Month: January 2021

Oil Spill: Court orders Shell to compensate Nigerian farmers after 13 years

Efe Wellington

  “Tears of joy here. After 13 years, we’ve won,’ the Dutch branch of Friends of the Earth tweeted as the Court orders Shell to pay.   In a victory for environmentalists and Nigerians whose land was polluted by oil leaks, a Dutch appeals court ordered energy giant Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary Friday to compensate two farmers for damage to their land caused by leaks in 2004 and 2005. ‘Tears of joy here. After 13 years, we’ve won,’ the Dutch branch of Friends of the Earth tweeted. The amount of compensation…

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Lagos backs down on 168% tuition fee increase for LASU Students

Tade Salako

  The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has bowed to pressure from the stakeholders including the students as he backed down on 168 per cent increase in the tuition fee of Lagos State University (LASU). The approval came days LASU students protested the hike in tuition fees by the institution’s authorities, demanding a reversal of the decision, citing the economic hardship across the country. LASU management had in December last year increased the tuition fees for fresh students from N25,000 to N67,048.50, representing 168 per cent increase. The Special Adviser…

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20,356 Nigerian Police Officers Promoted + Full Names of beneficiaries

Dawood Rabiu

    The Nigeria’s Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of 20,356 Senior Police Officers. The promotion was one of the decisions of the 11th Plenary Meeting of the Commission held in Abuja on January 25, 2021 and presided over by its Chairman, Musiliu Smith, a retired Inspector General of Police. Nine Commissioners of Police were promoted to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police and another nine promoted from the rank of Deputy Commissioner to Commissioners of Police. The Commission also approved the promotion of three…

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Fear as ‘strange’ disease breaks out in Nigeria, kills 4, hospitalises 24

Aliyu Aliyu

  Here is the full account of how the strange disease, which broke out at Nigeria’s Sokoto metropolis, enveloped millions of residents in fear + Why everyone should care The government of Sokoto State, Northwest Nigeria, has confirmed that a strange disease has broken out in Sokoto metropolis, killing 4 and hospitalising 24 at a swoop. Governor Aminu Tambuwal  disclosed this development in a statement he personally signed, a copy of which was received by Platforms Africa. According to the governor, “the strange sickness has claimed four lives, three within…

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COVID-19 is from Hell, BBNaija ex-housemate Cee-C laments after infection

Damilola Olonade

  Ex-housemate of Big Brother Naija season 3 ‘Double Wahala’ Cynthia Nwadiora popularly known as Cee-C, revealed that she tested positive for the deadly coronavirus. The reality TV show star who disclosed this on her Instagram page @ceec_official said that she contracted coronavirus this January. According to her, the virus is definitely from hell. ”COVID-19 did a real number on me this January but I wasn’t raised to fold under pressure , I was taught to apply it! “On a more serious note, that virus is definitely from hell, ”…

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Renewables won’t come close to overtaking oil in decades ahead – OPEC

Dawood Rabiu

  OPEC insists World’ll still depend on oil, gas for 50% energy need by 2045 The renewables will not come anywhere close to overtaking oil and gas in the decades ahead, Secretary General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Dr Mohammad Barkindo, has declared. Barkindo added that the oil and gas sector will still supply over 50 per cent of the global energy needs by 2045. Barkindo made that assertion while presenting a special address at S&P Global Platts Americas Petroleum and Energy, held virtually on Wednesday. He…

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#EndSARS: Amnesty insists Nigeria covering up killing of protesters

Aoko Benjamin

  Rights group says authorities have failed to bring to justice those suspected to be responsible for protests crackdown in October. Amnesty International accused the Nigerian government on Thursday of attempting to cover up the killing of a dozen citizens during peaceful protests in Lagos last October. Youth-led demonstrations in Nigeria began against police abuse, quickly spiralling into broader calls for reform. But they ended weeks later when security forces shot at demonstrators in Lagos – killing at least 12 people, according to the rights group. At a judicial panel,…

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How NNPC raked in N158.04bn from fuel sales in one month

Efe Wellington

    The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has given details of how it raked in N158.04 billion from the sales of white products also know as fuel in the month of October. The Corporation, which announced this in its October 2020 edition of the NNPC Monthly Financial and Operations Reports (MFOR), added that its downstream subsidiary, the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), recorded the sale, representing 92% increase over the ₦80.15 billion sales in September 2020. A press release by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the…

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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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