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Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, has vowed that he will ensure that Nigeria achieves self-sufficiency in crude oil refining in 2019, stating that he would resign if he fails to achieve the target. Ibe Kachikwu in an interview with the BBC aired yesterday, insisted that the target for Nigeria to attain self-sufficiency in terms of crude oil refining remains 2019, adding that Nigeria should be more concerned about processing crude oil rather than shipping it out for processing elsewhere and importing refined products. The BBC…

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Another two-storey building has collapsed on Saturday at Ebute-Meta area of Lagos State. This is coming barely three days after a three-storey building collapsed at Ilasamaja area of Lagos State. The building, located at Cole Street in Ebute-Meta was under renovation when it collapsed during the heavy downpour at 2:00 p.m. A woman was said to have escaped death as the building caved in. “She was rescued and treated,” a source said. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) spokesman for South-West, Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the incident, saying the building was…

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Federal University, Oye Ekiti has been renamed by the Federal Government after the late military governor of the old Western Region, General Adeyinka Adebayo (retd.). President Muhammadu Buhari announced this on Saturday at the funeral service held at All Saints Anglican Church, Iyin Ekiti. He was represented by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo. Osinbajo, who delivered the President’s oration at the funeral service, described Adebayo as a gentleman. He said renaming the university after him was one of the ways of immortalising him and appreciating his contributions to the country’s unity.…

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University of Maiduguri was under attack again on Saturday as the Police Command in Borno confirmed the killing of a suspected suicide bomber after a failed attack at the University. Mr Victor Isuku the spokesman of the command stated this in a statement in Maiduguri. “Today at about 10:00hours, a lone male suicide bomber detonated explosive strapped to his body. “The bomber had taken cover in a ditch within the neighbourhood of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) Children Secondary School, at the eastern end of the campus”. “The bomber sighted…

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90 Nigerians have been deported by the South African government yesterday for committing various immigration offences. According to DSP Joseph Alabi, the spokesman of the Lagos Airport Police Command, the deportees ,who were all men, landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at about 3.30pm. He said they were brought back to Nigeria from Johannesburg aboard a South African Airways aircraft with registration number BBB712 He said : “This afternoon, about 3.30pm, 90 Nigerians were deported from South Africa for committing immigration-related offences. Some of them were alleged to…

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Mr. Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, has declared that eligible power consumers are now free to purchase electricity directly from power generation companies. By declaring eligible customers, the minister has empowered the consumer to buy electricity directly from licensees other than the power distribution companies, a development that the Discos recently opposed. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission on Friday stated that Fashola declared four categories of eligible customers in the Nigerian electricity supply industry on May 15, 2017, describing the declaration as a major policy directive…

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