Nigeria, Africa’s biggest crude exporter, is left with 36.89 billion barrels in its crude oil reserves, 110 million barrels deficit from the reserves strenght one year ago. The Director, Department of Petroleun Resources (DPR), Auwalu Sarki, who in a virtual meeting of the DPR managment and oil and gas editors on Wednesday, gave this official data of reserves as at first of January, 2020, maintained that this same reserves had 37 billion barrels in them as at the first of January, 2019. What Nigeria lost in crude reserves, Sarki…
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Nigeria’s gas reserves hit 203.16trn scuf – DPR
The natural gas reserves in Nigeria has surged by 3.16 trillion cubic feet (tcf), hitting 203.16 (tcf) as at January 1, 2020. This latest data released by the country’s Director, Department of Petroleum Resources, Auwalu Sarki, during a virtual interactive session with journalist is higher compared to the 210 trillion cubic feet of gas in reserves as at January 1, 2019. Nigeria, Africa’s biggest crude exporter, Sarki added, is, however left with 36.89 billion barrels in its crude oil reserves, 110 million barrels deficit from the reserves strenght…
Read MoreScandal as Man Accuses D’Banj Of Rape
A model scouts, Otunba Benjamin Ese, has accused a popular Nigerian hip-hop artist, Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo, generally known as D’Banj, of rape, declaring that the singer lacked all moral standings to preach against rape. Ese, a talent manager, declared that D’Bang alleged raped his friend in 2018. He made the allegation after the singer showed support by calling for justice for rape victims via his Instagram page. The talent manager asked D’Banj to take down the post, tagged him a rapist and took to his Instagram page to narrate…
Read MoreNigerian Varsity, OOU, ‘Produces’ Anti – COVID – 19 Herbal Syrup
Seeks govt’s probe, approval for product One of the Universities in Nigeria, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago – Iwoye, Ogun State, has claimed to have produced a potent Herbal Syrup for the prevention, treatment and management of COVID-19. Vice – Chancellor of the University, Prof. Ganiyu Olatunde, who unveiled the Anti – COVID – 19 Herbal Syrup at the institution’s main campus, expressed the confidence that the syrup would successfully pass the scrutiny of the food and drugs administration agency in Nigeria and receive favourable outcome. Olatunde also announced…
Read MoreAccra pastors boycott Ghanaian govt’s reopening of Churches over strigent guidelines
Say guidelines to Churches, Mosques shutdown relaxation not workable Pastors in Accra, capital of Ghana, have boycotted the reopening of Churches in the country over stŕigent guidelines the government gave for the exercise. A popular Evangelist in Ghana, Dr Lawrence Tetteh, who declared this in an intervoew with Accra-based Starr FM, maintained that a “lot of churches in Ghana have even decided not to go back to church because they cannot adhere to the conditions.” Evangelist Dr Lawrence Tetteh also called on government to review its guidelines to…
Read MoreBlackout rocks Nigeria as power grid suffers total collapse
Airport, Seaports others in total darkness for 44 minutes The Nigeria’ National Power Transmission System also known as the national grid on Tuesday suffered another collapse, throwing the entire Lagos (commercial capital) and other parts of the country in total blackout. The total darkeness, according to a report by the Lagos-based New Telegraph newspaper, boyed by the collapse which occured around 11:00 am (West Africa Time) on Tuesday, affected supply to the Airport, Seaports and other mega businesses in the Nigeria’s commercial capital and across the nation. The two…
Read MoreNigeria now second highest COVID-19 ravaged country in Africa – WHO
Cases in continent surge pass 150, 000 Nigeria has recorded the second-highest cases of COVID-19 in Africa, the World Health Organisation, (WHO) has declared. The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, made this known via its official Twitter handle. WHO reported on Tuesday that as of June 2nd, COVID-19 cases in Africa had risen to over 150,000. “There are over 150,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent – with more than 63,000 recoveries and 4,200 deaths,’’ it said. South Africa, Nigeria, and Algeria have the…
Read MoreWhy 30 migrants were murdered in fresh Libyan onslaught
Many African migrants pass through Libya on dangerous journeys to Europe A new onslaugh on migrants in Libya has led to the gruesome murder of 30 migrants, some of them from Africa. These thirty migrants are, according to a report by BBC, reported to have been killed in Western Libya in revenge for the murder of a man involved in human trafficking. The UN-backed government in the capital, Tripoli, said the trafficker had been killed by migrants as he was in the process of smuggling them out of the…
Read MoreAfDB crisis: Intrigues as Nigeria’s Buhari, Adesina meet behind closed door
Role CoS Gambari played The Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met amidst intrigues with the President of the African Development Bank, AfDB, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, behind closed-door in the State House, Abuja, administrative capital of Nigeria. Details of deliberations at the meeting facilitated by the Chief of Staff to the Nigerian President, Professor Gambari, a diplomat of repute, was not made to known to journalists. It was however suspected not to be unconnected with the hot blood generated by call for independent probe of Adesina. The Chairman…
Read More57 oil blocks for sale in Nigeria as Buhari breaks 18-year jinx
Why no oil block’s sale took place since 2002 Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the temporary sale of government’s rights (stakes) in 57 of oil blocks as the novel Coronavirus weighs in on the economy of the Africa’s biggest crude exporter. The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), an agency of Nigerian government, which stated this, noted that it had on Monday, June 1, 2020, already flagged off the sale through the commencement of marginal fields bid rounds for 2020. The last time that bid rounds took place…
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