National News

OIL EXPLORATION: We are going back to Lake Chad in full force ― NNPC MD

…says new refinery is at Pate, not Katsina The Group Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru has indicated the resolve of the corporation to go back to Lake Chad basin and continue oil exploration. Speaking at the NNPC Day at the ongoing 39th Kaduna International Trade Fair in Kaduna on Wednesday,

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Education News

Jubilation, Elation, As Thousands Storm Maritime University, For Jobs (Photos)

After several postponement and rancour that have trailed the location of the Maritime University, located in Okerenkoko, thousands of prospective applicants, especially young professionals, thronged the campus of the specialized tertiary institution, to process their applications for vacant jobs advertised by the management of the school. There are palpable joy in the air, as thousands elatedly expressed happiness at

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Akwa Ibom News

3 killed in rival cult clash in Akwa Ibom

At least 3 persons have been reportedly killed in Akwa Ibom state following a bloody rival cult clash between Icelaand(the red) and Debam(the white) groups. Among the dead is one Okon Nkanang, a retired Police officer from Nkanang compound in Ikot Udobong and Akpan Inyang, from Ntuk compound in the neighbouring Ikot Obioma village. Although the

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News Oil & Gas

We will go back to Chad Basin with full force- NNPC

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr Makanti Kachalla Baru Wednesday said with the release of staff of corporation captured while exploring oil in the lake chad basin, it will return “with full force” to continue with exploration activities in the basin. The GMD disclosed this at the NNPC Day at

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News Politics

Clear backlog of salaries – Group tells Dickson

Reactions have continued to trail the sixth year anniversary of Chief Seriake Dickson-led government of Bayelsa state, with the latest being an appeal by a group, Better Bayelsa Mandate (BBM) to the Bayelsa state government to clear the backlog of salaries owed civil servants in the state. This was contained in a press statement signed

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Politics

Mulade promises quality representation for Warri South West in Delta State Assembly

An activist, Comr. Sheriff Mulade has assured the people of the Warri South West constituency of quality representation in the state House of Assembly, if elected in 2019. The hitherto chairman of Kokodiagbene community in Gbaramatu kingdom made the promise shortly, after the inauguration of the Mulade Consultation Campaign Committee (MCCC), a platform created for

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News

MOSOP accuse oil company of festering conflict, to actualize Ijaw expansionist agenda in Ogoniland

The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), in a statement signed and released by its Publicity Secretary, Fegalo Insuke, on Tuesday claimed that an indigenous oil company, Belema Oil Producing Limited has been involved in a plan to sustain tension in Ogoniland, by encouraging violent conflicts, while pushing an Ijaw expansionist agenda. The group said the

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News

Mulade Extols Media, NGO’s Roles in Democracy

…express concerns on contentious civil society bill in senate The Founder and Coordinator of the Centre for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), Comrade Sheriff Mulade, has praised the media and the civil societies for their roles, in the sustenance of democracy in the country. Speaking in his welcome address, at the annual conference of the

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News

NDDC Fast Tracks Completion of Headquarters Complex

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has set machinery in motion to fast-track the completion of its 13-floor permanent headquarters building at the Eastern By-Pass, Port Harcourt. The Managing Director of the Commission, Mr Nsima Ekere, gave impetus to the process on Wednesday when he handed over the project to a new contractor at the site of

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