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As investors begin registration for the 2024 Licensing Round, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission has removed five oil blocks from the ongoing licensing round due legal disputes. The five oil blocks are said to be under various litigation. The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission confirmed the development, according to report by the PUNCH. The affected assets are PPL3008, PPL3009, …

Nigeria’s Senate panel probing the N30tn Ways and Means loans secured from the Godwin Emefiele-led Central Bank of Nigeria by the Federal Government has received more documents from the Office of the Accountant General, The PUNCH has learnt. As a result, the panel is set to resume physical sitting after studying the documents. The panel had written to the OAGF …

Seriake Dickson, a senator representing Bayelsa West District in the National Assembly on Friday described those behind oil theft in the Niger Delta as “big players” who reside outside the region. The Senator, elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made the allegation at Oporoza, headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta while …

WASHINGTON — The sound you might have heard after the presidential debate this past week was of voters falling between a rock and a hard place. Apart from the sizable and pumped-up universe of Donald Trump’s supporters, the debate suddenly crystalized the worries of many Americans, a portion of President Joe Biden’s supporters among them, that neither man is fit to lead the nation. …

Janine Udogu is more than a wife to the people of Isuofia in Aguata, Anambra State. She could pass for a pearl. And to millions across Nigeria, especially the Igbo, Janine, popularly known as Nwanyiocha has become a delight. She wears the traditional title – ‘Lolo Anyanwu Ututu I’, conferred on her by the people of Isuofia. An encounter with …

President Joe Biden’s campaign insisted Friday he will not drop out of the 2024 race, but fractures between those in the president’s orbit insisting on trudging forward and the broader Democratic world seeking a last-minute change were growing after Biden’s disastrous debate performance. Biden acknowledged the weak performance while giving a much more animated speech in North Carolina on Friday, saying, “I know I’m …

He criticised both the National Assembly and the executive for allowing such a practice. “All available evidence has confirmed that the Nigerian government is implementing four national budgets concurrently. “This is in blatant disregard for fiscal responsibility, transparency, and accountability. It is also a recipe for chaos, confusion, and catastrophe,” Obi stated. He warned that this reckless approach would result …

One of the 103 Nigerians deported from Turkey on Friday has said that their host country gets €120 daily per immigrant held at the detention camp. The Federal Government had received no fewer than 103 Nigerians deported from Turkey over migration-related issues such as expired visa, irregular migration, among others. Alhaji Tijani Ahmed, the Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has come hard on governors for demanding to be allowed to pay whatever they can as national minimum wage to workers.  The NLC stated that this notion was not only dictatorial but also undermined the very essence as well as the model adopted for creating a national minimum wage in Nigeria. In a statement on …

President Joe Biden and Republican challenger Donald Trump squared off Thursday in a debate watched by millions, and what voters saw may have sparked more questions than answers. Here are five takeaways from the Atlanta showdown. 1. Dems, we have a problem – Biden — diagnosed with a cold, according to his campaign — looked all of his 81 years …