A Ghanaian company says it has made history by becoming the first independent African energy group to discover oil in deep water after its drilling revealed significant quantities of oil off the coast of Ghana. The Springfield Group, which has no history of oil exploration, will in the next few …

A training helicopter belonging to the Nigerian Air Force has crashed in Enugu State after returning from a routine exercise. According to NAF Twitter account on Friday, the crash occurred on Thursday. It said that although there were casualties, the cause of the incident was still sketchy and unknown. The tweet reads, …

President Muhammadu Buhari is back in the country after his private visit to the United Kingdom. The President returned a day earlier than he was scheduled to. The Presidential Jet touched down at about 9.45pm. Speaking to reporters at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport Abuja, President …

The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, on Friday, in Lagos, released the results of the November/December West African Senior School Certificate Examinations(WASSCE), for private candidates for this year (second series). A total of 94, 884 candidates sat the examination, out of which 33, 304 (representing 35.10%) obtained credits and above in …

Nigeria’s former Minister of Information, Chief Alex Akinyele, is dead. Astatement by one of his sons, Constantine Akinfolarin Akinyele, confirmed that the Ondo chief passed away Thursday night after a brief illness. Akinyele was a trained public relations specialist. He served as the Minister of Information, then later became chairman …

  LAST week, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) indicated that it was in the process of establishing two new 200,000 barrels-per-day condensate refineries to boost in-country refining capacity. Unlike the conventional refineries, condensate refineries primarily refine condensate, not crude oil, and produce mostly petrol. In a statement issued in …

AIB Releases Preliminary Reports On Incidents Involving Air Peace The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) Nigeria has released the preliminary reports on serious incidents involving three aircraft owned and operated by Air Peace Limited. The preliminary reports are not the final reports as they contain details of the initial facts, discussions …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo met with Mr Jack Ma, the co-founder and former Executive Chairman of the China’s Alibaba Group at the Presidential Villa on Thursday. Ma is in Nigeria as a guest speaker at the first-ever Digital Economy Summit with the theme ‘Leveraging Digital Economy for Trade & Investment’, …

The House of Representatives on Thursday permitted the military to go ahead with the Operation Positive Identification exercise in the country. The Reps agreed that the Army should regularly brief the Committee on Army led by Mr Abdurazak Namdas, for proper assessment of the exercise In general, the House resolved, …

A motion seeking the relocation of headquarters of oil and gas companies operating in Nigeria and its regulators to states where they have dominant operations is before the House of Representatives. According to the sponsor of the motion, Hon. Farah Dagogo, representing Degema/ Bonny Federal Constituency from Rivers State, the …