Exploration suffers setback as Nigeria’s rig count dips 38.5% to 75
By Udeme Akpan The rig count of Nigeria has dropped by 38.5 per cent to 75 in the first 10 months (January – October), of 2021, from 122 recorded in the corresponding period of 2020, according to data obtained from the Monthly Oil Market Reports, MOMR of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC. The […]
COVID-19: FG sets 2022 deadline to end pandemic
The Federal Government has set 2022 as the target year to end the COVID-19 pandemic, announcing plans to convene a national summit next month to review targets set on the pandemic.
Electricity tariffs: Increase may push Nigerians to the wall — Gani Adams
THE Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, yesterday, warned that the 54 percent hike in electricity meter prices, as well as the rise in prices of gas, may push Nigerians to the wall.
Electricity consumers not required to pay for meters under NMMP — NERC
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says under the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP) electricity consumers are not required to pay directly for the meters issued to them. This is contained in a statement NERC issued in Abuja on Monday. “We wish to reiterate that the NMMP designed to provide all consumers of electricity with […]
EndSARS: Lagos panel report indicts army, police over Lekki shooting
THE report of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution on Lekki Toll Gate Shooting Incident and Cases of Police Brutality as well as human rights violations has indicted the Nigerian Army and the Police of complicity in the death of protesters at the Lekki Toll gate in 2020.
ICPC denies certificate, age scandal report
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offices Commission (ICPC), has denied media report on certificate and age scandal rocking the commission, urging the public to disregard such publication. Spokesperson for the Commission, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, said this in a statement in Abuja on Monday.Ogugua stated that the commission strongly refuted in its entirety attempts […]
