United Arab Emirates

Nigeria is producing 1.6 million – 1.7 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil, the chief operating officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation said on Wednesday, adding that the country would continue to comply with OPEC…

Facebook has removed hundreds of accounts, pages and groups from its social network platforms that the company says were involved in coordinated inauthentic behaviour. The tech giant said it removed a total of 443 Facebook and 125…

Lasisi Aliu ‘Lucky Boy’ Bamidele is a Nigerian boxer based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He is the current WBC International Super Flyweight gold champion, a title he won in April this year. He is at present in Nigeria, preparing for…

Nigerian carrier, Air Peace, says it will begin flight operations to Johannesburg, South Africa and Sharjah, United Arab Emirates next month. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, announced…

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates overstate their oil capacities, Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported on Friday. The comments were in reaction to expectations the two countries…

Iran will not allow any country replace its oil sales in the global market, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, after the United States told importers to halt Iranian purchases from May. Washington has decided not to renew its…

Nigeria’s ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Mohammed Rimi, says a total of 446 Nigerians are currently serving different terms in the UAE prisons. Rimi disclosed this during President Muhammadu Buhari’s town-hall meeting with…

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, said that only two Nigerians were found honourable while putting on trial public office holders during his military rule. The president spoke during a town-hall…

The US House of Representatives passed a bill to cut off US military support for the Saudi-led coalition waging war in Yemen matching a vote this month in the Senate. Similarly the US House of Representatives is sending the legislation…

Citigroup expects the majority of investment banking opportunities in the Middle East to come from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates this year, said Miguel Azevedo, Citigroup’s head of investment banking, Middle East and Africa.…