Shell Pays $900m As Taxes, Royalties In 2022
Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company(SNEPCo) said, it paid a total of $907 million as taxes and royalties to the federal government last year as its operations continued to contribute to the national…
Why All These Obsessions With Osinbajo?
Two weeks after Prof Yemi Osinbajo left office as Vice President, I have noticed an undue attention on him. Since these unwarranted attacks have the same theme, I am pretty convinced that they are sponsored from the same…
2023 AFCONQ: Osimhen Arrives, 22 Players Now In Super Eagles’ Camp
Victor Osimhen is the latest player to arrive the Super Eagles camp ahead of Sunday’s 2023 AFCON qualifier against Sierra Leone. Osimhen’s arrival was confirmed on the Super Eagles Twitter handle. The latest…
Students’ Loan: FG To Introduce Tuition Fees In Varsities
The federal government is set to introduce tuition fees in federal universities, polytechnics and other tertiary institutions following the…
How presidency’s last minute intervention shaped NASS leadership election
The 63 against 45 votes recorded in Tuesday’s Senate presidential election showed how serious and intriguing the contest was.…
Garlands for Akinwunmi Ambode at 60
Last week Saturday June 4, 2023, I had just finished watching the F. A. Football Cup final, in England when a small piece of news item caught my attention that His Excellency Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, former governor of…
FG issues two oil export terminal licences, eyes $11bn
The Federal Government, on Tuesday, issued and signed licences for the establishment of two crude oil export terminals, capable of generating $11bn revenue annually for the country. It issued the licences through…
Businessman bags life imprisonment for defiling three underage daughters
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Lagos State, on Tuesday, sentenced a 45-year-old businessman, Emeka Orisakwe, to three life sentences for defiling his three underage female children. The…
Mobil Nigeria gets new vice chair
ExxonMobil has appointed Adesua Dozie as the new vice chairperson for its Nigerian affiliates, Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited and Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited. ExxonMobil announced on its in…
Grammys add first ever African category ahead of 2024 edition
The Recording Academy, organiser of the Grammys, has included the ‘Best African Music Performance’ category for the 2024 edition. In a statement via its Instagram page on Tuesday, the award organiser said the newly…
Alleged racism: FG restores work permit, visa of Roger Brown, Seplat CEO
Seplat Energy Plc says the federal government has restored the immigration documents of Roger Brown, its chief executive officer (CEO). The company…
Tinubu’s men lead 10th N’Assembly, vow not to be ‘rubber stamp’
President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday, succeeded in getting their anointed…
OML 102: TotalEnergies discovers oil, gas offshore Nigeria
TotalEnergies, a French multinational company, has announced the discovery of Ntokon oil and gas on the oil mining lease (OML) 102 offshore Nigeria. Charles Ebereonwu, TotalEnergies country communication manager,…
Trump pleads not guilty to charges on mishandling secret files
Former United States President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to all 37 charges levelled against him in the case…
IPOB demands referendum, Kanu’s release from detention
The Indigenous People of Biafra spokesman, Emma Powerful, has described Nnamdi Kanu’s continuous detention as “unconstitutional”, saying that self-determination is legal as supported by the United Nations laws and by…
JAMB Director docked for allegedly threatening Oloyede’s wife to blackmail her husband
Yisa Usman, a Deputy Director with the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. was on Tuesday arraigned on…
Investors eye currency devaluation
Analysts are considering how soon a devaluation may happen and how deep it will be, following the removal late Friday of a…
INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu Has Reenacted Babangida’s Manipulation Of June 1993 Elections – Pa…
Afenifere leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, has said what infamous former Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida did to Nigerians in June 1993 has been reenacted by the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,…
No matter what name 10th senate is called, we will work with Tinubu’s govt. – Akpabio
Godswill Akpabio, the newly elected Senate President, does not care whether the 10th Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria will be labelled as “rubber stamp” or not. According to Akpabio, all that matters is…
PSG in trouble: Mbappe confirms he will not sign new deal
Kylian Mbappe has released an official statement to confirm that he will not sign new deal at PSG. The contract of the French forward will expire in June 2024, which means failure to renew now will make him move to…
10th senate will seek emergence of more women in 11th senate but not my seat – Akpabio
Godswill Akpabio, the 10th Senate President of Nigeria, has assured that his tenure will ensure the emergence of more women in the red chambers. The Senate President noted that it would be good to have more women in…
What To Expect When Trump Is Charged Tn The Documents Case Today
The political world’s eyes will turn to the federal courthouse in Miami on Tuesday when former President Donald Trump is expected to surrender for…
Tinubu Hosts Akpabio, Jonathan At Aso Rock
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently holding a meeting with the newly inaugurated President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio at the Aso Rock Presidential… President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently holding a…
BREAKING: Ondo Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu Hands Over Power to Deputy
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has handed over the reins of government to his deputy, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa.POLITICS NIGERIA reports that he…