Day: April 1, 2021

How Nigeria Air Force Alpha Jet fighting Boko Haram “disappeared”

Dawood Rabiu

  Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, has stormed Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, as ongoing Search and Rescue operation is unsuccessful ovet 24 hours after   Details have emerged on how a Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet in combat operation against Boko Haram “disappeared” in Borno State. Over 24 hours after the aircraft was declared missing, there is still no trace of the Jet, which lost contact with radar while on an interdiction mission in support of ground troops. The loss of radar contact, it was gathered,…

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Ghana opens up on “impending nationwide power cuts”

Aoko Benjamin

  State power transmitter, Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo), has said that its recent engagements with the media about ongoing projects in the power sector “appear to have heightened perceptions of impending nationwide power cuts”. GRIDCo added that it is putting measures in place to ensure that the duration of its planned intermittent power outages meant to pave the way for some technical works are minimized. Ahead of the press conference, GRIDCo had said in a press statement that it wished to assure the general public that it “has no…

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Afreximbank’s $1bn fund for PH Refinery Rehab, fruit of transparency- Kyari

Aliyu Aliyu

. As NNPC, NEITI Renew Commitment to Deepen Transparency The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday declared that it secured financing agreement for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt Refinery by the African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) as a fruit it reaped from its transparency and accountability. Though the rehabilitation is to gulp $1.5 billion, the financing deals secured from the Afreximbank, Platforms Africa gathered, is $1 billion. Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari, said while playing host to the management team of the Nigeria Extractive…

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EU regulator Sees possible link between AstraZeneca shots, Blood Clots

Wonuola Olujobi

  AstraZeneca shot’s benefits still outweigh its risks, European Medicines Agency says   The European Union’s drugs regulator said a link between AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine and a rare type of blood clot is possible, identifying at least 62 cases of the condition while insisting the shot’s benefits still outweigh its risks. The comments further cloud the picture around the vaccine after Germany restricted it to older people this week amid growing concerns about side effects. That could slow Europe’s already lagging immunization program as virus cases surge anew. The European Medicines Agency said…

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Reasons Iconic 70 Series Land Cruiser is Most Reliable Toyota Ever Built

Tade Salako

  Launched in 1984 and still manufactured today, the 70 Series Toyota Land Cruiser is an indestructible off-roader that has reached legendary status in its almost four decades of service. From the Sahara Desert to the Australian outback, you can, according to a report by autoevolution, find it roaming freely on some of the most unforgiving terrains on this planet. The Land Cruiser started life after the end of World War 2 as a military utility vehicle heavily inspired by the American Jeep. Its iconic nameplate was also influenced by…

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Why NCDMB investments limited to Govt Policies, Projects – Wabote

Efe Wellington

  The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has said that it would not invest in competitive business areas because such investments would compromise its morale position as a regulatory agency. The board added it only partners with strategic policies and projects that are promoted by the Federal Government and would not invest in oil and gas businesses that have competitive private players. The Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote made the clarification on Tuesday when he hosted members of the Women in Energy Oil and Gas…

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BREAKING: Panic as Nigerian Air Force’s alpha-jet goes missing in Borno

Dawood Rabiu

  A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha-Jet has lost contact with radar in Borno State, while on interdiction mission in support of ground troops. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet who disclosed this in a statement Thursday, said the mission was part of the ongoing counterinsurgency operations in the North East. According to him, the loss of radar contact occurred at about 5:08 pm on 31 March 2021. “Details of the whereabout of the aircraft or likely cause of contact loss are still sketchy but…

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