Month: May 2021

Man ICPC declared wanted for $65m fraud no longer my son-in-law – Buhari

ADEOLA YUSUF

    Presidemt spokesman says fugitive’s marriage with Fatimah, Buhari’s daughter, has crashed     President Muhammadu  Buhari says the person declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, Gimba Ya’u Kumo, for alleged $65 million fraud is no longer his in-law. Buhari spoke through Malam Garba Shehu, his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja obtained by Platforms Africa. ICPC had declared Kumo and two others wanted on Thursday. Kumo, a former Managing Director of Federal Mortgage Bank, got married…

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Meet Anita Abada, Nigerian who emerged winner of WHO $10,000 Award + PHOTOS

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Anita Abada, a Nigerian Filmmaker and Editor, has emerged winner of the second World Health Organisation Health for All Film Festival award in the health educational film category. WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, made the announcement in his speech posted on the UN health Agency website. Ghebreyesus said Abada became winner of the special prize for a health educational film for youth, titled: “Efun.” The DG said “Efun”, directed by Abada, focused on the challenging topic of Female Genital Mutilation. Ghebreyesus, who congratulated Abada, said the winners would receive trophies…

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200-level Varsity Student who ‘committed suicide’ is NCC Board Chairman’s Daughter

ADEOLA YUSUF

Here are NCC, Adekunle Ajasin University’s  accounts of how Feranmi, 19-year old daughter of Prof. Adeolu Akande, died at the Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State, Southwest Nigeria   Miss Feranmi Fasunle, a promising 200-Level student of Political Science at the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Southwest Nigeria, who allegedly committed suicide on Thursday, is the daughter of Chairman, Board of Commissioners of Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), Prof. Adeolu Akande. Feranmi died after allegedly consuming a substance believed to be an insecticide. The Board, Management and entire staff…

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50% of $12bn Train 7 project to be executed locally – NCDMB

ADEOLA YUSUF

NCDMB to hold virtual Oil and Gas Opportunity Fair   The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has declared that 50 per cent of Train 7 gas project would be executed locally. The full value network of the Train 7 project is nearly $12bn, which includes the net cost of the project, estimated at $4-$5bn and an identical expenditure to be incurred on the company’s operational base in Bonny. The Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote who said this while revealing that the 2021 edition of the…

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Feel free to ask for Nigeria’s help, Buhari tells Chadian President

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari says the President, Transitional Military Council of Chad, Lt. Gen. Mahamat Idris Deby Itno, should feel free to ask for Nigeria’s help whenever he deems  it necessary. This is as the President guaranteed Nigeria’s assistance to the Republic of Chad to stabilize the country and return it to constitutional order. President Buhari stated this on Friday when he hosted General Deby Itno at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Recall that Marshal Idris Deby Itno, President of the country had died in battle last month, while leading troops…

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Amnesty: Dogs rescued before Black people in Palma

ADEOLA YUSUF

  A disheartening revelation by Amnesty International (AI) showed that dogs were prioritised for evacuation ahead of Black locals during a rescue operation in Mozambican town of Palma. The rescue followed an attack in March by an armed group known locally as al-Shabab on Palma. Amnesty International added that all the white contractors were also rescued leaving behind the black. In a report compiled from interviews with 11 Black survivors, Amnesty on Thursday charged that even dogs were pulled to safety before Black people by a helicopter that airlifted civilians from a…

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INEC Office set ablaze, 3rd time in 12 Days + PHOTOS

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has once again announced that one of its offices Enugu State, South East Nigeria has been set ablaze. Barrister Festus Okoye, national commissioner & chairman, information and voter education committee, who disclosed this in a statement Friday morning said, “the spate of fire incidents involving the facilities of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in some States of the Federation has unfortunately persisted. He revealed that, “This time around, it is Enugu State, where the Resident Electoral Commissioner for the State, Emeka Ononamadu, has reported that the…

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NCDMB Partners ANOH Gas To Complete Oil and Gas Training Centre in PH

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Wednesday flagged off a partnership arrangement with Anoh Gas Processing Company Limited for the completion of the Center for Skills Development and Training (CSDT) located at Greater Port Harcourt Area, Rivers State. Construction work at the skills acquisition center had been stalled since 2014 due to paucity of funds after it was conceived by the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) to train and increase the competence and capabilities of Nigerians to meet the low-to-middle level human resources needs of the Nigerian…

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NCDMB trains Teachers on New STEM Educational Device

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) recently concluded a 5-day capacity building training of 70 Teachers from the nine oil & gas producing states including Lagos and Oyo State. The training took place at the Nigerian Content Conference Hall, NC Towers in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The training was focused on K-Yan Device, a digital classroom solution, designed and developed to promote Interactive and ICT driven learning as well as improve Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in schools. The General Manager, Capacity Building Division, NCDMB, Dr. Ama…

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NCDMB TO PARTNER AMNESTY OFFICE ON CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT

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The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Wabote has pledged the readiness for the Board to partner with Presidential Amnesty Office in area of human capacity development for the ex-agitators. He made this known when the interim Sole Administrator of Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd.) paid a courtesy visit to the Board’s headquarters in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on Friday. Wabote explained that some of the trainings provided for the ex- agitators were not conducted by internationally recognized institutions, hence most of…

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