Tinubu sacks Mele Kyari, names Bayo Ojulari as NNPC CEO
President Bola Tinubu has removed Mele Kyari as the group chief executive officer (CEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and dissolved its board. The decision, effective…
FG to implement policy compelling IOCs to drill or drop inactive oil wells
Heineken Lokpobiri, minister of state for petroleum resources, says the federal government plans to commence implementing the drill-or-drop provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). Section 94 of the…
OpenAI says new image generator now available to free ChatGPT users globally
OpenAI has expanded access to its advanced image-generation tool, previously limited to paying subscribers, making it available to all users. The company’s CEO, Sam Altman, announced in a post…
10 local shipping firms benefit from NCMDB’s $350m intervention fund
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, has given ten local shipping firms access to its $360 million intervention fund domiciled at the Bank of Industry, BoI. Speaking…
Residents desert Uromi communities over fears of reprisal, arrest
Communities around Old Ilushi Road, Opere, and Good Will Junction in Uromi, Edo State, have been deserted by residents for fear of reprisals and arrests by security agents, following the…
How Iluyomade was banned from RCCG – City of David elder
A senior member of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), City of David Parish, Quincy Ayodele, has refuted claims that the former Pastor-in-Charge, Idowu Iluyomade, rebelled against the…
Naira-for-crude: FG, Dangote set for talks as refinery imports 12.6m barrels
There are indications that the naira-for-crude policy of the Federal Government may continue, as impeccable insider sources familiar with the development insisted on Monday that all parties involved in…
I was offered N5bn to coordinate Fubara’s impeachment, says Edison Ehie
l Edison Ehie, the chief of staff to Siminalayi Fubara, suspended governor of Rivers, has alleged that there were attempts to bribe him with N5 billion to mastermind the impeachment…
Tinubu extends tenure of immigration CG Kemi Nandap
President Bola Tinubu has approved an extension of the tenure of Kemi Nandap, comptroller-general of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information…
Adeleke threatens to depose Osun monarchs over communal clashes
The governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has threatened to depose traditional rulers in conflict-ridden communities if they fail to curb communal clashes in their domains. The governor’s warning comes…
