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The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru has called for a deeper collaboration with India to revitalize  the corporation’s 52 clinics across the country. A statement by NNPC Spokesperson, Mr Ndu Ughamadu said Baru made the call on Thursday in Abuja, when he received the …

The minister of state for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has reiterated Federal Government’s  commitment to take aviation security to the next level and not be a global weak link. The minister, who stated this to the global aviation security while addressing participants at the ongoing Regional ministerial conference on aviation …

The army has disclosed that a total of 68 Boko Haram insurgents have given up their intention to fight against the Nigerian forces at different locations in the theatre in the last three weeks. According to a statement signed by the Deputy Director Army Public Relations in the Theatre Command, …

The son of Biafra former warlord, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Emeka Ojukwu Jnr, on Wednesday lent credence to President Muhammadu Buhari’s disclosure that he and the late Ojukwu reached a concensus on the unity and indivisibility of the Nigerian nation. Buhari had in a nationwide broadcast on Monday disclosed that “in …

The Police on Wednesday arraigned a 28-year-old messenger, Christopher Onmiyi, in a Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly receiving stolen property. The defendant, who resides at Bakusa Dei-dei Abuja, is standing trial on a two-count charge of conspiracy and receiving stolen property. The prosecutor, Florence Auhioboh, told the …

The Cross River State Police Command has confirmed that nine people died in a fire outbreak that occurred at Linc Oil and Gas tank farm yesterday morning. The state Commissioner of Police, Hafiz Inuwa, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria  (NAN) at the scene of the event, confirmed …

Mr. Ifeanyi Ubah The Managing Director of Capital Oil and Gas, Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah, has claimed that he was being witch-hunted over an allegation that he stole fuel worth N11 billion from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, stressing that his company did not breech its contract with NNPC. Testifying …

BombBlast Scene By Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri No fewer than 23 persons were killed in multiple suicide attacks on Maiduguri, the Borno State capital on Tuesday, the state police Commissioner, Damien Chukwu, revealed on Wednesday. Chukwu said out of the 23 that were killed, seven were civilians, 12 were members of the …

The Federal Government has approved the sum of N1.6 billion as intervention fund to15 states ravaged by flood. The approval was given on Wednesday by the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. Mr. Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to …

Our attention has been brought to the report published by an online news blog, Per Second News, in which it was purported that ‘three of Heritage Bank staff’ were involved in an N150million fraud in collusion with two of MTN’s staff. Heritage Bank Plc wants to categorically state that the following …