In 1998, the NNPC entered into a 20-year PSC (Production Sharing Contract) in respect of certain oil mining leases (OMLs) with Addax Petroleum, a company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). The PSC was subsequently extended for a further four years, until 2022. The assets were OMLs 123, 124, …

  THE embattled Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, on Monday raised the alarm that some unnamed persons were planning to release some doctored videos against him. Pantami, who disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja by his media aide, Uwa Suleiman, said the move was the …

The Oyo State Government, on Monday, says it has set up a Special Joint Security Post, set up at Mamu village – a border between Ibadan and Ijebu Ode in Ogun state is to complement efforts of the security operatives in nipping insecurity, especially issues of kidnapping, in the bud. …

Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo has hit out at her colleagues defending comedian Baba Ijesha who was last week arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, Newsextra24 reports. Baba Ijesha, born Olarenwaju Omiyinka, according to the police, had been assaulting the teenager since she was seven. In a video uploaded …

Video of some residents in Festac town offering prayers to God after a coconut tree went up in flames moments after lightning struck it.    

The Okigwe South Area Command of the Nigerian Police in Imo State was on Monday evening razed by yet-to-be identified gun men.   This is also as the assailants killed fibe policemen and abducted one before torching the command. The police command, which is located at Orieagu in Ehime Mbano …

Italian police have carried out raids across the country, arresting some 30 people suspected of operating for the Nigerian mafia syndicate. Police say they face about 100 charges including drug and people trafficking, prostitution and internet fraud. The gang allegedly used the Bitcoin cryptocurrency to carry out clandestine financial transactions …

One person died, while five long trailer vehicles with goods and items worth millions of naira were burnt beyond recognition in an auto-crash which occurred on Monday at Olola area along Bode Saadu-Jebba express road in Moro local government area of Kwara state. Vanguard reliably gathered that the fatal crash …

Some hoodlums on Monday attacked the Lagos State University, Ojo campus, along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, and destroyed vehicles packed in front of the school. The attack came after the earlier unrest that had rocked the area. It was observed that the hoodlums attacked the school after soldiers in an OP …

Media personality Bodmas Kemepadei has taken to the media space to appreciate his wife for standing by him for over 11 years and still loving him regardless of his flaws, Newsextra24 reports. He uses the medium also to advise women not to leave their partners because of infidelity. Rather the …