Day: July 1, 2021

DSS Declares Sunday Igboho, 12 Others Wanted, Parades Guns + LIST, PHOTOS

Aliyu Aliyu

”IGBOHO may run as far as he can. He may hide as long as he wants. He might have attacked security operatives as his strength carried him. But this will be the end of his shenanigans.   The Nigerian secret service, Department of State Services (DSS), has declared Sunday Adeyemo, a self-acclaimed activist popularly called Sunday Igboho, wanted. The DSS declared him wanted at a press briefing where it confirmed gunning down two of Igboho’s allies at his Ibadan residence. Igboho had raised an alarm that two persons were killed…

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‘How IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu was Arrested in Kenya, Handed Over to Nigeria’

Aoko Benjamin

How we trailed Kanu’s for two years, monitoring how he was living a 5-star life, flying private jets around, sleeping in 5-star hotels with expensive cloths and expensive shoes – Lai Mohammed      Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, was arrested in Kenya and handed over to Nigeria, the Coalition of Igbo-British Lawyers has alleged. The group also condemned what it described as “the illegal and archaic manner in which the Kenyan government…acted in the illegal detention of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra…

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Oil prices up 2% as OPEC+ Mulls 2m b/day supply to market in Aug-Dec

ADESUPO OSOSANYA

  Crude oil Prices rise on OPEC+ output, demand prospects   Cruse oil prices rose about 2% on Thursday on indications that OPEC+ producers could increase output more slowly than expected in coming months, while rising global fuel demand would continue to tighten supply. This came as Nigeria and other members of OPEC planned to add 2 million additional supply to market between August and December.   READ ALSO: Hurdles as Nigeria NASS Passes 20-yr old Oil Bill +Effects on NNPC, N’Delta How Winners of NCDMB, NEXIM Bank’s Women in…

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Jailed South Africa ex-President Zuma doesn’t say if he will comply with sentence

Aoko Benjamin

  Here are his detailed journey jail + why Zuma is a special kind of prisoner   Former South African president Jacob Zuma has denounced the 15-month prison sentence he has been given by the country’s highest court and has not said if he will voluntarily comply with the order to turn himself over to the police. Legal experts and anti-corruption experts have widely welcomed the Constitutional Court’s ruling this week that Zuma should be imprisoned for defying a court order to testify before a judicial inquiry into widespread allegations…

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Hurdles as Nigeria NASS Passes 20-yr old Oil Bill +Effects on NNPC, N’Delta

Adeola Yusuf

    NNPC’s Equity Sale through IPO, N280 per litre petrol price through subsidy removal, award of 3% development fund and gas flaring fines to host communities and others are details of the bill provided in this report. Beyond these, Platforms Africa highlights reasons investors and Nigerians can not rejoice yet.   Nigeria’s legislators on Thursday ended a 20-year foot-dragging on Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) at they approved the long-delayed oil and gas law that aims to, among other thngs, transform the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to a profit-driven…

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Nigerian Presidency Hails NNPC Spokesman, Obateru, on Professionalism

Adeola Yusuf

  The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, has poured eulogies on the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the NNPC, Dr. Kennie Obateru on his recent Fellowship Award, describing him as an accomplished professional in the field of Public Relations.   READ ALSO: DPR confirms Platforms Africa Exclusive Story on Shakeup, Deputy Directors NNPC Spokesman, Kennie Obateru, Bags NIPR Fellowship Reports alleging NNPC in Financial Straits Fake – Obateru How Winners of NCDMB, NEXIM Bank’s Women in Oil Sector US$40m Will…

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