding aimed at equipping community stakeholders in Imo State with skills to address conflict and ensure peaceful resolution, has been held in Owerri, the Imo State capital. The training workshop which was attended by …