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20 Owners Of Richest Oil Blocks In Nigeria Without Niger Delta People

The bastardizing of Nigeria by the mindless, who hate the nation. Monumental injustice to a people: 20 Owners Of Richest Oil Blocks In Nigeria Without...

Boko Haram: Northerners have everything to lose in this war—Dokubo-Asari [Interview]

Written by Emmanuel Enyinnaya Appolos What is your reaction to the myriad of crises in the country? Let us come to the issue that is threatening the existence...

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‘FRAUD’: Nigeria’s First Lady Allegedly Received Unearned Salaries For More Than Nine Years

Nigeria’s First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, who became a Permanent Secretary in the government of Bayelsa State yesterday, has been paid a salary by...

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Nobody is safe in Nigeria – NLC

President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Mr. Abdulwahed Omar, has said the series of killings in parts of the country has showed that life is not safe...

Nigeria: Jonathan’s Church Donor, Gitto, Dies in Abuja

The owner of an Italian firm, Gitto Construzioni General which donated church building to President Goodluck Jonathan’s community, Otuoke in Bayelsa State, Domenico Gitto, has died yesterday in Abuja. Daily Trust was told yesterday that Gitto was at the Ministry of Niger Delta to see the Minister of Niger Affairs Elder Goodsday Orubebe when he collapsed and died. But...

Herbalist sentenced to 7 years imprisonment for defrauding NDDC ex-chairman

ABUJA — A 34-year old herbalist, Matthew Sonoma a.k.a “Dr Perebokowe Ogah” has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment with hard labour, by a Federal High Court in Abuja sequel to his alleged complicity in Advance Fee Fraud otherwise known as 419. The herbalist was specifically accused of duping a former chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC,...

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Nigeria: JTF Destroys 10 Illegal Refineries, Arrests over 50 Suspects

The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) Operation Pulo Shield has said it arrested 33 suspected oil thieves in Rivers and Bayelsa States in five different...

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Fresh threat of violence as Niger Delta ex-militants demand N3bn

Fresh violence may erupt in the crisis-prone Niger Delta following threats from ex-militants to return to the creeks and resume hostilities in about two...

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Nigeria: 113.4 billion barrels of oil undiscovered yet

About 113.4 billion barrels of crude oil or equivalent of 60 per cent of the country’s current reserve figure of 189 billion barrels have not been discovered. The...

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Gas supply crisis delays evacuation 1,025MW of electricity to national grid

THE challenge of gas-to-power crisis, which has been assailing electricity generation in the country, may have persisted, going by a disclosure from the...

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NIGERIA: EX-ACCOUNTANCY BODY CHIEF BERATES FED GOVT ON ILLEGAL BUNKERING

A former President of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN), Dr Samuel Nzekwe has advised the Federal Government to deal resolutely...

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Nigeria losing 180,000 barrels to oil thieves daily – NNPC

The country is losing about 180,000 barrels of crude oil daily to thieves, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said. The Group Managing Director,...

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JTF destroys vessel with 600,000 litres of stolen diesel in Bayelsa

Yenagoa – The Joint Task Force, JTF, in the Niger Delta, codenamed Operation Pulo Shield, has intercepted another vessel loaded with 600,000 litres ...

FORMER Cultist Now Pastor

They Want To Kill Me For Leaving The Cult – Pastor Confesses

Pastor Daniel Osita, a man in his early 30s, held a large group of senior government officials spell bound earlier this week in Abuja. Osita used to be...

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Breaking: Nigerian police arrest 5 Nigerians and 22 Ghanaians oil thieves at pipeline

Five Nigerians and 22 Ghanaians arrested * Bunkering siphons millions of barrels of Nigerian crude PORT HARCOURT May 8 (Reuters) – Nigerian troops have...

VIDEO: Omotola challenges Nigerian Oil giants over water pollution

VIDEO: Omotola challenges Nigerian Oil giants over water pollution

Omotola Jalade has joined Amnesty International, which she belongs to, in fighting the cause of water pollution and environmental degradation by Oil companies...