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  In line with its strategic vision to be a dynamic and reliable global energy supplier, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has commenced shipping of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) cargoes to Japan and China on a Delivery Ex-Ship (DES) basis. A cross-section of the vessel upon arrival at Futtsu, Japan, to recently deliver NNPC Shipping Ltd.’s liquefied …

The Federal Government has moved to impose an age limit of 18 years for the country’s secondary school certificate examinations. Education Minister Tahir Mamman announced this on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme. He said the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and National Examinations Council (NECO) had been directed to comply with the directive. Mamman stressed that the age limit for …

Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore has alleged that at least 2,000 Nigerian youths who participated in the #EndBadGovernance protests earlier this month are still in detention. Sowore, who raised the alarm in a post on X, said more than 40 protesters had been killed while many including 27 journalists and whistleblowers had been arrested by security agents since the protests. …

In a decisive move against economic sabotage in the Niger Delta region, troops of the 6th Division of the Nigerian Army have intensified their operations, leading to the arrest of over 21 individuals involved in illegal oil sourcing. According to Lieutenant Colonel Danjuma Jonah Danjuma, acting deputy director of public affairs for the Army’s 6th Division, these operations, conducted in …

The Federation of Muslim Women Associations in Nigeria (FOMWAN) has called on President Bola Tinubu to address the rising food prices and insecurity affecting the country. The appeal was made in a communique released after the 39th Annual National Conference of FOMWAN in Akure, Ondo State, signed by the National President Hajiya Ra’afiah Sanni and the Public Relations Officer Hajiya …

  ●As the company prepares to launch the PMS ● Dangote praised for hiring and training Nigerian engineers The League of Engineering Bodies in Nigeria has praised the sheer scale of the engineering facilities at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals and Dangote Fertiliser Plant in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, describing the complex’s superstructure as impressive and mind-blowing, just as the …

The 36 states in the country and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will receive N3 billion from the Federal Government in an effort to mitigate the impact of the recent flood disaster. This development was announced by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Mr. Wale Edun while speaking with journalists at the Government House in Birnin …

Ibeanusi Nosike, a businessman from Onitsha, Anambra State, has expelled 68 doses of cocaine after 12 days of observation following his arrest at the local wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. According to a statement by the spokesperson of the anti-drug agency, Femi Babafemi, Ibeanusi, 36, was arrested …

The Department of State Services (DSS) has released Adejuwon Soyinka, former BBC Pidgin Service editor and current West Africa editor for The Conversation Africa, after detaining him for several hours at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Soyinka was arrested by DSS officers upon returning from the UK on Sunday morning. Although the exact reason for his detention was not …

The lawmaker representing Sabon Birni North Constituency in the Sokoto State House of Assembly, Honourable Aminu Boza, has denied allegations linking him to the kidnap and killing of the Gatawa District Chief, Isa Bawa. Bawa was kidnapped with his son in the Kwanar Maharba area of ​​Sokoto on July 26 and killed by his captors more than three weeks later …