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Allow Local Refineries Survive, Group Urges Regulators

Conference of Energy & Finance Consultants (CEFC), a group championing integrity, quality delivery and financial management amongst energy consultants, has called on the major oil regulatory agencies in Nigeria to allow local refineries function smoothly. The group specifically urged the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mallam Mele Kyari,...
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FG can generate N300bn from sales of houses – Minister

The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, has said that the housing ministry can generate N300bn from the sale of houses in two years. According to a post on the ministry’s website, Dangiwa made this disclosure while briefing the Senate Committee on Lands, Housing, and Urban Development during their oversight visit to the...
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Violent Uprising Looms, Catholic Bishops Warn Corrupt Leaders

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) yesterday warned corrupt public officials about “the dangers of provoking the populace to effect change through violent uprisings”. President Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, who spoke at the opening session of the 2025 first plenary meeting of the conference in Abuja, bemoaned the severe economic hardship, youth unemployment, election rigging,...
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‘FCT spends N4.7bn yearly on vandalised infrastructure’

The increasing spate of infrastructure vandalism in the Federal Capital Territory has become a major economic and social concern, costing the city an estimated N4.7bn annually in replacement costs, a professor at Nile University, Abdulhameed Mambo, has stated. Mambo, who is Head of Civil Engineering and Dean of Environmental Science at the university, highlighted the...
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TotalEnergies partners NCF on climate action

TotalEnergies Marketing Nigeria Plc has partnered with the Nigerian Conservation Foundation to promote climate action in the country. The Managing Director of TotalEnergies Marketing Nigeria Plc, Dr. Samba Seye, stated this recently at the partnership event at Victoria Island, Lagos State. He said, “It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the TotalEnergies...
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Amaewhule-Led Rivers Assembly Gives Condition To Meet Fubara

Following an invitation for a crucial meeting with the State Government on Monday, the Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly has asked Governor Siminalayi Fubara to channel his invitation to the members properly and not through social media. New Telegraph had earlier reported that Governor Fubara scheduled a meeting with the pro-Wike lawmakers at the...
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Stakeholders unveil green policy advocacy forum, others

Stakeholders have set up a forum for green policies and the informal economy, aiming at inclusive growth in the country. The forum was set up recently in collaboration with researchers from De Montfort University and the University of Lagos. The Principal Investigator of the research work, which culminated in the creation of the Stakeholders’ Forum,...
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Petrol imports jump 105% to N15tn – NBS report

Nigeria’s petrol imports surged in 2024, doubling despite an increase in domestic refining capacity, highlighting the country’s continued reliance on imported fuel, according to findings by The PUNCH. The latest data from the foreign trade statistics report of the National Bureau of Statistics showed that the cost of petrol imports rose by 105.3 per cent...
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