ROBBERY ATTACK AT LEKKI: How the bandits struck
It was like an epic Hollywood scene. Five young men, dressed in military fatigue uniforms and wielding AK47 automatic rifles, just emerged from the nearby waterway bordering the lagoon along Ikoy/Lekki bridge. Their mission was obvious because they started firing from all fronts. It was the peak hour when workers were on their way home.
NNPC Sheds Light on Pipeline Protection Contracts to Community-Based Companies
In a bid to effectively combat the growing scourge of pipeline sabotage that has impacted negatively on its operations, the Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced the renewal and extension of the pipeline protection contract to some of its host communities.
Polls:INEC distributes 81.22 % PVCs to voters
THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday, said the level of the Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, distributed to voters so far had reached 81.22 percent.
Arms Proliferation: UK, WAANSA urge Nigeria, others on domestication of ATT
The United Kingdom (UK) and the West African Action Network on Small Arms (WAANSA) have called on the Federal Government and other African countries to domesticate the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) recently signed and ratified by them to help curb insecurity in the continent.
‘The making of the digital Almajiri’
The National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion, NOTAP, regulates the inflow of foreign technology into Nigeria. Its position is that Nigerians are consuming foreign technologies because they have no alternative.
Wireless leak detection and the end of pipeline bunkering in Nigeria
The Nigerian economy is largely dependent on trading crude oil in the international market. Oil and gas exports account for more than 98% of export earnings and about 83% of federal government revenue. It also provides 95% of foreign exchange earnings. To put it succinctly, the amount of development in the Nigerian socio economy is largely dependent on the degree to which the domestic oil industry is developed and indeed improved.
