Nigeria joined the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (OPEC+) to rebuff pressures from the United States government to ramp up the global oil supply. On Thursday, OPEC+ decided to...
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Policing electoral process in Nigeria and the luxury of off-cycle elections
The electoral process in Nigeria, every season, comes with a humongous task of providing security, for the process, the contestants, as well as critical stakeholders, like the electorates, before, during and after the election....
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Why Nigeria sells electricity to neighbouring countries, NBET explains
The Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET) says the country sells electricity to neighbouring countries for strategic reasons. Nnaemeka Ewelukwa, managing director, NBET, spoke on Tuesday when he appeared before the house of...
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#Covid: Nigeria Records 99 New Cases In Nine States, FCT
As the battle against COVID-19 continues, Nigeria has recorded 99 new cases of the deadly disease in nine states and the federal capital territory, Abuja. The COVID result was announced by the...
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Nigeria Owes China $3 Billion As Of 2020 – World Bank
The World Bank has disclosed that Nigeria has so far borrowed $3.121 billion (1,126.68 trillion at USD/361) from China as at March 2020, an amount which represents only 3.94 per cent of Nigeria’s total...
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Nigeria: X-Lyte, Ekiti-Born Afropop releases debut project “My Last EP”
After building anticipation, Afropop singer and songwriter, Owolabi Oluwasegun, mostly known as X-Lyte, has announced the release of his debut Extended Play, titled “My Last EP.” The six-track project places his rhythm, Melody, eloquent...
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Nigeria needs $1.5trn in 10 years to bridge infrastructure gap – President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says 1.5 trillion dollars is the cumulative estimated amount needed by Nigeria over a ten-year period, to achieve an appreciable level of the National Infrastructure Stock. Buhari gave the figure on...
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Nigeria will reach net zero emissions by 2060,Buhari pledges as prediction equals ten years after UN target
Net zero emission means ensuring that the amount of greenhouse gas produced is equivalent to what is removed from the atmosphere. This means that as carbon is being released, it is also...
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Victory As Troops Kill Over 30 Terrorists During Raid In Borno
Over 30 terrorists have been killed following a raid by joint troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) carrying out onslaughts on terrorists’ enclaves in the North East. The spokesman for the Nigerian Army, Brigadier...
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Umezurike Bags Nigeria Prize for Literary Criticism 2021
Jubilation as Umezurike got the award for his critical essays – “Self-Publishing in the era of military rule in Nigeria, 1985 – 1999,” “Postcolonial Ogres in Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s Wizard of the Crow,” and...
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