Month: May 2021

REVEALED: Three Times Kaduna Plane crashes Killed Top Army Chiefs, Governor

Precious Ibekwe

  Over the past few years, some top security officials of the Federal Republic of Nigeria had been involved in a fatal plane crash in Kaduna state, Northwest Nigeria. This came as military and political officials confirmed that the wife of the Chief of Army Staff, Abubakar Attahiru, Mrs. Fati, was not onboad the illfated flight. READ ALSO: Nigeria embagoes petrol price hike, to pay N210bn Subsidy in June EFCC recovers over N1bn Cash from One Civil Servant Boko Haram leader Shekau confirmed dead for 4th Time – Latest Intels…

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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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How Explosion Rocked Obasanjo’s Multi-million Dollars Library, Killed 2

Gbenga Adeoti

  “Trust Africans, some locals are already erroneously suspecting that the explosion at Obasanjo library and Daniel’s hotel that killed 2 each within same area barely 24 hours to each other may be for rituals. But, surely, there are technical questions to be answered from these two incidents.”   More details have emerged on the gas explosion that rocked and killed two persons at the multi-million dollars Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Southwest Nigeria. The explosion occurred barely 24 hours after 2 people were also killed in a similar…

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NNPC Spokesman, Kennie Obateru, Bags NIPR Fellowship

Aliyu Aliyu

  The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, (NIPR) on Thursday in Bauchi at its Annual General Meeting, conferred the prestigious Fellowship Award on Dr. Kennie Obateru, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Obateru, a self-driven and an amiable PR practitioner, joined the NNPC in 1992 as an experienced hire. READ ALSO: 36 Nigerian Governors Okay N385/litre Petrol Price Hike NNPC in epoch-making haulage of 96 line pipes for $2.8bn AKK project Through the years he has served in various capacities as: General Manager/Head…

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Boko Haram leader Shekau confirmed dead for 4th Time – Latest Intels

Aliyu Aliyu

  A factional leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has been confirmed dead. This, according to checks by Platforms Africa, is the fourth time that Shekau has been confirmed by different military intels to have died at different time between 2012 and 2021. He has, after the last three reports, reappeared in a video to debunk his death and mock the Nigerian military. READ ALSO: 36 Nigerian Governors Okay N385/litre Petrol Price Hike Boko Haram closes in on Abuja, hoists flag 200km to Nigeria’s seat of power How Nigeria Air…

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36 Nigerian Governors Okay N385/litre Petrol Price Hike

Efe Wellington

  Help on the way to buy 113 buses to cushion the effects of the looming price hike expected to end monthly fuel Subsidy, which has hit N210 billion   The 36 Nigerian States’ governors have okayed N385 per litre price for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol. Platforms Africa reports that the product is presently being sold between N162 and N165 per litre nationwide. READ ALSO: Fire kills 113, Destroys N24.69bn Properties In Lagos in 2 years Contractor demands $400m as Mambilla Power deals tear Nigeria, Firm Apart…

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