Day: November 24, 2020

Explosions rock Shell, Agip gas pipelines in Nigeria

Efe Wellington

  Explosion was reported on Monday to have rocked a gas pipeline operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) at Ikarama community, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa, Southsouth Nigeria. Spokesman for SPDC, Bamidele Odugbesan, who confirmed the explosion, stated that the pipeline has been shut-in while a government-led joint probe will determine the cause and impact of the incident. “We have a report of an interference with our gas pipeline about 1 kilometre from Ikarama Community in Bayelsa State. We have since shut-in…

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WTO DG: Okonjo-Iweala’s S’Korean Rival To Withdraw From Race – Report

Aoko Benjamin

  South Korea appears to have decided to withdraw its trade minister, Yoo Myung-hee, from the race for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director General, paving the way for Nigeria’s candidate, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to be confirmed as the head of the global trade body. Washington Trade Daily (WTD) quoted people familiar with the development to have disclosed South Korea was expected to announce its decision to withdraw Myung-hee in the coming days to enable the WTO’s General Council appoint Okonjo-Iweala. The Washington-based news medium further stated that South Korea…

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Lagos threat to shut 14 tankfarms’ll cause fuel scarcity, operators declare

Gbenga Adeoti

  , Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning, depots operators on collision course The threat to shutdown 14 tankfarms in Ijegun area of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, by state  Commissioner  for  Physical  Planning,  Dr. Idris  Salako, will cause fuel scarcity, tankfarms’ operators have said. Salako and the operators in the state have earlier bickered over the commissioner’s threat to shutdown the tankfarms. The commissioner had during a Stakeholders Meeting on Friday 20th September 2020 regarding the operations of Tankfarms in Lagos State, alleged that the tankfarms were violating extant laws on environment and physical  Planning in Lagos,…

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Why Trump Accepted Transition To Biden Must Begin – Report

Aoko Benjamin

Donald Trump has accepted a formal US transition should begin for President-elect Joe Biden to take office. Here is the full report by BBC on what led to that decision despite that Mr. Trump still insisted on contesting the election. The president said the federal agency overseeing the handover must “do what needs to be done”, even as he vowed to keep contesting his election defeat, reports the BBC. The General Services Administration (GSA) said it was acknowledging Biden as the “apparent winner”. It came as Biden’s victory in the…

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