[ad_1] Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to confirm two new heads for Nigeria’s oil and gas regulators after their predecessors abruptly quit, amid a high-stakes clash between one agency and Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote. Tinubu’s nominations follow the exit of Gbenga Komolafe, chief executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission,…
[ad_1] Nigeria’s oil and gas content regulator on Tuesday announced a $100 million equity investment scheme to boost indigenous participation in the energy sector and said it would tighten compliance rules from next year. Felix Ogbe, executive secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), told the Practical Nigerian Content Forum that the…
[ad_1] On February 5, 2024, Nigeria’s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control announced a ban on alcoholic beverages sold in sachets or bottles less than 200ml. The agency asserts that the ban will, among other benefits, protect underage children from easy access to alcohol. However, the Federal House of Representatives, Nigeria’s lower…
[ad_1] Militant Islamist group Boko Haram has killed 20 mourners returning from the burial of victims of an earlier attack by the jihadists in north-eastern Nigeria, police say. The mourners died after their vehicle drove over an explosive device planted by the insurgents in Yobe state. On Monday, the militants shot dead 17 people in…
[ad_1] The Originator of Kizomba Dance in Ghana Ebo Anderson Jnr. better known as Kizomba King has made a staggering revelation that dance is the only way Ghanaian music can triumph over Nigeria’s. Kizomba King’s comments come amid a long-standing debate about why the Nigerian music industry is more successful than the Ghanaian music industry….
