Day: April 13, 2021

EFCC arrests Nigeria’s top politician, ex-Governor Rochas Okorocha

Precious Ibekwe

  The Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Tuesday arrested top politician, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, a former governor of Imo State, Southeast Nigeria, over alleged money laundering. Okorocha, a serving Senator, was arrested at his office in Abuja. Confirming the arrest, the spokesperson for the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, said that the news was true. “Okorocha has been arrested by our men”, he said in a telephone chat, according to a report by the Lagos-based Vanguard newspaper.

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NNPC Releases 66th Monthly Report, Downs Pipeline Vandalism by 37.2% in Jan

Efe Wellington

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Tuesday deepened its culture of transparency as it released the 66th edition of its Monthly Financial and Operational Report (MFOR) in which it announced a 37.21 % decrease in cases of pipeline vandalism across the country in the month of January 2021. This report, according to a press release by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the Corporation, Dr. Kennie Obateru, indicates that a total of 27 pipeline points were vandalized in January 2021 down from the 43 points…

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Five GTBank Branches shut Over N1bn Tax Evasion

Aliyu Aliyu

  Five branches of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) in Nigeria have been sealed over N1 billion tax evasion. The Kano State Internal Revenue Service (KIRS), which carried out the actio on GTBank facilities, said the closure is in line with an order issued by Kano State High Court over the bank’s failure to audit and pay its taxes between 2014 and 2019. The affected branches include that of Murtala Muhammad Way, Wapa, Zaria Road, Bachirawa and France Road. Briefing newsmen during the exercise, the Legal Director of the agency, Barrister…

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BurkinaFaso’s ex-President Compaore charged in predecessor Sankara’s Assasination

Aoko Benjamin

  A Burkinafaso Court charged former President Blaise Compaore (pictured) in absentia on Tuesday in connection with the 1987 murder of then-President Thomas Sankara, one of the most infamous killings in Africa’s post-independence history. Sankara, a charismatic Marxist revolutionary often called ‘Africa’s Che Guevara’, was assassinated during a coup led by his former friend Compaore. Compaore went on to rule Burkina Faso for 27 years before being ousted in a 2014 uprising and fleeing to Cote d’Ivoire, where he is believed still to live. He has previously denied any involvement…

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More IOCs may lose oil blocks, Nigeria talks tough on OMLs revocation

Efe Wellington

  Here is why DPR tagged some oil firms “economic saboteurs,” revoked Addax Petroleum Nigeria oil blocks   More oil producers in Nigeria may lose mining leases as the government talked tough on activities of some of them it tagged as “economic saboteurs.” The government has also given reasons it revoked six Oil Mining Leases (OML) initially given to International Oil Companies (IOCs) including Addax Petroleum Nigeria Limited. Oil industry regulator, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), which declared this, added that the oil block leases were revoked due to the…

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11 hrs in Jo’burg, 19 hrs in Norway, Odd fasting hours for World Muslims

Aliyu Aliyu

  Here is the fasting hour in your country + how Muslims in cities such as Longyearbyen, Norway, where the sun does not set from April 20 to August 22 will fast   This year, the Muslim holy month of Ramadan started on Tuesday, April 13. The pre-sunrise to sunset fast lasts anywhere from 10 to 21 hours depending on where in the world you are. The number of daylight hours varies from country to country. Muslims living in the world’s southernmost countries such as South Africa, Chile or New…

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Reasons Nigerian Doctors suspended strike for four weeks

Tade Salako

  The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its ongoing strike for an initial period of four weeks. President of the association, Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, who confirmed the development late Saturday night, noted that the suspension was for four weeks. “The strike has been suspended for four weeks and isolation centres resume 8 a.m. on Sunday and others on Monday,” he said. Mr Okhuaihesuyi said the decision to end the strike followed a new agreement reached with the federal government on Saturday morning. “All house officers yet to be…

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