At least three people died in Nigeria when the oil storage and production vessel, FPSO Trinity Spirit, exploded last week and four crew are still missing, the operating company said on Monday. The vessel had 10 crew on board when Read more…
Month: February 2022
French President Emmanuel Macron flies to Moscow on Monday in a risky diplomatic move, seeking commitments from Russian President Vladimir Putin to dial down tensions with Ukraine, where Western leaders fear the Kremlin plans an invasion. Macron has made a Read more…
White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan issued grave warnings about Russia and Ukraine on Sunday, but insisted that US forces being deployed to Europe have “not been sent to fight Russian forces in Ukraine.” During an appearance on ABC’s ‘The Read more…
Some oil communities in Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State have initiated garnishee proceedings at the Federal High Court, Abuja, against the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited to enforce an N82 billion judgement debt. Ibeno Read more…
The national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has returned to Nigeria after holding meetings and consultations over his presidential ambition in the United Kingdom. LEADERSHIP gathered that the former Lagos State governor, who arrived Read more…
The Presidency has rebuked the Financial Times’ Africa Editor, David Pilling, over an article on the Buhari regime published on January 31, 2022. In an open letter to The Editor, Financial Times, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media Read more…
Men of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 30-year-old housewife, Cynthia Olukiowu, for allegedly stabbing an 18-year-old nephew of her husband, Habeeb Aremu, to death over a disagreement. The suspect, who resides in the Ifo Local Government Area of Read more…
The Zamfara State Government has debunked allegations by the Peoples Democratic Party that the state Governor, Bello Matawalle, was instigating the State House of Assembly to impeach his deputy, Mohammed Gusau. The state government refuted the claims in a statement Read more…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Sunday paid a visit to the governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, at the latter’s office. Atiku revealed this on his Instagram page, where he shared pictures from the visit. According to Atiku, he Read more…
The Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District and former governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has expressed deep anger over killings in Imo State, accusing the Imo State governor, Hope Uzodimma and his alleged Strike Force of being behind the Read more…
Former Enugu State governor and past national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo, has called on different political parties, especially the PDP, in the interest of fairness, equity and justice, to zone their presidential tickets to the Read more…
Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, has advised politicians vying for political offices in the 2023 elections on what to do to win election and how to succeed when they eventually get elected. Archbishop Kaigama, in Read more…