THE NATION The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) has appointed one of Japan’s leading banks and the core unit of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group – Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and one of Nigeria’s leading banks – Guaranty Trust…
PREMIUM TIMES The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipreye Sylva, held his maiden briefing with journalists on Thursday on the activities of the ministry since his assumption of office. He spoke on various issues including the plan to give…
SAHARA REPORTERS Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dakuku Peterside, has said that the agency remitted about N16bn into Federal Government’s consolidated account in 2019. Peterside, who made the disclosure at a recent event, said that the agency…
PUNCH NEWS The Federal Government will from February 1 begin the implementation of 7.5 per cent Value Added Tax espoused by the finance law. The law, according to the government, will take effect after all the necessary administrative procedures must…
PUNCH NEWS The Federal Government on Thursday said it would crash the price of petrol by providing Compressed Natural Gas as an alternative source of fuel for vehicles nationwide. The CNG is a fuel that can be used in the…
PUNCH NEWS The Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission on Wednesday disclosed how the agency awarded spurious contracts in the past three years to the tune of over N1tn without being backed by the commission’s budget. Acting…
RIPPLES NIGERIA The Federal Government’s (FG) hope of achieving a seamless implementation of its 2020 budget suffered a set back Wednesday following the release of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Company’s (OPEC) January 2020 Monthly Oil Market Report. The OPEC’s…
THE NATION Stakeholders in the Niger Delta have praised Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Prof. Charles Dokubo, for taking steps to develop Niger Delta and giving the people hope. They noted that successive coordinators only focused on amnesty…
THE NATION Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr Dakuku Peterside has told Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike to stop humiliating monarchs. A statement yesterday by his media team faulted how the governor addressed traditional rulers…
THE NATION The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), Worldwide, has uncovered an ongoing plan by some aggrieved politicians to cause unrest in Bayelsa State. The Secretary-General, IYC, Alfred Kemepado, asked persons involved in the plot to desist from it and seek…