Day: March 10, 2022

JUST IN: Lagos Suspends NURTW Operations, Takes Over Parks

Gbenga Adeoti

Action in exercise of duty to ensure the safety of lives and property of all Lagosians and visitors – Commissioner The Lagos State Government has suspended the operations of National Union Of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the state. The government said that it has been watching closely events in the National Union of Road Transport Workers Union (NURTW), maintaining that here have been claims and counter claims over the control of the union. The Government, which announced this in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga…

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BREAKING: UK Stops Sale of Chelsea FC, Seizes Abramovich’s Assets

Aoko Benjamin

The United Kingdom has seized all assets of Che8lsea FC owner Roman Abramovich. He is one of seven oligarchs hit with fresh sanctions, including asset freezes and travel bans over Russian invasion of Ukraine. Also affected are billionaires Igor Sechin and Oleg Deripaska, both seen as allies of Vladimir Putin. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said “there can be no safe havens” for those who have supported the invasion. “Today’s sanctions are the latest step in the UK’s unwavering support for the Ukrainian people. “We will be ruthless in pursuing those…

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MC Oluomo Fights Back, Withdraws Lagos NURtW From National Body

Tade Salako

Following the suspension of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Lagos State Council Chairman, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya (aka MC Oluomo) by the national body of the union, Akinsanya and all members of the union have withdraw their membership from the national body. Rising from a meeting at the state secretariat, Agege, Akinsanya said all attempts to have an amicable resolution to the crisis with the national body have failed. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Trouble Looms As NURTW Suspends MC Oluomo Indefinitely How I was Kidnapped, Tortured, Escaped From Abductors –…

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NCDMB, AFREXIM, APPO Mull New Funding Models For African Oil Industry

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), African Petroleum Producers’ Organization (APPO), and Africa Export-Import Bank (AFREXIMBank) have outlined new and sustainable models of funding oil and gas investments in Africa, using resources drawn from the continent and de-emphasizing international financiers. The new pathways were some of the key outcomes of the African Local Content Investment Forum (ALIF) hosted by the NCDMB in Lagos on Monday and form part of the concerted efforts to overcome the decision of western nations and their financial institutions, and international operating oil companies…

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Stakeholders Laud NCDMB’s Investment in Base Oil Plant

Precious Ibekwe

Key stakeholders of the oil and gas industry have commended the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) for catalyzing the development of critical oil and gas facilities, including Bunorr Integrated Energy Limited which would produce lube oil and other lubricants in-country. The stakeholders gave their commendations when they toured the base oil manufacturing plant located near Omagwa, Rivers State. The project is one of the Board’s flagship projects and is expected to be commissioned later in the year and the visit was in continuation of stakeholders’ tour of the…

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Bandits Kidnap 13 Year-Old Boy, Turn Him To Child Slave For Stolen Cows

Aliyu Aliyu

Bandits turned a 13-year-old boy they kidnapped from Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Northwest Nigeria, into a child slave for the cows they stole. The Zamfara Police Public Relations Officer, SP Muhammad Shehu, who announced the rescue of the boy by men of his command, said the boy, kidnapped two years ago, was dehumanised by the bandits. He maintained that the abductee was forced to run an errand for stolen cows by bandits before he was rescued. According to him, the Police Tactical Operatives, deployed along Dansadau…

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How 33,000 Litre-Petrol Tanker Exploded In Lagos Filling Station – Witness

Tade Salako

11 Plc probes cause of the incident as fire razed storey building, rendered many homeless There was pandemonium at Idi-Oro, in the Mushin area of Lagos State, Nigeria’s commercial capital, on Wednesday, when a tanker loaded with Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) exploded at a Mobil Filling Station in the community. The fire was said to have spread to an adjoining three-storey building, burning down the property. Eyewitnesses said the fire started around 1pm when the tanker, laden with 33,000 litres of petrol, was discharging its content at the filling station…

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BREAKING: Trouble Looms As NURTW Suspends MC Oluomo Indefinitely

Tade Salako

The group that its members are known for settling scores with arms and charms directed MC Oluomo whose followers said they are battle ready to quit Lagos office over alleged misconduct The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has suspended its Lagos chapter’s Chairman, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly called Mc Oluomo, indefinitely over alleged misconduct, insubordination, and inciting members of the state chapter against the apex body. This development may be connected to a protest staged by Mc Oluomo supporters during which they accused the union at national level of…

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