Day: November 26, 2020

BREAKING! Nigeria’s Ondo Popular Monarch assassinated + Photos

Gbenga Adeoti

  A popular monarch in Ondo state, Southwest Nigeria, Olufon of Ifon, Oba Isreal Adeusi, was said to have been assassinated by gunmen that attacked his vehicle at Elegbeka axis of the state. As gathered, aside from the monarch, other two occupants of the vehicle were unhurt by the gunmen who also did not leave with any of the traditional ruler’s belongings after perpetrating the act. It was learnt that the monarch’s vehicle was attacked by the gunmen at about 4pm on Thursday while returning from Akure, the state capital,…

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Buhari commissions West Africa’s first Power sector SCADA system by EKEDC

Damilola Olonade

Buhari commends EKEDC for milestone   Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday commissioned the power system’s Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) project centre put in place by Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) in Lagos, which he decribed as the first functional SCADA in West Africa. The centre for SCADA is one of the most advanced technologies in the power distribution business globally, and Buhari declared optimism that the system would translate to improved service delivery to customers within EKEDC’s network. Represented by the minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, the…

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Foul Play? Argentine Prosecutor awaits autopsy on Maradona’s corpse 

Aoko Benjamin

  Prosecutor general of the Argentinian town of San Isidro, John Broyad, said he awaited the result of an autopsy on the corpse of football legend, Diego Maradona. Isidro however said that Maradona’s body did not show “any sign of violence” and everything indicates that he died of “natural causes.” According to him, the Argentinian football legend died at “around 12:00” local time (11pm Singapore time) on Wednesday at his home in the neighbourhood of San Andres, on the northern outskirts of the capital Buenos Aires, reports Xinxua. In statements…

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Why I wanted to sell my 3 month-old son for $375 – Nigeria Woman tells Police

Precious Ibekwe

  A 21 year old Nigeria woman, Emila Sunday from Akwa Ibom State, arrested by policemen in Anambra state for trying to sell her three months baby boy for about N150,000 ($375 based on N400 per dollar) has reportedly told the Police real reason she took the dastardly action. The Police spokesman, SP Haruna Mohammed, who stated this, noted that the suspect who was arrested while attempting to sell her three months old baby boy, claimed that she wanted to sell the boy due to hardship. She was arrested in…

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Role Fidelity Bank, staff played in Nigeria’s N1.5bn Pension scam – EFCC

Wonuola Olujobi

. Anti-graft agency shows how Nigeria’s ex-official, Oronsaye, operated 66 accounts unknown to Accountant-General The testimonies against Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, Nigeria’s Pension Reform Task Force Team (PRTFT), continued on Wednesday before Justice Okong Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, with that of the ninth prosecution witness, (PW9), Rouqayyah Ibrahim, a principal investigation officer with the EFCC who narrated how Fidelity Bank allegedly played a role in the whole scenerio. Ibrahim is in Anti Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing (AML CFT) unit of the Commission and member, Pension…

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Shell surges CSR investments, Donates ICT Centre To Nigeria’s Enugu Varsity

Efe Wellington

  Nigeria’s deep-water energy company, The Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) has donated a state-of-the-art  Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Centre to the Enugu State University of Science and Technology as part of the NNPC/SNEPCo ICT support programme launched in 2007 under the sponsorship of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The company, which declared this in a statement to Platforms Africa, quoted its Managing Director, Bayo Ojulari, to have said that the ICT centre would help students and teachers to maximize the value of quality education in information…

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