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PIB: North, Ogun’s quests for oil get boost, exploration receives 30% The Punch Published 5 July 2021 The quests for oil in the North and other parts of the country, including Ogun and Anambra states, have received a huge boost in the recently passed Petroleum Industry Bill which will regulate the oil sector if signed by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), findings have shown. Currently, crude oil is obtained from eight states in the Niger Delta region which include: Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo and Rivers states. Based on Section 9 of t...

Let the NYSC be Mon Jun 28 2021 When the bill sponsored by Awaji-Inombek Abiante to scrap the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) came before the House of Rep., I watched the unfolding events with a deep sense of déjà vu. Abiante, who represents Andoni-Opobo/Nkoro Constituency of Rivers State, said that the whole idea behind setting up the scheme is being jeopardised by the incessant killings and kidnappings of corps members in some geographical regions of the country due to ‘banditry, religious extremism and ethnic violence’. He claimed that it is even in view of these considerations t...

May 26, 2021 - 15:24 Head of the Presidential Council addressed the situation in Chad and the impact on regional security of the assassination of former Chadian President. [Photo: PC] Dr. Mohamed Al-Menfi, Head of the Presidential Council, met with Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum and Chad’s Transitional Military Council President Mahamat Idriss Déby on the sidelines of the Chad Basin’s extraordinary summit of heads of state and government in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja. The meeting focused on the bilateral ties, with an emphasis on enhancing security cooperation and border control, as...

He said the commission had already designed a template and would liaise with all relevant agencies to deduct from the source, from defaulting agencies which would be enabled by the Treasury Single Account. He listed the defaulting agencies as the Administrative Staff of College of Nigeria, the Bank of Agriculture, the Bank of Industry, the Cement Technology Institute of Nigeria, the Centre for Black African Arts and Civilization, the Chad Basin National Park, the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, the Gashaka Gumti National Park, the Gurara Water Management Authority, the Hadejia-Jama’ar...

Vanguard News STATE OF THE NATION: We’re losing our youths to bandits — Nnamani On *Insecurity in South-East anti-Igbo culture *Igbo emancipation not dependent on producing president *Govt losing to bandits on youths’ loyalty *Southern governors right on need for conference *We need to talk urgently *Elite capture of state bedrock of economic inequality, rising poverty *How porous border, ungoverned large spaces boost insecurity *Rising population, a looming time bomb *We must attack poverty holistically, aggressively *How Nigeria can make banditry unattractive By Henry Umoru, Assistan...