Mozambique’s long-held dreams of natural gas have got a fresh boost following an estimated $1.1 billion contract award by ExxonMobil for the Rovuma LNG Phase 1 project in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado region. The signing of the contracts represents a big leap towards FID for the project, whose objective is to build onshore LNG facilities with […]
At least 13 civilians were killed in an air raid as the military repulsed a jihadist assault in northeast Borno state, residents and a security source said on Sunday. Multiple inhabitants of Gajiganna village, 50km from state capital Maiduguri, told AFP a military jet on Tuesday targeted jihadists from the Islamic State West Africa Province […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with families who lost their loved ones in the pipeline explosion which occurred in Ijegun area of Lagos State. The President also urged Nigerians to shun vandalism This was disclosed in a statement signed by his special adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina on Friday. “President Buhari condoles with […]
The Head of Delegation of the European Union to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Amb. Ketil Karlsen, on Wednesday said 62 million Nigerians live without access to improved water and spend over half an hour traveling to fetch water. The European Ambassador equally said the organization has spent more 260 million euros in reaching more than ten […]
About 60 presidential candidates in the 2019 general elections have faulted the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar over the controversy surrounding the use of a server, describing it as unnecessary. They also criticised the report of European Union Election Observer Mission which alleged a lack of transparency in the guidelines of […]
President Muhammadu Buhari commiserates with the government and people of Zamfara State on the recent infiltration of bandits, who killed several innocent citizens in Tsafe Local Government Area of the State. Condemning the incident, President Buhari describes the bandit attacks as callous and despicable, assuring the people of Zamfara and other Nigerians who have lost […]
The Federal Government of Nigeria has directed port health service officials and other relevant agencies at the points of entry to Nigeria to heighten surveillance toward ensuring that all passengers coming into the country are screened to forestall Ebola.Mrs Boade Akinola, the Director, Media and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Health, made this known in […]
A gorilla has been accused of swallowing the N6.8 million in the Kano Zoological Gardens, according to BBC. A finance officer at Kano Zoological Gardens has claimed that a gorilla swallowed N6.8 million that went missing under their watch. The finance officer, according to radio station in the state, Freedom Radio, said the gorilla “sneaked […]
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State, Engr Ben Akak, has described the declaration of June 12 as Democracy Day by President Muhammadu Buhari as the beginning of unity among the various groups in the country irrespective of ethnic, religious or political differences. Akak in a statement in Calabar called […]