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Zenon Petroleum and Gas Limited has filed a winding-up suit against Prudent Energy and Services Limited, the parent company of Ardova Plc, over $6 million debt. AbdulWasiu Sowami, chief executive officer of Prudent Energy and Services Limited, through his investment portfolio, Ignite Investments and Commodities Limited, acquired a 74.02% stake in Forte Oil […]

The Nigerian embassy in Mexico has been shut owing to an outbreak of COVID-19 at the embassy. In a statement on Monday, Abimbola Tooki, special adviser on media to Adejare Bello, Nigerian ambassador to Mexico, said six staff of the embassy tested positive for COVID-19. According to the statement, the ambassador, while […]

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says troops of operation Hadarin Daji have killed one Abdulkareem Lawal, identified as a “high-valued terrorist”, in Kastina. In a statement on Sunday, the air force said Lawal was killed, alongside 27 other bandits, in airstrike operations. NAF said Lawal was part of the gunmen who attacked […]

Fatuhu Muhammed, a member of the house of representatives, has resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Muhammed, a son of the late elder brother to President Muhammadu Buhari, represents Daura/Sandamu/Mai’adua federal constituency of Katsina state, in the lower legislative chamber. Buhari hails from Daura. In a letter dated […]

M.E. Sherriff & Co, a law firm contracted to trace and recover some properties belonging to the federal government, has denied sale of the assets. Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), had reportedly secretly granted a company and its attorneys a multibillion-naira asset recovery contract. The AGF was said to have given […]

Nigeria’s Ese Brume has clinched the gold medal in the women’s long jump at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Birmingham. Brume also broke the games record set by Bronwyn Thompson (6.97m) with her 6.99m jump at the Alexander Stadium on Sunday evening. The Nigerian, who also won the Commonwealth Games long […]

Femi Falana, human rights lawyer and senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has accused the federal government of ignoring the advice of the national economic council (NEC) — which includes all governors — on better management of the economy. He said this in a paper, titled ‘Good Governance or Misgovernance: The Contract Called Democracy’, which […]

Olawale Olokode, commissioner of police in Osun, has ordered the immediate disbandment of the state’s surveillance squad over “unprofessional conduct” by the officers. Yemisi Opalola, police spoksperson in the state, announced the development in a statement on Sunday. Although the state police command did not list the officers involved or what the […]

Nigeria has won the gold medal in the women’s 4×100 meters relay at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Birmingham. The quartet of Tobi Amusan, Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma, and Grace Nwokocha also set a new African record with a time of 42.10 seconds on Sunday afternoon. The victory for Nigeria comes a […]