Day: April 17, 2023

Police Arrest Man For Kidnapping, Burying 3-Year-Old Child Alive In Katsina

Abibat Babalola

The Katsina State Police Command on Monday paraded a suspect who kidnapped and buried a three-year-old child alive after collecting the ransom of N150,000 from his parent in a Katsina community. The suspect, Abubakar Abdulaziz 30, of Sabuwar Santa, Musawa LGA, Katsina State, according to police report had criminally trespassed into the residence of one Adamu Alhassan of Bacirawa village in Musawa LGA Local Government while he was deep asleep and kidnapped his three three-year-old son to an unknown destination. READ ALSO: Ogun Woman Sells Baby For N600.000 In Lagos…

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How My Wife Sold Our 18 Month-Old Daughter For N600,000 In Lagos – Man

Ganiyu Amodu

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 33-year-old woman, Olaide Adekunle for allegedly selling her 18 months old baby for N600,000 to a yet-to-be-identified buyer. The command indicated that the incident occurred on 15th March 2023. The state police spokesman, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested following a complaint lodged at Sango divisional headquarters by her husband, Nureni Rasaq. READ ALSO: Workers Ground ExxonMobil’s Nigeria Operations, Firm Declares Force Majeure APC Chairman Slumps, Dies In Delta State SpaceX Starship, World’s Biggest Rocket, Set For First…

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Workers Ground ExxonMobil’s Nigeria Operations, Firm Declares Force Majeure

Efe Wellington

ExxonMobil has declared force majeure on oil lifting from several ports in Nigeria further weakening the country’s declining export potential. This follows industrial action by the company’s in-house workers Union, the company said in a statement on Monday. Platforms Africa reports that this will lead to another set back to the country which is a member of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), and had lost its status as Africa’s top oil producer last year when businesses such as Shell Plc and TotalEnergies began to reduce their investment due…

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APC Chairman Slumps, Dies In Delta State

Abibat Babalola

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Ward 9, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, Vincent Okokoje, has reportedly slumped and died. The Ward 12 Chairman of the party, Comrade Gabriel Omorere, confirmed the development to newsmen on Monday. Omorere said: “We attended a meeting together at the residence of an APC leader in Warri South, Chief Ojogri, on Wednesday. “We only got the news that he died on Thursday morning READ ALSO: SpaceX Starship, World’s Biggest Rocket, Set For First Test Flight Tricycle Ambulance Initiative To…

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SpaceX Starship, World’s Biggest Rocket, Set For First Test Flight

Abibat Babalola

SpaceX was counting down on Monday to the first test flight of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, designed to send astronauts to the Moon and Mars and beyond. Fueling was underway and the giant rocket was scheduled to blast off from Starbase, the SpaceX spaceport in Boca Chica, Texas, at 8:20 am Central Time (1320 GMT), SpaceX said. Fallback times are planned for later in the week if Monday’s launch attempt is delayed—something billionaire SpaceX founder Elon Musk said is a distinct possibility. READ ALSO: Buhari Meets Govs,…

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Tricycle Ambulance Initiative To Serve Rural Areas -Ogun Govt

Abibat Babalola

The Ogun State Government has said that the introduction of tricycle ambulances in the state is to tackle the threat of maternal and infant mortality in rural areas. This was disclosed in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Kunle Somorin, on Sunday. According to the statement, the tricycle ambulances were officially introduced in February 2022 after the state government purchased 50 tricycles, the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals donated 30 more, and 10 more tricycles—for a total of…

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Buhari Meets Govs, EFCC Chair, Others in Saudi Arabia

Abibat Babalola

The President, Major General  Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on the fifth day of his official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, received governors of Borno and Yobe states, Prof. Babagana Zulum and Mai Mala Buni, respectively, as well as Katsina State governor-elect, Dikko Radda. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Buhari met the governors at the Makkah Guest Palace.  He also received updates from some Nigerian government officials on situations back home, including Saturday’s supplementary elections in parts of the country. At the Makkah Guest Palace where he is accommodated by…

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Aviation Unions To Ground Flights, Airports Today

Abibat Babalola

No aircraft will be allowed to fly, aviation workers vow Chaos may break out across airports in the country as aviation unions vowed on Sunday to begin a two-day warning strike on Monday. The development could leave many air passengers stranded in Lagos, Abuja and other airports in the country. Domestic and international airlines are likely to be forced to cancel their flights as aviation workers down tools in protest against what they say is the government’s failure to address their concerns regarding National Minimum Wage Consequential Adjustment and working…

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OPL 310: Lekoil Secures Court Injunction Against Optimum Petroleum

ADEOLA YUSUF

Details of the bickering and its link to the US$250 million investments in Ogo discovery offshore Lagos   Lekoil Nigeria Limited, the oil and gas exploration and production company with a focus on Nigeria and West Africa, announces that it has been granted an injunction by a Federal High Court in Lagos against its partner in the Oil Prospecting Lease, OPL 310 asset, Optimum Petroleum Development Limited. Optimum has 60 percent interest while Lekoil’s affiliates collectively own 40 percent participating interest in OPL 310 for which Lekoil has invested over…

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How AAU, ICANN Celebrated First Universal Acceptance Day, By Naomi Darko

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Association of African Universities’ (AAU’s) strategic priorities are to promote a favourable policy environment, strengthen institutional capacity of stakeholders, harmonize standardization for competitiveness, collaborate as well as mobilize resources to help sustain its programmes, the secretary general of the AAU, Professor Olusola Oyewole, has said. In a speech read on his behalf at the maiden edition of Universal Acceptance (UA) Day celebrations, in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, by director of ICT services, communications, and knowledge management at the AAU, Ms. Nodumo Dhlamini, he said as an institution, the AAU’s  vision…

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