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Nigeria’s crude oil production decreased in July to an average of 1.08 million barrels per day (bpd) from 1.16 million the previous month. The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) said this in its latest crude oil and condensate production data for July 2022. The report shows a 6.42 percent decrease from June’s […]

Troops of Air Task Force (ATF), Operation Hadin Kai, have reportedly killed Alhaji Modu, a “notorious leader” of Boko Haram. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert, Modu, better known as Bem Bem, was killed alongside 27 other Boko Haram fighters in Borno. He said Modu was killed on August 3, in military […]

Waziri Adio, former executive secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), says Nigeria needs the restructuring of the mind. The journalist and policy strategist, spoke when he featured on Prime Time, a programme on Arise Television. In recent times, there have been calls for Nigeria to be restructured so that […]

Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has won the gold medal in the women’s 100m hurdles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Birmingham. The reigning world champion and record holder successfully defended her title at the Alexander stadium on Sunday morning. Amusan ended the race in 12.30 seconds to also set a new games […]

On Day 9, Team Nigeria claimed their 30th medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Birmingham. Iyiazi Eucharia Njideka and Ugochi Constance Alam won gold and bronze medals respectively in the women’s F55-57 shot. Genesis Miesinnei Mercy also won gold in women’s wrestling while Favour Ofili took silver in the women’s […]

Festus Keyamo, minister of state for labour and employment, says President Muhammadu Buhari has done exceedingly well in areas of infrastructure, rail and agriculture. In a series of tweets on Saturday, Keyamo said if elected, Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) would improve on these “revolutionary strides”. The […]

Laurent Gbagbo, former president of Cote d’Ivoire who was sentenced to prison for misappropriating public funds, has been granted presidential pardon. Alassane Ouattara, president of Cote d’Ivoire, announced the development on Saturday in his address ahead of the country’s 62nd independence anniversary. Cote d’Ivoire got its independence on August 7, 1960. […]

Next month, campaigns for the 2023 elections will kick off officially. I used the word “officially” advisedly: campaign has practically taken off on TV and Twitter. Many presidential candidates are already marketing themselves. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, his All Progressives Congress (APC) opponent, […]

Favour Ofili has won the silver medal in the women’s 200 meters race at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Birmingham. The 19-year-old sprinter, who became the third Nigerian athlete to feature in the women’s 200m final at the Commonwealth Games, clocked 22.51 seconds to finish behind Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah at the Alexander […]