archiveApril 6, 2021

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Maire Tecnimont have signed off on the $1.5 billion contract to repair the Port Harcourt Refinery. The rehabilitation of the refinery with the capacity to process 210000 barrels per day of crude is expected to run in three phases of 18 months, 24...

The leadership of the striking resident doctors under the umbrella of National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has been summoned by the House of Representatives Committee on Health next Thursday to discuss issues relating to their ongoing industrial action. The President of NARD, Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, who confirmed the meeting to...

Emeritus, Catholicolic Archbishop of Abuja, His Eminence John Cardinal Onaiyekan, says nobody can stop the Bishop of Sokoto, Most Rev. Matthew Kukah, from speaking against bad governance in the country. The Presidency described President Muhammadu Buhari's administration's bashing by Kukah as ungodly, accusing him of playing partisan politics in his...

  The Nigerian Correctional Service said on Monday that six inmates had voluntarily returned while 35 others refused to escape from custody after the correctional facility was attacked in Owerri, Imo state. The Acting Controller-General (CG) of Corrections, John Mrabure who disclosed this in a statement signed by the spokesman...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 135 fresh cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in 11 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The health agency made this known on Monday night via a tweet on its verified Twitter account. NCDC also announced the discharge of 47 patients after...