HOSTCOM leaders, Reps move to amend PIA, seek increase of oil community fund to 6%
Leaders of oil-producing host communities in the Niger Delta and members of the House of Representatives have resolved to push for an amendment to the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021 to increase the statutory allocation to host communities from three percent to six percent.
Hard times await criminals using tricycles for robbery in Onitsha, Ogbaru — Operators
By Chimaobi Nwaiwu Commercial tricycle operators in Onitsha and Ogbaru Local Government Areas of Anambra State have vowed to collaborate with security agencies to identify and apprehend criminals using tricycles to perpetrate robberies and other crimes in the areas. The operators, under the aegis of the Anambra Keke Drivers Forum, AKDF, said the decision was […]
Youtube says will flag AI-generated content
The move reverses a previous policy of relying on video creators to self-report if they had used generative AI tools.
Iran says ‘low’ possibility of return to war with US
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday that a return to war with the United States was unlikely, but warned the Islamic republic stood ready to respond to any attack.
Meet Favour Ochi, Imo prodigy who became an artist at 6
By Emmanuel Iheaka Attention, endless admiration is on Favour Ochi, who innocently picked up a pencil at the age of six to draw and has never looked back. She has rather been making tremendous progress in the arts. Long before many children learned to write neatly, Favour was already sketching faces and shapes with unusual […]
You cannot benefit from our oil and deny us political inclusion, Rivers leaders told
Former President of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP, Legborsi Pyagbara, has declared that oil production cannot resume in Ogoniland until issues of political marginalisation and exclusion of the Ogoni people are addressed.
