Day: May 21, 2021

How Nigeria’s Army Chief, Attahiru, 10 Others Killed in Plane Crash

Dawud Rabiu

“It was raining heavily in Kaduna Airport this evening and all of a sudden we heard a bang at the location of the crash followed by a thick smoke bellowing from the scene. None of those onboard could have escaped. It was so sad.”   Details have emerged on how the Nigerian Chief of Army Staff Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 others were feared killed in a plane crash in Kaduna. A flight manifest obtained by Platforms Africa showed that Attahiru’s wife, Fati, was not on the flight. The training aircraft…

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Nigeria embagoes petrol price hike, to pay N210bn Subsidy in June

Efe Wellington

The embargo, data compiled by Platforms  Africa shows, is the fifth announced by the government in 2021 + how oil minister read riot act to marketers on hoarding, profiteering The Nigerian Government on Friday announced another embargo on the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol in June, a move that will make it continue payment of subsidy on the product for the month. Latest data from the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) put the monthly subsidy payment at N210 billion. The price hike embargo, data compiled by…

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Seplat goes bullish, dividends to Shareholders hit $344m in 6 years

Efe Wellington

  Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc, a leading Nigerian independent energy company listed on both the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, and the London Stock Exchange, LSE, has paid $344 million dividends to its shareholders in the last six years. READ ALSO: EFCC recovers over N1bn Cash from One Civil Servant Seplat raises $260m to complete ANOH project, drive energy transition OML 53: SEPLAT deepens $700m ANOH gas engagement, appoints Mba as MD The company, which announced this at its hybrid 8th Annual General Meeting, AGM, with shareholders, auditors, regulators, company…

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Bandits Assasinate Nigeria’s Popular monarch Emir of Kontagora’s Son

Dawood Rabiu

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) in Niger State has confirmed that some gunmen, on Thursday, assassinated Alhaji Bashar Namaska, the son of a popular monarch in the Nigerian Nnorrhern region, Emir of Kontagora. The police said that he was shot on his way to his father’s farm located at Lioji village of Kontagora Local Government Area of Niger State. READ ALSO:  Why CBN should pay N100m Greenfield Students’ Ransom to Bandits – Gumi BREAKING: Bandits kidnap Nigerian Judge Inside Court Fire kills 113, Destroys N24.69bn Properties In Lagos in 2…

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EFCC recovers over N1bn Cash from One Civil Servant

Aliyu Aliyu

  The Chairman of the Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has disclosed that the agency last week recovered over N1 billion cash sitting in one bank account from a civil servant. The EFCC boss made this while appearing before the Senate Committee on Finance investigating the Internally Generated Revenue and payment of 1 % stamp duty by contractors on all contracts awarded by MDAs between 2014- 2020. He said, “There are a lot of leakages we need to block, it is not about generating…

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