2025: FG Targets 3Mn Barrels Per Day Crude Production

NewsNigeriaOil & Gas2025: FG Targets 3Mn Barrels Per Day Crude Production

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)December 31, 2024

The Federal Government is targeting  a new crude oil production benchmark of 3 million barrels per day in 2025. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil) Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, made the disclosure during the flagging off ceremony of Operation Delta Sanity 2, at the Nigerian Navy Ship PATHFINDER jetty in Port Harcourt on Monday, stressing that the new target is an increase from the current daily 1.8 million barrels per day. The Minister, while expressing optimism...

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Tinubu Approves Establishment Of Federal University In Southern Kaduna

EducationNewsNigeriaTinubu Approves Establishment Of Federal University In Southern Kaduna

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)December 31, 2024

President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of a federal university in Southern Kaduna. Spokesperson of Vice-President Kashim Shettima, Stanley Nkwocha disclosed this in a press statement he issued on Monday. According to Nkwocha, Shettima announced the President’s approval of the University establishment during a condolence visit to Bishop Matthew Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto. The Vice President had visited the Kukah family over the loss of Yohanna Kukah, the Agwom Akulu of...

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Tinubu Mourns Death Of Former U.S. President, Jimmy Carter

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu Mourns Death Of Former U.S. President, Jimmy Carter

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)December 31, 2024

President Bola Tinubu has sent his condolences to the government and people of the United States of America over the death of former President Jimmy Carter at the age of 100. Tinubu in a condolence message signed by Mr. Bayo Onanuga, his spokesman said, “President Carter, the 39th President of the United States (U.S.), was a beacon of service to humanity, demonstrating to leaders worldwide the profound impact of dedication beyond the highest office. “As...

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National SecurityNewsNigeriaNigerian Navy Has Capacity To Build World Class Ships, CNS Says

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)December 30, 2024

Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, the Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), has said that the Nigerian Navy has the capacity to build and repair world class ships. Ogalla stated this in Port Harcourt on Sunday shortly after inspecting the building of some naval ships, boats and other projects that were under construction at the Naval Shipyard Limited (NSL), during his working visit to Rivers State. He was conducted round the facility by the Admiral Superintendent,...

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Troops Destroy Bunkering Sites In Niger Delta, Recover 99,000 Litres Crude 

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTroops Destroy Bunkering Sites In Niger Delta, Recover 99,000 Litres Crude 

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)December 30, 2024

Troops of 6 Division, Nigerian Army in collaboration with other security agencies have destroyed oil bunkering sites in Niger Delta, thereby sustaining onslaught against economic saboteurs in the region The troops dismantled 20 illegal refining sites, arrested 8 suspected oil thieves, de-activated 21 boats used for the criminality. Also over 90,000 litres of stolen products were recovered in the ongoing anti bunkering operations in the region between December 23 and 29, 2024. A press statement on...

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Nigeria Commiserates With South Korea Over Horrific Plane Crash

NewsNigeriaWorld NewsNigeria Commiserates With South Korea Over Horrific Plane Crash

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)December 29, 2024

The Federal Government has commiserated with the government and people of South Korea over the fatal air Jeju flight 2216 plane crash which occurred on Sunday, killing 179 of the 181 on board the aircraft, with only two survivors. According to reports, the Boeing 737-800 operated by Jeju Air was returning from Bangkok, Thailand when it crash-landed at the Muan International Airport in the southern part of the country, skidding off the runway and crashing...

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Terrorists’ Explosives, Not Military Airstrike Responsible for Sokoto Killlings – DHQ

NewsNigeriaTerrorists’ Explosives, Not Military Airstrike Responsible for Sokoto Killlings – DHQ

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 29, 2024

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has attributed the death of 10 villagers in Silame Local Government Area of Sokoto State to a secondary explosion caused by a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) airstrike targeting Lakurawa terroristshideouts, not direct bombardment.Addressing journalists on Friday, Major General Edward Buba, Director of Defence Media Operations, explained that the precision-guided airstrike on December 25 was aimed at terrorist dens in Gidan Bisa and Gidan Runtuwa.The operation, he noted, was part of a...

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2 Soldiers Killed, 1 Missing in Clash with Suspected ESN Fighters

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeria2 Soldiers Killed, 1 Missing in Clash with Suspected ESN Fighters

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 29, 2024

Two Nigerian soldiers have been killed, and another is missing after a clash with suspected members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Osina, Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State. Joseph Akubo, spokesperson for the 34th Artillery Brigade, confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday. He explained that the clash happened on Friday when troops responded to a distress call about an attack by IPOB/ESN fighters during a routine patrol. “The dissidents,...

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Nigeria Records 190 Flights Cancellation In 2 Months

NewsNigeriaNigeria Records 190 Flights Cancellation In 2 Months

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 28, 2024

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, (NCAA) has announced that no fewer than 190 flights were cancelled across Nigeria within two months. Chris Najomo, acting Director-General of NCAA gave the figure while delivering a speech at the Airlines-NCAA engagement event on Friday, decried the increased rate of flight cancellations in the country. “I must remind all operators of the NCAA Regulations on Passenger Rights during disruptions, as outlined in the Nigeria Civil Aviation (Consumer Protection) Regulations,...

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Jet Strike: Targets Struck Are Associates Of Lakurawa Group, JTF Clarifies

National SecurityNewsNigeriaJet Strike: Targets Struck Are Associates Of Lakurawa Group, JTF Clarifies

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)December 26, 2024

The targets struck in the vicinity of Gidan Sama and Rumtuwa in respect of Sokoto Jet strike have been positively identified as associated with the Lakurawa group, reinforcing the justification for the military action taken, according to Joint Task Force (JTF) North-West Operations. A press statement on Thursday signed by the Coordinator Joint Media Coordination Centre, Operation Fansan Yamma, Abubakar Abdullahi, Lieutenant Colonel, noted that the Joint Task Force North West Operation Fansan Yamma has...

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