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The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited has said that its $10 billion NLNG Train 7 Project, which involves very advanced technology, has reached 80 per cent completion, and highly skilled technical manpower would be required. The Final Investment Decision on the project was signed in December 2019. The General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development of the NLNG, Dr. Sophia Horsfall, revealed this when the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and NLNG Limited on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, inaugurated 140 trainees for an intensive three-month Advanced Nigerian Content Human Capital Development (NC-HCD) Programme for the project on…

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday visited the Dangote refinery in Lagos, describing the project as a massive investment and point of reference. “Having inspected the Dangote refinery, which is a great point of reference, a great phenomenon of our time and a massive investment, I want to thank Aliko Dangote,” Tinubu said in a statement released by the State House. During the visit, Tinubu also commissioned the access road to the Lekki Deep Sea Port and commended Dangote Industries Limited and the contractor for the “quality” work. “I am happy that the Deep Sea Port I initiated as Governor of…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has inaugurated the Lekki Deep Sea Port roadsdesigned to unlock vital routes for trade, agriculture, and regional connectivity. Commissioning the Lekki Deep Sea Port Tax Credit Concrete Road in Lagos State on Thursday, President Tinubu underscored the importance of transportation infrastructure, saying it is central to the success of the administration’s Renewed Hope agenda. The President highlighted that roads represent more than just materials such as concrete, steel, and asphalt, but are investments by the Renewed Hope government aimed at improving mobility, generating employment, and boosting Nigeria’s long-term economic competitiveness. The President also flagged off Section…

Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Thursday inaugurated the African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE) in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The AMCE is a tertiary medical city developed by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in partnership with King’s College Hospital, London. The facility is designed to bridge critical healthcare gaps in Africa and deliver services in oncology, haematology, cardiovascular care, and general surgery, while also serving as a hub for medical research and training. The 500-bed facility is expected to serve over 350,000 patients within its first five years of operation. Shettima, who represented President Bola Tinubu, said the healthcare facility is…

Tanzania has decided to block access to social media platform X because it allows pornographic content to be shared, the information minister has said. The content was contrary to the East African state’s “laws, culture, customs, and traditions,” Jerry Silaa told a local TV station. Tanzanians have reported that access to X has been restricted in the last two weeks after political tensions rose and the police account was hacked, but there has not yet been a total shutdown of the platform. A Tanzanian rights group posted on X that Silaa’s comments reflected a “troubling pattern of digital repression” ahead…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has dismissed insinuations that some power brokers are influencing the governance of President Bola Tinubu. Wike said this at the 2025 OAU Distinguished Personality Lecture in Ile-Ife, the Osun State capital, on Thursday, where he delivered the keynote lecture at the event. “He has shown that he has the courage. Under Tinubu, there is nothing like cabal. This is a president that is in charge,” he said. The minister stated that all former Nigerian presidents, including Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, were not bold enough to remove the petrol subsidy…

The Department of State Services (DSS) is not interested in arresting anyone over the shadow government being proposed by a group led by the 2007 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Patrick Utomi, the agency’s lead counsel, Akinlolu Kehinde (SAN), has said. The senior lawyer made the declaration on Wednesday shortly after filing a fresh application before the Federal High Court in Abuja for an interlocutory injunction restraining Utomi from further commenting publicly or engaging in rallies related to a suit pending against him over his announced plan to establish a shadow government in the country. Kehinde, who…

Donald Trump has suspended for an initial six months the entry of foreign students seeking to study or participate in exchange programmes at Harvard University. The US president issued the proclamation on Wednesday, citing “national security” concerns and declaring it “detrimental” to US interests to continue allowing foreign students at the institution. Harvard has responded by calling the order “retaliatory” and emphasised it would continue to protect its international students, according to Reuters news agency. Trump’s announcement is a further escalation of an ongoing legal row with one of the US’s most prestigious universities after Harvard refused to yield to…

Bill Gates, chairman of the Gates Foundation, has criticised Nigeria’s level of public health investment, describing it as insufficient to address the country’s longstanding healthcare challenges. Speaking during a media roundtable on Wednesday, June 4, Gates said the low budgetary allocation to health is a major factor behind the country’s high rates of maternal and child mortality. He revealed that he had raised the issue directly with President Bola Tinubu, urging the Nigerian government to increase its health spending. “Well, the amount of money Nigeria spends on health care is very, very small,” Gates said. “I don’t know why you…

President Donald Trump is resurrecting the travel ban policy from his first term, signing a proclamation Wednesday night preventing people from a dozen countries from entering the United States. The countries include Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. In addition to the ban, which takes effect at 12:01 a.m. Monday, there will be heightened restrictions on visitors from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela. “I must act to protect the national security and national interest of the United States and its people,” Trump said in his…