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Anglo-Dutch oil major Royal Dutch Shell has started gas production from the second phase of the Gbaran-Ubie project in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, the company said on Wednesday. The project is an expansion of the Gbaran-Ubie development, which opened in June 2010. Shell, through its Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria subsidiary, said the project would reach peak production of around 175,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2019. Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria is the operator of a Nigerian joint venture between state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Total E&P Nigeria and ENI subsidiary Nigerian Agip Oil Company. READ:…

The International Criminal Court in The Hague is considering the petition on the allegations of widespread, systematic and large-scale corruption in the electricity sector since the return of democracy in 1999 and under the governments of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan in Nigeria, anti-corruption advocacy group Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has confirmed. In a statement today by SERAP deputy director Timothy Adewale the organization said that, “SERAP can confirm that the ICC is now considering our petition. We have received communication from Mark P. Dillon, Head of Information and Evidence Unit of the…

President Muhammadu Buhari has cancelled this week’s Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting which was scheduled to hold today at the Council Chamber of the State House in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. “The meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) will not hold today,” a statement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity read. No reasons was given for the cancellation of FEC meeting which holds every Wednesday. READ: Arabic teacher defiles three sisters in Lagos Adesina however noted that President Buhari who is working from home will receive the Report of the investigation committee into the…

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In furtherance of efforts to curb insecurity across the country, the Nigeria Police under the leadership of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris, has partnered with leading technology firms to develop and deploy an innovative mobile app, Hawk Eye. Hawk Eye is a mobile app that will allow users to report crimes anonymously to the Police by video, voice or text. It was developed by Lagos based tech firm, Web Assets Nigeria Limited, in partnership with US based tech firms BBGN&K, and tech giant Microsoft, along with the active collaboration of the Nigeria Police. The solution provides key…

Boko Haram militants in northeast Nigeria have sent out 83 child bombers against Nigerian targets this year, according to a tally by United Nations Children’s Fund. This is four times as many child suicide bombers used in all of 2016, the UNICEF said. The UN agency said out of the 83 children deployed by the atrocious insurgents, 55 were girls, mostly under 15 years old and 27 were boys. One was a baby strapped to a girl. Nineteen children were used last year, UNICEF said. The Boko Haram insurgency, now in its eighth year, has claimed over 20,000 lives and…

• Pledges better deal for south east, to build second N’Bridge • ‘President works from home as rodents invaded office’ President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday directed the military chiefs and heads of other security agencies in the country to immediately tame threats to the peace and unity of the nation. He gave the directive during a three-hour closed-door meeting with the service chiefs, including the Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonishakin; ‎Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar; and Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas who was represented. Also…

Barcelona are preparing a fourth bid for Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho that could rise to £138m. Sky Sports News understands that contrary to reports suggesting Barcelona and Coutinho are giving up hope of securing a move before the summer window closes, the Catalan club are preparing to test Liverpool’s resolve once more with an initial payment of £101m up front – with £37m in bonuses. Read Also Rohr names Mikel, 22 others for Cameroon battle One source in Spain has told Sky Sports News: “Philippe has never been more determined to leave Liverpool. “To suggest Barca are thinking of backing out…

Rapper-turned-actor Mark Wahlberg was named the world’s highest paid actor on Tuesday, earning an estimated $68 million before taxes over the past 12 months. The 46-year-old star won his place at the top of the list compiled by Forbes magazine, thanks to earnings from “Transformers: The Last Knight” and comedy sequel “Daddy’s Home 2,” due out in November. “The former may have scored a miserable 15 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes and the lowest gross of the franchise to date, but Wahlberg need not worry — fixed compensation means he benefits even when movies don’t do well,” said Forbes. Dwayne…