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Nigeria: Senate Holds Hearing on State-Owned Petroleum Firm’s Insolvency
THE claims and counter claims over alleged insolvency of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, came to a head at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Petroleum Upstream, yesterday, as the Group Managing Director, GMD, Austine Oniwon, was confronted with his letter claiming that the corporation was insolvent.
Kenya: Govt on Guard to Ensure Peaceful Vote on Referendum
The government is rolling out a massive security operation to ensure peace before and after the referendum on August 4.
Nigeria: NNPC, Chinese Investor to Build Refinery in Kogi
To strengthen domestic refining capacity and enhance sustainable fuel supply in the country, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and China State Engineering Construction Corporation (CSECC), are in talks to constrict a greenfield refinery in Kogi State.
Nigeria: Prices of Antimalaria Drugs to Drop by 80 Percent Under New U.S.$343 Million Public-Private Initiative
Nigerians and their counterparts within Sub-Sahara Africa and Asia are just a step away from having full access to cheaper and more effective antimalaria drugs.
Nigeria: Kidnapped Journalists Released to Tell of Ordeal
The four journalists kidnapped last week in Abia State returned to the warm embrace of their colleagues yesterday at exactly 7.50pm at the Lagos State secretariat of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Alausa, Ikeja.
Nigeria: Nation Suffers Acute Lead-Poisoning Outbreak
The Nigerian government is trying to cope with an outbreak of lead poisoning which has killed over 200 people in Zamfara State since early July.
Nigeria: Senate Wades Into Pretroleum Corporation’s Insolvency Controversy
The Senate yesterday waded into the controversy surrounding the solvency or otherwise of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), asking its Committees on Petroleum (Upstream and Downstream) to find out the true position and report back in a week’s time.
Nigeria: Lagos Signs Oil Refinery Deal With Chinese
Chinese investors, the Lagos state government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, are to build an 8-billion-dollar refinery in Lagos, in the south-west of Nigeria.
Sudan: Obasanjo Backs Bashir On Darfur War Charges
Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo has come out strongly in defence of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir against allegations of war crimes in Darfur by the International Criminal Court.