THE NATION Nigerian arm of the French oil giant, Total Upstream Nigeria Limited (TUPNL), has suspended the development of its multi-billion dollars Preowei Oil Field in Nigeria, citing some challenges. Preowei Oil field was discovered in 2003. It is located…
REUTERS The magnitude of how damaged the energy industry is came into full view on April 20 when the benchmark price of U.S. oil futures, which had never dropped below $10 a barrel in its nearly 40-year history, plunged to…
THE GUARDIAN President Muhammad Buhari yesterday approved a phased and gradual easing of the lockdown in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lagos and Ogun states from Saturday 2nd May, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. In a nationwide broadcast yesterday, Buhari explained…
VANGUARD NEWSPAPER Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, has accused the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs of allegedly sidelining the Niger Delta region in its palliative to cushion the effect of COVID-19, demanding for attention for the region. Secretary transition committee of the…
THE GUARDIAN The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) and Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) have deplored the existence of only one coronavirus test centre in the entire South South geopolitical zone that had no fewer than 50 confirmed cases of the…
RIPPLES NIGERIA The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Monday night confirmed 64 new cases of COVID-19 in the country. With this new figure, Nigeria now has 1,337 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The centre said on its Twitter handle that…
Dr Inodu, Akpoku, Chairman Bayelsa COVID-19 Task Force implementation Committee says Bayelsa has recorded its first confirmed case of COVID-19. Akpoku who confirmed the development in a telephone interview on Monday assured that there was no cause for alarm as…
PREMIUM TIMES The Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Saturday that wearing of face masks in public places is now compulsory in the state. Mr Sanwo-Olu said the state is firmly in the community transmission phase of the coronavirus…
THE GUARDIAN Residents of Kano have continued to live in anxiety about the strange ailment killing many people, including prominent indigenes, in the city almost on a daily basis. By the weekend, the strange disease had killed a professor of…
NIGERIAN TRIBUNE The total number of coronavirus cases in Nigeria has increased to 1273 after 91 new infections were recorded on Sunday. The 91 new cases were recorded in Lagos, Sokoto, Taraba, Kaduna, Gombe, Ondo, FCT, Edo, Oyo, Rivers, Bauchi,…