PREMIUM TIMES Maria, the wife of the late Nigeria’s environmentalist and playwright, Ken Saro-Wiwa, is dead. Her daughter, Noo Saro-Wiwa, who announced her passing in a Facebook post on Wednesday, said she died on January 16. She was 73 years…
PREMIUM TIMES Nine oil thieves and their vessel caught with N200million worth of stolen crude oil in 2015 are going to walk free after paying N2,000 fine each. They were in November 2021, remanded in prison by the Federal High…
VANGUARD NEWS FOR over seven years, the nefarious activities of unpatriotic citizens have been producing soot which has been polluting the air around Port Harcourt and its environs, such as Obio/Akpor, Ikwerre, Oyigbo and the Ogoni areas. The atmosphere often…
PUNCH NEWS The Federal Government on Wednesday said it was working to establish three modular refineries in each of the oil producing states, particularly in the Niger Delta region. Going by the plan, the government would have to establish about…
PREMIUM TIMES The price of rice in the Nigerian market is expected to fall as the country launches 13 pyramids of rice paddy, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The price of rice, a staple food in Nigeria, began upward trend…
PREMIUM TIMES The House of Representatives has urged the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) to give licences to companies that are capable of operating refineries in the country. The lawmakers said the policy will help to curb…
VANGUARD NEWS House of Representatives at Tuesday plenary mandated the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Usman Baba Alkali and other relevant security agencies to immediately clampdown on the activities of illegal refineries in the Niger Delta region of the country…
VANGUARD NEWS NIGERIA is to launch a second satellite (Sat 2) into the orbit to boost the nation’s satellite communications’ capacity. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Pantami, who disclosed this at a one-day working visit…
CHANNELS NEWS President Muhammadu Buhari is set to unveil bags of rice paddy numbering one million stacked as pyramids in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Considered to be the biggest of its type in Africa, the pyramids are located on the…
TVC NEWS The Executive Chairman of the Degema Local Government Area in Bayelsa, Michael John Williams, on Sunday set ablaze some artisanal refining plants, popularly known as kpofire, at Oruama-Kiri in Bille Kingdom as part of the fight against illicit…