The Federal Government, through the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, has signed an agreement to begin sales of gas to the methanol-manufacturing project of the $3.3bn Brass Fertilizer & Petrochemical Company Ltd. The gas sales-and-purchase agreement was signed with Shell, TotalEnergies and Agip on Friday in Abuja, nine years after …
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Human rights activist and pro-democracy campaigner Omoyele Sowore has filed a suit in court against Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), seeking N100 million in damages. The legal action followed the freezing of his accounts since 2019, which Sowore said was in violation of his fundamental right to property. The suit was …
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NIGERIAN social media personality, Oloba Salo, has been hospitalised after being shot in the Lekki area of Lagos State. The viral news on social media was accompanied by videos showing Salo being rushed into a hospital ward. https://newsextra24.com/ballon-dor-organizers-announce-new-rule/ The TikToker reportedly sustained injuries on his legs. His condition remains …
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FRANCE Football, the organizers of the Ballon d’Or awards, are set to implement a new rule from this year. With over two weeks left before the ceremony takes place on October 28, there have been whispers about who will take the prize home. Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior is widely expected …
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Popular reggaeton singer, El Taiger is dead. The 37-year-old died on Thursday October 10 2024, a week after being shot in the head. His family confirmed the incident in an official statement shared on the singer’s Instagram stories. “On October 3, shortly after 7 a.m., officers responded to NW 17th …
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A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, dismissed a fresh bail application filed by the detained Binance Holdings Limited’s executive, Tigran Gambaryan. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, dismissed the application on the ground that it constituted an abuse of court process. Justice Nwite held that Gambaryan’s request …
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Aviation giant Boeing has announced plans to cut 10 percent of its workforce as it projected a large third-quarter loss amid a machinist strike in the Seattle region. Boeing must “reset our workforce levels to align with our financial reality,” Chief Executive Kelly Ortberg said on Friday, October 11, 2024. …
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THE Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) says full passenger operations on the Lagos Rail Mass Transit Red Line will commence on October 15, 2024. The LAMATA Managing Director, Abimbola Akinajo, made this known in a statement on Thursday, October 10. Akinajo said Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu would lead …
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A GoFundMe account has been set up in the United Kingdom by the relative of a Nigerian student who slumped and died while waiting to resume work. Chinonso Ezeonwumere, a student of University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, England, who came into the UK in September 2023, was reported to have slumped …
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THE Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to pay Kasmal International Services N579,130,698,440 with 10% interest per annum on the judgment sum for the period from January 1, 2015, to January 31, 2020, for its role in stamp duty collection. The judgement …
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