Day: February 18, 2021

Nigerian Customs’ ex-Chief, Abdullahi Dikko, dies

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The former Comptroller of the Nigerian Customs Service, Abdullahi Dikko, has died. A statement by the agency’s Public Relations Officer, Joseph Attah, read; “The family of the former Comptroller General of Customs, Abdullahi Dikko Inde just announced his passing away today. His funeral prayers ( Janaza ) will take place tomorrow, Friday 19th February, 2020 after Jumaat Prayers at National Mosque Abuja. “He was the Comptroller General of Customs from 2009 to 2015. May Allah Forgive his shortcomings and may Aljannatul Firdausi be his final abode. “May Allah give…

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NNPC raises red flag on fuel hoarding, demands sanctions for erring marketers

Efe Wellington

    Here is the real reason NNPC embargoed fuel price hike in February     The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)on Thursday demanded stiff penalty for fuel marketers who have engaged in hoarding to create “artificial scarcity.” The corporation, which also said that it had, in spite of the rise in the price of crude oil in the international market, ruled out any increment in the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) in February, 2021, raised the red flag on hoarding by some marketers. It “called on relevant…

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COVID-19: 20 African Nations To Get Vaccines Next Week

Aoko Benjamin

  Here is why safety of patients infected by South African variant of COVID-19 may not be guranteed by the AstraZeneca vaccine doses. The distribution of coronavirus vaccine across the African continent is to begin next week, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday. Africa CDC chief, John Nkengasong, said doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine would be distributed to around 20 countries and that health-care workers would be prioritised in the inoculation programme. South Africa has replaced the AstraZeneca vaccine it initially purchased with a…

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Ned Nwoko’s Assassination Story, a Hoax, by Gabriel Ogbechie 

Gabriel Ogbechie

  My attention has been drawn to several publications in the print and social media wherein Ned Nwoko alleged that a plan to assassinate him is being sponsored by me. I also refer to a recent press conference held by the same Ned Nwoko wherein he alleged that the prisoner who told him of the plan to assassinate him has mysteriously died. He also accused me of being responsible for the death of the alleged prisoner/informant. I categorically state again that these allegations are completely false and a figment of Ned Nwoko’s…

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$2.7bn Oil Theft: Court Blocks Shell’s Accounts as Feud with AITEO Worsens

Efe Wellington

    Legal fireworks between Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd and Aiteo Eastern E & P Company Ltd over allegation of 16 million barrels of crude oil diversion begin   A Nigerian Court has granted an interim mareva injunction directing 20 commercial banks to block the accounts of oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd, in a bid to recover the cash value of more than 16 million barrels of crude oil allegedly diverted from AITEO Eastern E & P Company Ltd. Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo of…

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