Breaking News: Buhari approves steering committee on Petroleum Industry Act

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a steering committee to oversee the process of implementation of the newly signed Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). The steering committee is headed by the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva. The president, who announced this while marking the passage the PIA which he signed into law on Aug. 16,…

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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is in UAE, Gulf country confirms

The United Arab Emirates is hosting President Ashraf Ghani “on humanitarian grounds”, after he fled Afghanistan amid the Taliban’s takeover, the Gulf nation has confirmed. “The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation can confirm that the UAE has welcomed President Ashraf Ghani and his family into the country on humanitarian grounds,” the ministry…

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Several killed in attack at Shell facility in Nigeria’s southeast

Seven people have been killed in an attack on a convoy transporting workers to a Shell oil and gas project in Nigeria’s southeast, police say. No group claimed responsibility for Monday’s attack, but southeast Nigeria has seen a wave of deadly violence targeting security personnel and government facilities since the beginning of the year. Police…

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Journalists fear UK’s proposed changes to Official Secrets Act

London, United Kingdom – The collaboration between whistle-blowers and journalists has for years led to major revelations about corruption and the abuse of power in the United Kingdom. In 2013, journalists exposed the scale of mass surveillance carried out by Western governments through documents leaked by the National Security Agency (NSA) dissident, Edward Snowden. In 2009,…

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Mohammed felicitates Babangida at 80

Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State,  has felicitated  former president, retired Gen. Ibrahim Babangida  (IBB) on  his 80th birthday anniversary. In a  statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media,  Malam Mukhtar Gidado,  in Bauchi on Tuesday, Mohammed lauded Babangida for  achieving the feat. The governor  noted that the former president, remained  one of Nigeria’s…

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Afghanistan: Macron’s comments on ‘irregular’ migration draw ire

President Emmanuel Macron has said France, Germany and other EU countries are working on a coordinated response against expected “irregular migratory flows” from Afghanistan, where the Taliban’s takeover has fuelled fears among rights groups of a looming crisis. Speaking on Monday in a televised address from his summer residence, Macron described the situation in Afghanistan…

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