Month: May 2021

How Gas Cylinder Exploded, killed 2 year-old baby, 5 Others in Abeokuta

ADEOLA YUSUF

  “Three people, including an infant of about 2 years old, died instantly while three others, who initially sustained a high degree of injuries from the explosion, later died before they could get to the hospital.”   Details have emerged on how six persons, including an infant, were on Wednesday confirmed dead when a refrigerator gas cylinder exploded in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, Southwest Nigeria. The explosion, which occurred around 2: 30 p.m at the Oke-Egunya area of the metropolis, was allegedly caused by a technical error on the…

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Nigeria’s NNPC picks 16 consortia for multi-million dollar Crude Swap deals

ADEOLA YUSUF

    Nigeria’s National Petroleum Corp (NNPC) has picked 16 consortia for its new crude-for-fuel swap contracts for one year starting in August, 2021. The contracts, known as direct sale, direct purchase (DSDP) are coveted since they are used to supply nearly all of Nigeria’s gasoline needs as well as cover some of its diesel and jet fuel consumption. A report by Reuters, which showed this, quoted sources with direct knowledge of the matter to have confirmed the information. “Nigeria’s National Petroleum Corp (NNPC) has picked 16 consortia for its…

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BREAKING! Blackout rocks Nigeria as National Grid Collapses

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The Nigeria’s electricity transmission system also known as the National grid has suffered another system collapse, plunging Lagos, country’s commercial capital, Kano and other major cities into blackout. The collapse, which occurred around 11.00 am on Wednesday, was confirmed by two of the country’s electricity distribution companies in separate messages to their customers. “We regret to inform you that the power outage currently being experienced across our franchise – Kaduna, Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara States – is as a result of the collapse of the national grid,” Kaduna Electric…

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EKEDC reiterates excellent Service vows to customers on Eid-el-Fitr, beyond

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has promised to sustain its culture of excellent service to its customers during the Eid-el-Fitri holiday and beyond. The Company, which, in a goodwill message signed by its General Manager, Corporate Communications, Godwin Idemudia, felicitated with its customers on this year’s Eid-El-Fitr celebration, congratulated Muslims for the successful completion of the Holy Month of Ramadan, which marks the end of the fasting period. Idemudia said while the fasting may have ended, it is important to sustain the virtues, ideals, and values beyond the month of Ramadan, considering its immense benefit for us as individuals and as a community. “As we commemorate this year’s Eid-el-Fitr celebration,…

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Thursday is Eid-el-Fitr, Saudi, Sultan make unanimous announcement

ADEOLA YUSUF

How efforts to sight the moon yielded no results goobally + 10 Things You Should Do to Celebrate Eid-el-Fitri    The Kingdim of Saudi Arabia and the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) – under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, Alh. Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, have unanimously declared that there was no proven report of the sighting of the crescent of Shawwal, 1442 AH on the 29th of Ramadan, 1442 AH. The duo is separate statements declared Thursday, May 13, as the day of Eid. Sultan…

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No new COVID-19 Curfew, Lockdown in Nigeria – Information Minister

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Nigeria not overwhelmed by banditry, terrorism, kidnapping, farmer-herder conflic-Lai Mohammed    Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has declared that there is no new COVID-19 curfew or lockdown in the country. Mohammed, who said this while clearing the air on reports that the country has been put under new restrictions, maintained that the restrictions and curfew announced by the Presidential TaskForce (PTF), which he is a member of, has been in place evwn before now. “There is nothing new in the announcement and the restictions and curfew…

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Shell declares 50% Crude Oil Output Slash Target for 2035

ADEOLA YUSUF

  “If we do not make that type of process by the middle of next decade, we have a problem not just as a company but as a society,” Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden, says   Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s head expects clean energy to make up half of the company’s energy mix “somewhere in the next decade.” “If we do not make that type of process by the middle of next decade, we have a problem not just as a company but as a society,” Chief Executive Officer…

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How Robbers attacked Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Admin Officer’s Aso Rock Home

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Professor Gambari house is on a street next to the Villa in Aso Rock, considered one of the safest places in the Africa’s biggest economy..   The Nigerian Presidency has confirmed that robbers attacked the homes of the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, and an Administration Officer in the Presidential Villa, Abubakar Maikano, inside the Aso Rock, considered one of the safest places in the Africa’s biggest economy.. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, confirmed the development…

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74 Foreign passengers abscond from Nigeria’s quarantine centres

ADEOLA YUSUF

  ECOWAS Heads of State and Government had fixed the cost of COVID-19 testing, whether PCR or otherwise, at $50 at all Points of Entry with effect from May 17, 2021.   The Nigerian Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 has said some returning foreign passengers have absconded from the country’s isolation centres, which is a violation of the mandatory quarantine requirement under the advisory earlier issued by Nigeria. Though the Chairman of the PSC on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, who confirmed this during…

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COVID-19 3rd Wave: Nigeria Slams Fresh Curfew, Restriction Nationwide

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Curfew is now from midnight to 4am until further notice as mass gathering of more than 50 per cent outlawed   The Nigerian Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 (PSC) has slammed fresh curfew and restrictions nationwide as fear of the thitd wave of the dreaded infection heightened. The government reintroduced fresh restrictions on mass gatherings, insisting that it must henceforth be fifty percent capacity. It explained in a statement obtained by Platforms Africa that the measure followed the number of cases and fatalities currently being recoded in Turkey, India…

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