BRUSSELS/LONDON, Nov 2 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s state oil firm NNPC Ltd will supply the new 650,000 barrel-per-day Dangote oil refinery with up to six cargoes of crude oil in December to be used in test runs, three industry sources with knowledge of the matter said. The refinery, funded by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, will…
NO fewer than 5000 youths from the 21 local government areas of Anambra State have been empowered with N2 billion start-up capital released by Governor Chukwuma Soludo after the training of the ‘one youth, two skills’ programme initiated by the state government The number constitutes the first batch of beneficiaries of the programme who have…
Popular Nigerian content creator, Kuye Adegoke, aka Egungun of Lagos, has acquired a brand new Mercedes Benz AMG. Egungun is popular for his interviews around the city of Lagos, where he questions people on the cost of their outfit. It seems that content creation is a very lucrative job for Egungun of Lagos as it…
The Federal Capital Territory High has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to unconditionally release the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, Mr Godwin Emefiele, or produce him in court on Monday, November 6. This order was given by Court Justice Olukayode Adeniyi of the FCT High Court on Thursday…
Popular singer Bella Shmurda has promised to take responsibility for the child his late colleague and friend Mohbad left behind. The singer, in a message to his late friend via his Instagram story, said he is still struggling to recover from the shock of losing Mohbad. He said he has become an alcoholic since the…
The United States says it plans to expel Uganda, Gabon, Niger Republic, and the Central African Republic (CAR) from the African growth and opportunity act (AGOA). AGOA is a special US-Africa trade programme introduced in 2,000 and gives eligible sub-Saharan African countries, including Nigeria duty-free access to the country for more than 1,800 products. In a letter to the…
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, UNIZIK Awka, Anambra State, has suspended a member of staff of the institution, Nwafor Ogbonnaya Nwesuzor, over allegation of certificate forgery. A press release by the Special Adviser to the Vice Chancellor on Public Relations and Special Duties, Emmanuel Ojukwu, stated that Nwafor allegedly forged his degree and the National Youth Service…
In the world of tech titans and social media, the playful banter and unconventional proposals of Elon Musk have once again taken center stage. This time, the billionaire behind companies like Tesla and SpaceX has made a big offer to Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, previously known as Facebook. Musk has given a jaw-dropping…
Rwanda announced Thursday that it will allow Africans to travel visa-free to the country, becoming the latest nation on the continent to announce such a measure aimed at boosting free movement of people and trade to rival Europe’s Schengen zone. President Paul Kagame made the announcement in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, where he pitched the potential of Africa…
An international passport is a special book that the government gives an individual to enable them travel to other countries. A passport carries your picture, name, birthday and some other details alongside a bunch of stamps in it from all the different places you’ve been, if you have been to other countries/places. These passports can…
