NUPRC sets tough technical, financial bar for 2025 licensing round
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has declared that only bidders with strong technical and financial capacity would advance in the ongoing 2025 oil and gas licensing round, as competition opens for 50 hydrocarbon blocks across the country. The Commission’s Chief Executive, Mrs Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan, made this clarification during the 2025 licensing round pre-bid […]
NLC, TUC Reject Court Order, Declare FCT Workers’ Strike Ongoing
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have condemned what they described as a “one-sided” ruling of the National Industrial Court in Abuja on the ongoing strike by workers in the Federal Capital Territory, vowing to stand firmly with the workers until their demands were met. In a joint […]
Who Really Controls Kano?
By Stephanie Shaakaa In the 2023 general elections, the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) swept Kano, breaking the long dominance of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The victory was powered by the Kwankwasiyya Movement, led by former governor and political heavyweight Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, and delivered through the candidacy of Abba […]
Ngige Awarded NSITF Contract to Company that Didn’t Participate in Bidding Process- Witness
The First Prosecution Witness, PW1 in the trial of former governor of Anambra State and former Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, Mr Pedro Torwuese Chellen told a Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Gwarimpa, presided over by Justice M.A. Hassan that the company that won the contract for renovation of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund […]