THE Spanish company in charge of a truck that exploded and killed 13 people last month en route to an internationally-run gold mine in Ghana violated storage and transport laws and has been fined $6 million, the lands ministry said…
By ABDULLAHI RABIU, Kano A HOUSE Wife and Mother of several Children Hajiya Halima Jibrin Garo who doubled as Spokesperson of Wives of Bureau De Change Operators who were apprehended by the Security Operatives in Abuja for allegedly involved in…
THE Niger Delta Elders Forum has lambasted Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, over his recent comment over the delay by President Muhammadu Buhari in inaugurating the governing board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Adesina had in a recent article…
VILLAGERS in Zimbabwe say a Chinese mining company has told them they will have to leave their homes to make way for a granite quarry. The company denies plans to forcibly move the villagers, but a lack of transparency has…
THE Okomu Oil Palm Company in Edo has suspended operations in the aftermath of what the management described as a “terrorist attack“ on Tuesday in Benin City. “For now, we are forced to shut down our operations to save lives…
GLOBAL energy giants were quick to halt their Mozambican gas projects when jihadist violence erupted on their doorsteps. After months of calm, reviving those multi-billion-dollar projects is a much slower job. TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne visited Maputo on Monday, saying…
NO fewer than 33 oil companies lost their right to the Marginal oil fields on Thursday for failing to meet up with the 45 days deadline required to pay the signature bonus for the fields. The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory…
SUDAN will expand its use of gold exports to cover imports of essential goods as it embarks on a new 2022 budget without foreign aid during an economic downturn after a coup. Billions of dollars of much-needed foreign assistance were cut after…
NIGERIAN Trade Union Congress has listed conditions that the Federal Government should fulfill before removing subsidy from Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol. The TUC urged the Federal Government to first fix existing refineries, establish new ones including…
AS mobilisation for the January 27 planned protest by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) across the 36 States of the Federation against the planned subsidy removal on Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) gathers momentum, the Union has cautioned that many Nigerians…
