Month: May 2022

Sierra Leone Begins 5th Offshore Licensing Round

ADEOLA YUSUF

Ukraine war has sens oil and gas prices skyrocketing to their highest levels in almost 10 years   Sierra Leone has launched its 5th offshore licensing round that is anticipated to receive some interesting offers for acquisition of oil blocs, government officials are saying. The announcement was made at the recent African Global Energy Summit in London, and has ‘generated a lot of buzz’ in the sector around the world, according to the officials. This is coming at a time when countries around the world are looking at new ways…

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3 PDP Delegates Assassinated In Niger, Abacha’s Son Wins Kano Guber Ticket

ADEOLA YUSUF

Three delegates of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have been assassinated in Niger State. This came as Alhaji Muhammad Abacha, son of former military leader, Sani Abacha, emerged governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 general election in Kano State. The three Niger PDP delegates who were assassinated came from Mariga local government area in Niger State. READ ALSO: 2023: Kantigi wins Niger PDP guber primary, defeats 4 other aspirants Peter Obi Dumps PDP, Withdraws From Party’s Presidential Primary How Dino Melaye was Defeated in Kogi…

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Saudi Arabia Rakes In $1Billion From Oil Exports Every Day

ADEOLA YUSUF

Crude production by the Kingdom rose to 10.3 million barrels a day in March, with Brent oil prices averaging $112 a barrel   Saudi Arabia’s oil exports reached $30 billion in March, the highest in at least six years, driven by a rally in oil prices and rising production. The value of crude exports, now almost $1 billion a day, increased by 123% year on year, the kingdom’s statistics office said. READ ALSO: EXCLUSIVE: Buhari Declines Ministerial Consent For ExxonMobil $1.6bn Assets’ Sale To Seplat Oil Theft: Fact And Figures…

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All academic manuscripts must undergo plagiarism test – TETFUND

ADEOLA YUSUF

The management of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund has raised the alarm over the submission of already published books as academic manuscripts to the fund for sponsorship. In a statement addressed to all heads of institutions, the management noted that henceforth, all academic Manuscripts submitted for sponsorship must undergo a plagiarism process. The statement was titled, ‘Inclusion Of Anti-plagiarism Certificate As Part Of Requirement To Access Academic Manuscript Into Books Intervention. READ ALSO Niger Delta Varsity Promotes 188 Lecturers, Enrols 7,600 Students Meet Prof. Adenike Oladiji, First Female VC In…

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Meet Oluwaseyi Adewumi, Lady who Shattered Records at UNILAG

ADEOLA YUSUF

Oluwaseyi Adewumi, lady who broke record at the University of Lagos has narrated her story. Taking to her social media handles, Adewumi said; “Breaking a 59-year record as I emerged as the First Female to graduate as both the Best Graduating Student in Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Overall Best Female in the entire Faculty of Engineering from my department at the University of Lagos remains the humbling moment of my convocation from the University of Lagos. Indeed, God has been undeniably good to me as I was able…

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COEASU insists on migration of academics to UTAS

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has insisted on the migration of academics in tertiary institutions to the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS). UTAS is an ingenious alternative pay platform innovated by ASUU. The President of the union, Dr Smart Olugbeko, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday. Olugbeko said that the insistence on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) had opened the payroll up to unilateral manipulations and fraud perpetrated by individuals. READ ALSO: Buhari orders NITDA…

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2023: Kantigi wins Niger PDP guber primary, defeats 4 other aspirants

ADEOLA YUSUF

Minna, Niger State: Alhaji Isah Liman Kantigi, has emerged the winner of the gubernatorial election held by the opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Niger state. The primary poll was to hold on Wednesday, but due to the protest by the other five contestants who insisted on verification of authenticity of delegates list via means of identification, the primary wad shifted to Thursday. Kantigi, inveriably defeated the other aspirants by polling 667 votes. His closest rival, Idris Sani Kutigi, polled 114 votes, followed by the immediate past Director of Petroleum…

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17 Yr-Old Boy Stabs Ikeja Electric Staff Over Disconnection, Crazy Bills

ADEOLA YUSUF

A 17-year old boy, Rokeeb Ogunola, has vented his anger on a staff of Ikeja Elecric company, Shehu Dogbe, by stabbing him with a knife for allegedly disconnecting their light over accumulated estimated electricity bill. Platforms Africa reports that the incident happened at Tunde Ilufoye Street Fatoki, off Isuti Road, Egan, Lagos, where the boy lives with his parents. According to the residents, the boy was angry and frustrated about the manner the staff of Ikeja Electric usually come to their house to disconnect light over the highly estimated bills.…

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Hunger Looms As Food Prices Skyrocket by 42% in Nigeria

ADEOLA YUSUF

Prices of yam, beans, palm oil, others going out of the reach of millions of Nigerians   Selected food prices recorded an increase of 42 per cent in one year, figures by the National Bureau of Statistics have shown. Platforms Africa reports that this, ccoming at a time the inflation has also increased significantly, signified hunger looming among millions of poor people in the country. A new report titled “Selected Food Price Watch for the month of April 2022” showed that the average price of 1kg of beans (white, black…

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