Day: February 4, 2021

How PUNCH Energy Journalist, Okechukwu Nnodim, was kidnapped in Abuja

Dawood Rabiu

  Details have emerged on how the energy correspondent with The PUNCH Newspaper in Abuja, Okechukwu Nnodim, was kidnapped by unknown gunmen at his residence in the Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT). A family source, which confirmed the information, declared that the operation was carried out by a four-man gang. “In a commando style, the men scaled the fence of Nnodim’s residence to gain access to him. They have, before this fired several gunshots in the air,” the source said. Nnodim has just rounded up a prayer devotion with his…

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Nigeria probes ExxonMobil Chief’s links to $213m pipeline procurement fraud

Aliyu Aliyu

The probe of $213 million pipeline procurement fraud is heightened with Judge issuance of arrest warrant for ExxonMobil Nigeria chief A Federal High Court in Abuja has signed off on a warrant to arrest the Managing  Director of United States oil major, ExxonMobil in Nigeria, Richard Laing, over investigation related to the alleged fraudulent creation of procurement orders worth more than $213 million as part of a pipelines project. The warrant is to compel him to appear before anti-graft investigators, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said in a statement…

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Oando Foundation marks 10 years of Impacts

Efe Wellington

  With its flagship Adopt-A-School Initiative (AASI) and others, the Oando Foundation has demonstrated commitment to actualising every child’s right to quality education. Here are details of impacts the foundation has made in the last decade.   Oando Foundation (referred to as “the Foundation”), an independent charity founded in 2011 to support the Nigerian Government in achieving its Universal Basic Education goals, is pleased to announce the commemoration of its tenth (10th) year anniversary on February 4, 2021. The Foundation was established in 2011 by Oando PLC, Nigeria’s leading indigenous…

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COVID-19: Ghana approves herbs for clinical trials +Herbs’ names in Nigeria

Aoko Benjamin

Here are the details of the herbal plant and its local names in Nigeria   The Ghanaian government has approved a herbal medicine, Cryptolepis sanguinolenta, locally known as Nibima, for clinical trials. The plant, which grows freely across sub-Saharan Africa has different local names and it has been used for ages in the treatmentif malaria. In Nigeria it is called Paran pupa (Yoruba), Gangnamau (Hausa) (Osafo et al., 2017) and Akpa-oku (Igbo). C. sanguinolenta is basically responsible for anti- plasmodial activity. The roots of cryptolepis, also known as nibima, kadze, gangamau, Ghanaian…

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