Yearly Archives: 2016

Militants blow up NPDC oil facility, issue more threats

Militant group Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM) has claimed responsibility for blowing up of the Afuesere-Ekiugbo delivery facility in Ughelli, Delta State, a facility operated by the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC). The group in a statement by its spokesman Aldo Agbalaja said that the attack took place at …

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President Buhari is Nigeria’s major problem – Fayose

Gov. Fayose Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described President Mohammadu Buhari as the major problem of Nigeria that Nigerians must solve, saying that; “Our President, through his actions and inactions is destroying everything that makes Nigeria a country and well-meaning Nigerians must stand-up to be counted in the …

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First Bank denies violating FG directive on TSA

First Bank has denied violating the Federal Government’s directive on the Treasury Single Account in respect of a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation dollar account. The bank in a statement on Saturday by its Corporate Affairs Manager, Babatunde Lasaki, said the Central Bank of Nigeria was aware of the account with …

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Elumelu, in US, Says to Clinton & Trump‎: On US-Africa Policy, Somethings Don’t Need To Change”

President/CE, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote; Halima Dangote, Executive Director, Dangote Industries Limited; Chairman, Heirs Holdings, Tony Elumelu and Mimi Alemayehou, Blackstone, celebrating with Former President Bill Clinton at his 70th birthday at the Rockerfeller Plaza, New York. Speaking at the weekend in Delaware as the Keynote Speaker at the …

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Oil discovery in Lagos State excites Dangote

Dangote The recent discovery of oil in Lagos in commercial quantity has been described as a good omen for the development of the oil and gas industry which Dangote refinery will benefit from. Speaking in his office in Lagos during a visit by the leaders of the League of African …

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