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The Federal Government has inaugurated a new Nigerian Gas Transportation Network Code (NGTNC) to enhance gas production and revenue generation in the country. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva inaugurated the code at the opening of the Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS) in Abuja on Monday. He said that the code would help to guide gas transporters and suppliers as 2020 had been declared the year of gas. “On Feb. 10, the Nigerian Gas Transportation Network Code shall apply to all gas transportation arrangements between gas transporters and gas shippers as defined in the Code. “The transporter…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has appealed to the Nigerian Navy to facilitate the release of its arresting officers to give evidence in oil theft cases under prosecution in court. Usman Imam, Zonal Head of the Port Harcourt office of the EFCC who made the plea today February 10 during a courtesy visit to the Commanding Officer of Navy Ship, NNS Pathfinder, Commodore S. J Bura, noted that the Commission had experienced challenges calling officers of the Navy who arrest vessels and crew for oil bunkering offences to testify in court. According to him, having arresting officers testify…

The Gombe Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction of one Usman Adamu Shagari, who was prosecuted for producing and selling adulterated fertilizer in the Gombe Metropolitan City and Lariski village in Kirfi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. He was brought before Justice Fatima Musa of Gombe State High Court and charged with six counts. Shagari was arrested sometimes in July 2019 in Gombe following intelligence report of his involvement in a syndicate that engaged in producing and selling adulterated fertilizer. Other suspects arrested were Idris Ali, Muhammad Alhassan Alaramma, Dahiru Salisu…

*Emir of Lafia calls VP a pace setter, outstanding reformer Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says in order to consolidate efforts made by the Federal Government in the past four years to improve the economy, there is the need for stronger collaboration with States to, amongst other things, create a conducive environment for businesses to thrive especially the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). Prof. Osinbajo stated this in Lafia on Monday at the launch of the Nasarawa State edition of the National MSMEs Clinics, which is the 26th in the series. According to the Vice President, “Our expectation is that…

The Federal Government and the Commonwealth of Australia have concluded plans to collaborate to improve the information and communications technology (ICT), housing, agriculture, works and health sectors in the country.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) disclosed that it recorded a 94 per cent spike in the cases of wilful hacking and destruction of its pipelines across the country last November. The information, which fingered oil thieves as culprits, was contained in the 53rd edition of the NNPC Monthly Financial and Operations Report (MFOR). According to the report, 68 pipeline points were vandalised, representing about 94 per cent increase from the 35 points that were breached in October 2019. The report added that out of the vandalised points, 15 failed to be welded while only two pipeline points were ruptured.…

Jihadists killed at least 30 people and abducted women and children in a raid in northeast Nigeria’s restive Borno state, a regional government spokesman said on Monday. The attack Sunday evening targeted the village of Auno on a key highway linking to regional capital Maiduguri. Boko Haram fighters stormed in on trucks mounted with heavy weapons, killing, burning and looting before kidnapping women and children, state government spokesman Ahmad Abdurrahman Bundi said. They targeted travellers who had stopped for the night and torched vehicles. AFP journalists saw the smouldering wreckage of trucks, buses and cars lining the road at the…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on February 10, 2020, arraigned the former Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Bello Adoke and Abubakar Aliyu for the second time on a seven-count charge, bordering on money laundering, bribery and abuse of office before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, to which they pleaded not guilty. The alleged crimes for which the defendants are being prosecuted have to do with the Oil Prospecting License (OPL) 245, involving Shell and Eni. Adoke was picked up at the airport upon arrival from United Arab Emirates on December 19, 2019, and was…

There was serious panic in Nekede, near Owerri, on Monday morning, following the reported escape of a male hyena from the Imo Zoological Garden and Wildlife Park. The General Manager of the park, Mr Francis Abioye, confirmed the development to the NAN in Owerri. Abioye said that the animal was caught by wildlife experts in the zoo, six hours after its escape. He said that the incident caused panic in Nekede, the host community, in Owerri West Local Government Area of the state. The general manager, who led the operation, said that the animal was recaptured through what he called the…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, will be representing President Muhammadu Buhari at the State Funeral for former President Daniel Arap Moi of Kenya, in Nairobi tomorrow. Moi who died on Tuesday, 4th February, aged 95, was the second and longest-serving President of Kenya from 1978 to 2002. Prof. Osinbajo would be joining other African Heads of State and world leaders expected at the occasion scheduled to hold at the Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi. EFCC arrests FBI suspect wanted for $2.5m internet fraud The Vice President, who would be accompanied on the trip by senior government officials, leaves for Nairobi…