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Sylva Chief Timipre Sylva, minister of state for petroleum resources, on Wednesday, assured that the Old Port Harcourt Refinery would become functional by December 2022. Sylva disclosed this when he briefed State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council FEC, meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari …

NAPIMS Group General Manager, Mr Bala Wunti and Chevron -Stardeep Team The National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS), and Chevron -Stardeep are to align their focus areas for the Agbami Floating Production Storage and Offloading. The NAPIMS Group General Manager, Mr Bala Wunti, disclosed this during an inspection tour of …

Heirs Insurance Limited and Heirs Life Assurance on Wednesday said they have began a partnership with the United Bank for Africa, titled: “Bancassurance.” Adaobi Nwakuche, Managing Director of Heirs Insurance, made the announcement in a statement issued in Lagos. According to the statement, the partnership will permit the distribution of …

THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, Calabar zone, has described the failure of the Federal government to keep to the agreement it entered with the union over the years as a case of social injustice. The zonal Coordinator of the zone and Senior lecturer in the department of Sociology & …

The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has accused the All Progressives Congress and Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of resorting to media trial regarding their petition against the victory of Senator Ademola Adeleke in the July 16 governorship poll. A statement by the Osun PDP Director of Media and …

Supporters of Dr Ifeanyi Odii, the Ebonyi Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate for the 2023 election have hailed the Supreme Court judgment affirming his victory as the validly elected candidate of the party. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Apex court on Wednesday in Abuja in a unanimous …

A former vice president who is presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said the call made by the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, that the National Chairman of the party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu must resign is possible if the PDP constitution is amended. Makinde and …

The proposed N19.76trillion budget for 2023 would have a deficit of N12.43trillion as a result of projected N6trillion tax and import duty waivers as well as fuel subsidy of over N6tn. The Nigerian Senate, through its Committee on Finance, has expressed dissatisfaction with the projected N12.41trillion budget deficit contained in …

Chairman, Senate Committee on Industry, Senator Tokunbo Abiru has commended Dangote Sinotruk West Africa for its impressive commitment to Nigeria’s economic development through investment in a vehicle assembly plant in the country. According to him, with Dangote Sinotruk West Africa, Nigeria’s path to self-reliance in vehicle assembling has begun. “We …

EndSARS protesters The Independent Investigative Panel on human right violations by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), on Wednesday, awarded compensations to 74 victims of police brutality, to the tune of about N289million. The panel, led by a retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Suleiman Galadima, awarded compensations after it …