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The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has officially handed over the Oil Mining Licence (OML) 98 to the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Speaking at the hand-over in Abuja, Mr Sarki Auwalu, DRP Director and Chief Executive Officer, said that the licence was revoked from its operators Pan Ocean oil corporation over non remittance of royalties. OML 98 is the only asset belonging to a Joint Venture (JV) between NNPC and Pan Ocean Oil. OML 98 is located in the onshore Niger Delta. The acreage was originally awarded to Pan Ocean in…

Son Heung-min’s stoppage time goal gave Tottenham a last-gasp victory in an entertaining game at Aston Villa as the visitors moved up to fifth in the Premier League table. The result means Jose Mourinho’s side have leapfrogged Sheffield United and are now a point behind fourth-placed Chelsea, who have a game in hand. Villa, who remain a point above the bottom three in 17th, made the stronger start and took the lead via Toby Alderweireld’s own goal – with the Spurs defender prodding Anwar El Ghazi’s cross past goalkeeper Hugo Lloris. The Belgian atoned for his error by equalising with…

Senate President Ahmad Lawan said on Sunday that the National Assembly will continue to work with President Muhammadu Buhari to find lasting solutions to the current insecurity in the country. Lawan stated this while at Malumfashi in Katsina State, to grace the occasion of the Constituency Empowerment programme sponsored by Senator Bello Mandiya representing Funtua Senatorial District in the Senate. The Senate President commiserated with the people of Katsina over the recent deadly attacks in the state by the bandits. “I want to assure you that we are going to continue to work with President Muhammadu Buhari till we are…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal Government to “disclose within 7 days of the receipt and/or publication of our Freedom of Information requests the exact amount of public funds stolen by a former military head of state, Sani Abacha and details of spending of about $5 billion recovered loot since the return of democracy in 1999.” SERAP is also asking the Federal Government to “disclose details of projects executed with the Abacha loot and their locations, details of companies and contractors involved in the execution of any such projects, details of all the agreements on the…

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says a supposed ‘Breaking News Flash’ with the headline “Nigerian Air Force Kills Over 250 Boko Haram fighters In Maiduguri” is totally fake. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Daramola said the fake news said to have been released on February 13 by one ‘Comr Aminu Shuaibu Musawa’ did not originate from the Air Force. “The Nigeria Air Force wishes to categorically state that the false sensational news item, with its gory doctored visuals, is totally fake and did…

Alhaji Jibrin Giza, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works in Nasarawa State was in the early hours of Sunday, abducted by yet to be identified gunmen. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Bola Longe, confirmed the incident to NAN in Lafia. Longe told NAN that the permanent secretary was abducted by gunmen from his residence at Shabu, a suburb of Lafia at about 12:40 a.m., to an unkown destination. According to the CP, the DPO in the area had already mobilised some officers and men who are on the trail of the fleeing abductors and their victims. Ultimate Love: New…

Reality TV has long been a cultural phenomenon with many twists and turns rarely seen coming. It’s more than just another soap, scripted and acted out to entertain and delight. It provides a glimpse into real-peoples’ realities, their everyday lives, their happiness, and most importantly, the drama. Joining the ranks of Big Brother, The Bachelor, Are You the One? and Love Island, is the romantic reality TV show in Nigeria, Ultimate Love. This is unlike any other reality shows before it. Selected based on their mutual attractions, 16 strangers agree to live in an isolated location in the hope of…

China has announced a drop in new cases from the coronavirus outbreak for a third consecutive day. On Sunday, authorities reported 2,009 new cases and 142 more deaths nationwide. New cases spiked earlier in the week after a change in the way they were counted but have been falling ever since. In total more than 68,000 people have been infected in China, with the death toll standing at 1,665. Outside of China there have been more than 500 cases in nearly 30 countries. Four people have died – in France, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Japan. Speaking before the latest…

Gunmen on motorbikes killed at least 30 people in attacks on two villages in the northwestern Nigerian state of Katsina, police confirmed on Saturday. Twenty-one people were burnt to death and nine villagers were shot dead on Friday evening in the villages if Dankar and Tsauwa as the assailants made off with food and livestock, the police said. Hundreds of people have been killed in the northwest of Nigeria since last year, in attacks the government attributes to bandits – a loose term for gangs of outlaws carrying out robberies and kidnappings. Commissioner of Police Sanusi Buba confirmed the death…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan alongside his wife, Patience, on Saturday attended the funeral service of Elder Emmanuel Nkanang, father of Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom state. The service was conducted by the United Evangelical Church/Qua Iboe Church, Awa-Iman, Onna Local Government Areas of Akwa Ibom State. Born on May 7, 1929, Nkanang passed on December 1, 2019, at the age of 90. Serving governors present included Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, Ben Ayade of Cross River, Godwin Obaseki of Edo, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu, Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, Abubakar…