A consortium of investors from South Korea has concluded plans to build four 100,000-barrel capacity refineries in various locations in Nigeria, the Federal Government announced on Tuesday. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, stated this at the maiden edition of a summit organised by the Crude Oil Refineries Owners Association of

The Oyo State Government, on Tuesday, confirmed that a total number of 245 suspected cases of the dreaded cholera disease was reported between January 1 and October 7 with 23 cases confirmed while only one death was recorded during the period. The state Commissioner for Health, Oluwasherimi Ajetumobi, made this known while briefing newsmen at

Foreign investors bypassed 26 states as Nigeria’s capital importation reached $2.60bn in the second quarter of 2024, representing a robust increase of 152.81 per cent year-on-year compared to $1.03bn in Q2 2023. This was revealed in the latest capital importation report for the second quarter of 2024, released by the National Bureau of Statistics on

A popular activist, Deji Adeyanju, has confirmed that the singer and social media sensation, Darlington Okoye, aka Speed Darlington, said to be missing is being detained by the Nigerian Police Force in Abuja. Adeyanju, who is also a lawyer, revealed that Speed Darlington, also known as Akpi was arrested in Lagos last Friday and subsequently

A former governor of Rivers Nyesom Wike has accused his successor Siminalayi Fubara of sponsoring the Action Peoples Party (APP) in the just-ended local government election in the oil-rich state. Governor Fubara had days ago sworn in local government chairpersons in Rivers State. APP won 22 of the 23 chairmanship positions in the election. The chairman

Domestic airlines under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) will shun imported Jet A1 and buy from Dangote Petrochemical Refinery, the Federal Government has said. According to the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, the move is expected to lead to a crash in air tickets in Nigeria. “The Airline Operators

Four individuals detained on treason charges related to the #EndBadGovernance protest have received some relief after struggling for weeks to meet the stringent bail conditions set by the Federal High Court in Abuja. On Monday, ruling on a request from their lawyers, the court reduced their bail bond from N10 million to N5 million each, significantly

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, fixed 22 October for the hearing of a suit filed by at least 16 state governments challenging the constitutionality of the laws establishing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and two others. A seven-member panel of justices, led by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, fixed the date after the states were

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) received 305,300 alleged human rights violations in September across the country. According to figures released in the September dashboard report on human rights violations, the Executive Secretary of the NHRC, Anthony Ojukwu, expressed concern over the spike in the number of cases. Mr Ojukwu was represented at a Tuesday

The Gbemiga Abiodun Memorial Education Support Programme has awarded a total of N91,050,000 to 1000 students cutting across the state’s primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions. The programme is an initiative of the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, and his family, established in memory of their son, Gbemiga, who passed away on October 7, 2017.