Day: January 31, 2022

JUST IN: Channels Cameraman Stabbed, Arise Crew Missing

Tade Salako

Dozens of hoodlums were reported to have attacked and stabbed a cameraman of a Television station, Channels, Ismail Sanusi, while recording the present condition of gridlock on the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway as well as around the Apapa and Tin Can ports in Lagos State. Aside from him, a report by The Guild added that the crew members of Arise Television, who were also within the axis to record efforts been made to ease movements around the ports, were said to be missing after hoodlums attacked them to halt the recordings on…

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Careless Award of 1st-Class Honours By Nigerian Varsities Worrisome- OOU VC

Wonuola Olujobi

The Vice Chancellor, Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU, Ago Iwoye, Prof. Ganiyu Olatunde, has advised universities in the country against indiscriminate award of first-class degree to their students, saying a situation where some universities would have a significant number of their graduating students bagging such is becoming worrisome. This is just as he clarified that students deserving of such grades should not be denied. He spoke in Ago Iwoye while briefing the press on activities lined up for the 30th convocation ceremony of the institution. According to him, graduates should be…

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Oil Minister, Marketers Meet over N3trn Subsidy, Takeoff Shift

ADEOLA YUSUF

Our stand on 18-Month Extension for Subsidy Removal – MOMAN Minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has met with Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) over issues around the planned N3 trillion Subsidy payment as well as the shift in the implementation of the end of fuel subsidy. Chairman of MOMAN, Olumide Adeosun, who disclosed this at a press conference in Lagos on Monday, maintained that his group is, asides the meering that took place last Wednesday, seeking further engagement with Mr. Sylva and other top government…

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Caretaker’s Sons Defile Tenant’s 10-year-old Daughter

Precious Ibekwe

A 10-year-old daughter of a tenant in Anambra, Southeast Nigeria, (name withheld) has been allegedly defiled by two brothers, said to be twins, who are sons of Caretakers The twin brothers have been arrested for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl in Abagana, in the Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State. The suspects, whose names were given as Chukwuemeka and Chukwuebuka Okpe, were reportedly arrested alongside their mother, Mrs. Chinwe Okpe, caretaker of the house where the victim resided. Executive Director, Davina Care Foundation, Mrs. Rachel Yohanna, who disclosed this…

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BREAKING: Nigeria Spends N264bn on Refineries, Pipelines in One Year

ADEOLA YUSUF

. NNPC Ex-GED, Upstream, Bello Rabiu, advocates measures to deepen accountability, transparency and efficiency of public refineries as he picks holes in N9 per litre bridging cost The gross inefficiency of the government owned refineries as well as issues about 5,000 kilometers of pipelines across the country cost the Nigerian government over N264 billion in just one year. Former Group Executive Director, Upstream of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Bello Rabiu, who declared this in Lagos on Monday, maintained that the country spends over N22 billion every month on…

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Chevron Rakes In $520m from Assets Sale in 3 Months

ADEOLA YUSUF

Super major announces $5.1 billion Q4 Revenues, $15.6 billion earnings for 2021   United States oil supermajor, Chevron, has announced that it raked in $520 million from the sale of its assets in the last three Months of 2020. Platforms Africa reports that the company also reported full-year 2021 earnings of $15.6 billion ($8.14 per share – diluted), compared with a loss of $5.5 billion ($(2.96) per share – diluted) in 2020. Included in 2021 were net charges for special items of $289 million, compared to net charges of $5.1…

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DCP Kyari Empties Facebook Page After 462 Photos from IGP’s Son Wedding Raise Dust

Dawood Rabiu

  Abba Kyari, deputy commissioner of police (DCP), deleted all posts on his Facebook page shortly after uploading 462 pictures from the wedding of Maina Alkali, son of Usman Baba, the inspector-general of police (IGP), in Maiduguri. Shortly after he made the post, many news organisations reported his public appearance which appeared to have made him delete his previous posts on Facebook. Kyari’s presence at the wedding was the first in months since he came under investigation over alleged involvement in an international scam. According to US court documents in…

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Veteran Journalist, Femi Abass, Wins Sir Ahmadu Bello Sardauna Award

Aliyu Aliyu

National Association Northern Nigerian Students (NANNS) writes Award Winner, fixes date for presentation Veteran Nigerian Journalist, Femi Abass, has won the Sir Ahmadu Bello Sardauna Award of Excellence. Platforms Africa reports that the National Association of Northern Nigerian Students (NANNS), organisers of the award, which announced this in a letter sent to Abass, maintained that the presentation of the coveted award has been fixed for 2nd of February, 2022. READ ALSO: Nigeria’ll Pay N3trn To NNPC As Fuel Subsidy In 2022 Teenagers Behead Girlfriend for Money Rituals Kwara Gov Signs…

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