Day: November 22, 2020

Why Nigeria’s oil production hit 2.49m bopd, 15 year high, in April’

Efe Wellington

  More facts have emerged on the reasons Nigeria’s oil production hit 2.49 million barrels per day at the peak of COVID-19 in April, 2020. The last time the country’s output reached this level was 15 years ago. Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, who stated this in Abuja, noted that the commitment of the corporation to transparency and accountability made the high production possible. He declared optimism that the corporation will based on tbis commitment to tranparency and accountability, declare dividends in…

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US election: Court dismisses Trump lawsuit in Pennsylvania

Wonuola Olujobi

  A Pennsylvania judge on Saturday threw out Donald Trump’s claims of widespread electoral fraud there, dealing a new blow to the Republican’s bid to overturn his loss in the US presidential election. The decision — announced in a scathing judgment which excoriated the Trump team’s legal strategy — paves the way for Pennsylvania to certify Democrat Joe Biden’s victory there, which is scheduled to take place Monday. With the clock ticking down to Biden’s January 20 inauguration, Trump’s team has focused on trying to stop battleground states from certifying…

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Kidnapped Chairman of APC, Nigeria’s ruling party, found dead

Aliyu Aliyu

The kidnapped chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State, Philip Shekwo, has been found dead. APC is also the ruling party in Nigeria. According to a report by Premium Times, a source close to the family confirmed this to a news platform, Sunday afternoon A leader of the APC in Nasarawa, who asked not to be named, also confirmed the death. The APC was yet to officially react to the kidnap at the time of this report. The chairman of Karu local government, Samuel Akala, also…

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