Month: May 2021

Nigeria’s Immigration chief assassinated in Imo, body dumped in Bush +Photo

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The Chief Provost of Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Imo State Command, Okiemute Mrere, has been killed. Mrere, was assassinated on Saturday night on Owerri- Port Harcourt Road in Owerri, it was learnt on Monday.   READ ALSO: BREAKING: Nigeria’s opposition PDP ex-Chairman, Ahmed Gulak, Assasinated Bandits Assasinate Nigeria’s Popular monarch Emir of Kontagora’s Son BREAKING: Italian Ambassador Assasinated, UN Convoy Attacked in DR Congo    A senior officer of NIS who confirmed this, said that the slain officer’s corpse was discovered in a bush on Sunday morning. Mrere, was…

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Outrage over Prof Felicia Adedoyin, Unsung Heroine Author of Nigeria Pledge

Gbenga Adeoti

  “How could many of us just hear about this great unsung heroine after her death on May 1? Why did many of Nigerian newspapers not consider news of her death and life for a front page mention? Unlike what we do for money bags  and politicians,we do not always appreciate our best when they are alive, why should we also deny them that honour when they are no more?”   Author of Nigeria’s National Pledge, Prof. Felicia Adebola Adedoyin, a Princess of sleepy town of Saki, Oyo state, Southwest Nigeria,…

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AbdulRazaq: Two Years Of Reasserting Kwara’s Leadership, by Rafiu Ajakaye

Rafiu Ajakaye

  One interesting take away from the American presidential democracy is the undying culture of people marking the milestones of their elected leaders – like the first 100 days, first anniversary, and a lot more. Members of the public, and especially the media, take such an opportunity to benchmark administrations against the past, as well as set an agenda for the future.   READ ALSO: CROSSFIRE: Oyedepo, Akintola clash over Kwara Hijab crisis Hijaab in Kwara: Bad news doesn’t get better with time, by Rafiu Ajakaye Nigeria’s Kwara facilitates CBN’s…

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Meet Emmanuel Osodeke, Prof of Soil Science who just emerged ASUU President

Precious Ibekwe

  “A man of trouble who has severally (sic) taken the university management and governing council to court, and a lecturer who has received the greatest amount of warnings and queries for incompetence and negligence of duty.”     Victor Emmanuel Osodeke, a Professor of Soil Science, has newly been elected National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Platforms Africa reports that Osodeke has a running battle with the management of Micheal Okpara University where he works, prompting a movement known as Coalition to Save Micheal Okpara…

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BREAKING: Nigeria’s opposition PDP ex-Chairman, Ahmed Gulak, Assasinated

Precious Ibekwe

How the special adviser to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan on Political Matters was ambushed, shot, killed + his daughter’s emotional tribute on Twitter   A former special adviser to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak has been reportedly killed by Unknown Gunmen in Owerri. Gulak, a former National Chairman of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), is now a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He was reportedly ambushed and shot dead by yet to be identified gunmen while returning to Abuja from Owerri, Imo state, Southeast Nigeria.  …

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BREAKING: Kings of Europe, Chelsea, win UEFA Cup, beat Man City 1-0

Lukman Olasunkanmi

  Blow-by-blow last minutes accounts of how the Blues won second European Cup   Chelsea has won their second European Cup after they beat Manchester City 1 – 0. The Tuchel side held out, and won their second European Cup after 95 minutes of play. As the Chelsea bench rushes en masse onto the field to celebrate, Pep warmly congratulated Tuchel. Chelsea’s Kepa Arrizabalaga, Jorginho and Andreas Christensen celebrate after winning the Champions league. Here is the update of the last minutes in the historic match. 90 min +6: Jesus battles hard down the…

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NAN loses 2nd female Journalist, Tomisin Erogbogbo, in four months

Adeola Yusuf

“She was at the office smiling and hugging everyone on Wednesday before she went for that surgery. That was the same way Dupe Oremule too died after surgery. God!? What is happening?”   The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has again being thrown into mourning as Judiciary Correspondent for the online medium, Tomisin Erogbogbo, died on Friday. Tomisin is the daughter and first born of another Nigerian media man, Mr. Erogbogbo, who works with Lagos Television (LTV8). Her untimely death, Platforms Africa gathered, is the second this year after Dupe…

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Oil giant, Shell, Partner invest on Cassava, Nigeria may earn $16m in taxes

Efe Wellington

  Oil giant, Rivers Government to push Nigeria’s global market share for cassava above 29 per cent, Inaugurate Multi-Billion Naira firm   Local value-addition to cassava via local manufacturing and processing could potentially unlock about $16m in taxes to the government. Leading Energy Company, Shell, which said this on Thursday, inaugurated a multi-billion-naira Rivers Cassava Processing Company Limited built in partnership with the Rivers State Government, Vieux Manioc BV of the Netherlands, and the embassy of The Netherlands in Nigeria.   READ ALSO: Shell Places all Onshore Oil blocks’ Stakes…

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Total secures Shareholders’ final nod, transforms to TotalEnergies

Efe Wellington

  Here is a special information for 105,000 employees on the direct payroll of the oil multinational across 130 countries   Shareholders of oil supermajor, Total have, at an Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting, approved almost unanimously, the resolution to change the company’s name from Total to TotalEnergies. This, a resolution passed at the Paris meeting showed, is thereby anchoring TotalEnergies strategic transformation into a broad energy company in its identity.   READ ALSO: Total evacuates Staff, halts $20bn Mozambique gas project after attacks Total deepens fuel trucks’ safety, conducts…

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Ikeja Electric ups CSR investment, supports quality primary education

Gbenga Adeoti

  Nigeria’s Electricity Distribution Company, Ikeja Electric (IE), has restated its support for quality education with the donation of educational materials to Agidingbi Primary Schools, Ikeja, Lagos, as part of activities to mark this year’s Children’s Day. The company stated that it is in line with its commitment to support efforts in promoting quality primary education and also contribute to the growth of educational sector in Nigeria, through its Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives.   READ ALSO: IBEDC secures N4.2bn CBN loan, targets September for project’s delivery EKEDC procures 217 transformers,…

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