Day: June 23, 2021

TotalEnergies stakes $60bn for renewables, Emerges Nigeria’s 2nd Top IOC

Efe Wellington

  TotalEnergies guarantees employees’ job security, deepens shareholders,  stakeholders’ engagement for Name Change   France super major, TotalEnergies, has staked a whooping $60 billion for renewables investment even as it emerged the second biggest crude oil producer in Nigeria. The company, which also deepened engagement for name change frin Total to TotalEnergies, declared that the transition would not lead to the sack of any staff in Nigeria ir anywhere in the World.   READ ALSO: Total secures Shareholders’ final nod, transforms to TotalEnergies Total deepens fuel trucks’ safety, conducts 4,889…

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Senate Okays Abeokuta for Nigeria’s Medicine Varsity

Gbenga Adeoti

    The bill for the Institution’s establishment, sponsored by Senator Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun Central, was unanimously passed after third reading     The Senate on Wednesday approved a bill seeking the establishment of the University of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria. Platforms Africa reports that the University will be the second of its kind solely dedicated to Medicine and Medical Sciences in Nigeria. There is a University of Medical Sciences in Ondo, once led by Prof Friday Okonofua as the V.C. He was replaced…

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Oil hits $76/bbl mark, highest in over two years

ADESUPO OSOSANYA

OPEC+ meeting on July 1 set to discuss further easine of curbs   Oil prices rose on Wednesday, with Brent climbing above $76 a barrel to its highest since late 2018, after data showed U.S. crude inventories declined as travel picks up. U.S. crude inventories fell by 7.6 million barrels last week to 459.1 million barrels, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said, a much steeper drawdown than the 3.9 million barrels that analysts had expected in a Reuters poll. Stockpiles at Cushing, Oklahoma, the delivery point for U.S. crude futures,…

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Top Banker, Prof. Soludo wins Anambra APGA’s Governorship Primary Election

Precious Ibekwe

Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday emerged the governorship candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Nov. 6 governorship election in Anambra. Soludo scored a total of 740 votes out of 792 valid votes cast by delegates. Declaring the results of the exercise, Samson Olalere, the Returning Officer said Soludo fulfilled the provisions of Electoral Act and APGA guidelines. Olalere said Soludo beat his rivals, Rep Okwudili Ezenwakwo, Damian Okolo and Thankgod Ibeh who scored 41, 7 and 4 votes respectively. He said a total of…

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