One of the sons of billionaire businesswoman Folorunsho Alakija, Rotimi Alakija, is soon to wed the love of his life,…
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Global oil prices rebounded with solid gains on Tuesday as a cold snap in the United States boosted demand for heating fuel, analysts said. New York’s main contract West Texas Intermediate for February delivery rose 73 cents to $94.16 a barrel. Brent…
Africa’s largest oil producer Nigeria on Tuesday exported its milestone 3,000th liquefied natural gas cargo since it began operations in 1999, Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) said. The cargo was exported from NLNG’s Bonny Island terminal in southern Rivers…
Libya’s navy has stopped two oil tankers from entering Al-Sedra port, the site of a months-long dispute between protesting guards and the government, its National Oil Corporation said Monday. “The Libyan naval forces on Sunday prevented… a Maltese…
A Saudi court has jailed five people for up to 30 years on charges including plotting to blow up an oil refinery on behalf of Al-Qaeda, state media reported Monday. The official SPA news agency gave no details of when the alleged plot against the refinery…
Juventus romped to a 3-0 win over nine-man Roma on Sunday to end the visitors’ unbeaten run in the league this season and extend their lead in Serie A to eight points. High-flying Roma came to Turin confident of taking at least a share of the spoils…
Former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was freed by Moscow last month after a decade in jail, vowed Sunday to fight for Russian political prisoners from his new base in Switzerland. “You can’t live with peace of mind when you know there are political…
Turkey’s embattled Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday he would favour retrials for hundreds of military officers jailed for coup-plotting. In the latest sign of the turmoil that has gripped Turkish politics since the government was hit…
An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday struck out the application of an oil marketer, Oluwaseun Ogunbambo, seeking to quash the…
Report cites discrepancies between evidence of environmental damage from Nigeria spills and claims made by oil company