Day: April 26, 2023

Transparency, New Master Plan Vital For Niger Delta Development – Wabote

Abibat Babalola

The enthronement of transparency, prudent management of financial resources, and deployment of a new master plan are some of the strategies that would attract the private sector to support the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and return the agency to the path of sustainable development of the Niger Delta region, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote has canvassed. He made the submission in the keynote address he delivered at the NDDC Public-Private Partnership Summit 2023 held in Lagos on Tuesday,…

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Dream Of Every Responsible Man, Gov’s Aide Flaunts Ex-Emir Sanusi, 4 Wives’ Photo

Abibat Babalola

Sanusi was born on July 31, 1961 into the royal family of Muhammadu Sanusi I, who is his grandfather and Emir of Kano at the time. An aide to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, Ahmed Umar Bolori, has prayed for his friends to be ‘blessed’ as the deposed Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi who has four wives. Bolori is the Special Adviser to the Kogi State Governor on Public Relations. It is not clear if he too has four wives, but from his comment, it seems he has…

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Confusion As Labour Party Chieftain, Lamido Apapa Moves To “Withdraw Cases At Tribunal”

Abibat Babalola

. Arrest Him, Party Wants Chieftain In Police Custody         In a statement on Tuesday by its acting National Publicity Secretary Obiora Ifoh, the Labour Party called on law enforcement agencies to arrest Apapa and others in his camp describing them as “enemies of democracy.” The Labour Party has raised the alarm over the plan by its suspended Deputy National Chairman, Lamidi Apapa, to withdraw all cases of the party pending at election tribunals including that of its presidential candidate, Peter Obi. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Prince Lukman Adelodu…

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BREAKING: Prince Lukman Adelodu Gbadegesin Is New Alaafin of Oyo +PHOTOS

Gbenga Adeoti

  How the ex-aide to former President Olusegun Obasanjo was announced Alaafin-elect less than 24 hours after his birthday   One year after the demise of Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, the Oba in Council has announced Prince Lukman Adelodu Gbadegesin Agunloye as the new Kabiyesi elect and Alaafin for Oyo town It was ten princes who came out from his Ladigbolu  family to fight for the position. His name was in number eight. He had worked with Chief Olusegun Obasanjo as Personal Assistant when he was the President of the Federal…

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Nigeria’s Ex-Labour Minister, Musa Gwadabe, Is Dead

Aliyu Aliyu

He died in Kano. Daughter of the 86 year-old pioneer member of PDP gives details   A former Minister of Labour and Productivity, and pioneer member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Musa Gwadabe, is dead. Gwadabe died Wednesday morning (today) at the age of 86 at a Kano hospital after a prolonged illness. READ ALSO: WhatsApp To Support Multiple Phones On One Account To Save Sudan, These Four ‘Unseen Hands’ Must be Appeased 143 Entries In Race For $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature BREAKING: 80 Year-Old US President…

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143 Entries In Race For $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature

ADEOLA YUSUF

NLNG Sponsored Prize Records 61% Increase in Drama Cycle Entries     The Nigeria Prize for Literature, sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), has recorded a remarkable 61% increase in entries for Drama cycle, with 143 entries received for the 2023 edition against 89 entries in the last Drama cycle in 2018. The entrants will compete for a top prize of $100,000. This was revealed today at a ceremony in Lagos to hand over the entries to judges for the commencement of the adjudication process. NLNG, represented by its General…

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Sahara Group Advocates Backward Integration To Bolster Energy Sector Sustainability

Abibat Babalola

Deploying seamless backward integration in the energy sector will foster growth and sustainability enabled by improved efficiencies, innovation, upgrade in local expertise and participation, and the collaboration of host communities in operations across the value chain, Ejiro Gray, Director, Governance and Sustainability has said. Gray who addressed journalists at the 6th Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES) in Abuja said building local capacity for extraction and processing of natural resources facilitates job creation and economic growth. She also joined other panelists that discussed “Local Content Investment and Sustainable Energy Future” at…

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Wrong Impression, NCC Clears Air On Report It Incurred N17bn Deficit in 2021 Budget

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has cleared the air on a report, which said that it Incurred N17 billion deficit in the 2021 budget, describing the story as giving a wrong impression.       Here, below is the full statement from the Commission. Re: NCC Incurs Deficit in 2021 Budget The attention of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has been drawn to an online publication with a headline titled: “NCC Incurs a Deficit of N17bn, Spending N35.2bn on Personnel, Consultancy Fees”. The Commission is concerned with the inability of…

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