Day: January 28, 2021

COVID-19 kills virus ‘denier,’ conspiracy theorist Gary Mathews 

Wonuola Olujobi

  The family of a “Covid denier” said they begged him to wear facemask before he died alone in his flat from the virus that has claimed over 100,000 Brits. Artist Gary Matthews, 46, had a positive Covid-19 test and was in isolation when he passed away at his home in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, on January 13. He had been ill for a week and tested positive the day before he died. It is not known exactly how the “kind but shy” painter caught the virus, but according to his family…

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OML 53: SEPLAT deepens $700m ANOH gas engagement, appoints Mba as MD

Efe Wellington

    Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc has deepened engagement for the $700 million Assa North /Ohaji South (ANOH) gas and condensate field project, appointing Mr. Okechukwu Mba as the new Managing Director for the ANOH Gas Processing Company (AGPC) Limited. AGPC Limited, the Incorporated Joint Venture (“IJV”) between Seplat and the Nigerian Gas Company (“NGC”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (“NNPC”). ANOH Gas Processing Company (AGPC) Limited is a midstream gas company committed to processing Gas from OML 53 for distribution to the local market. At…

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$13bn Paris Club Refunds: How Nigeria’s ex-MP Ned Nwoko, firm Were Threatened – Lawyers

Precious Ibekwe

  A former Member of Parliament in Nigeria, Hon Ned Nwoko, and LINAS International Limited have disclosed how they were allegedly threatened in their bid to untangle the excess charges and over deductions in Paris Club advances for which the Ni Government had refunded $13 billion to States and Local Governments Areas. An Interim Management Committee, IMC, of Association of Local Government of Nigeria, ALGON, recently distanced the association from the current plan by the Federal Government to pay Linas and Ned Nwoko their overdue consultancy fees, but ALGON national…

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