Day: May 18, 2023

We Engage Barge FP Amangwu to Transport Legally Produced Crude Oil to Ajapa FSO – Petralon 54

ADEOLA YUSUF

      We have followed with keen interest reports of the exchange between our erstwhile vendor, First Priority Resources International Limited (First Priority) the operators of Barge FP Amangwu and security operatives (men of Operation Delta Safe and Tantita Security Services), and wish to highlight some facts of our transaction with the vendor in question. By this account, our objective is to give context to the situation and aid public understanding and interpretation of the development. More importantly, our provision of the facts and history of the transaction will…

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Stakeholders Fault Security’s Hasty Destruction of Oil Barge FP Amangwu

ADEOLA YUSUF

“Why destroying a barge on mere suspicion of involvement in crude oil theft or oil bunkering without proper investigation? To whose advantage are the destroyed evidences?”    Stakeholders in the Nigerian oil and gas sector have decried the actions of the men of Operation Delta Safe and Tantita Security Services who set ablaze Barge FP Amangwu reportedly owned by First Priority Limited and burnt down a waste treatment facility belonging to Mawe Services Limited just on the mere suspicion of involvement in crude oil theft or oil bunkering without proper…

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LAGOS TELEVISION WINS AT THE NIGERIAN BROADCASTING AWARD

ADEOLA YUSUF

Lagos Television has won an award in the Best Indigenous Documentary/Feature (Indigenous) category at The Nigeria Broadcasting Awards. The Awards held at the Prestigious Eko Hotels Convention Centre Victoria Island was attended by The Station’s General Manager Ms Siju Alabi and two other members of the Management Team who received the award on behalf of Lagos Television. Lagos Television was nominated alongside 4 other Television stations in the category. READ ALSO: ‘Now A Mechanic,’ Tale of Nigerian Boy Who Holds 5 Guiness World Records Viral Photos Of Elon Musk, Robot…

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‘Now A Mechanic,’ Tale of Nigerian Boy Who Holds 5 Guiness World Records

Precious Ibekwe

Vincent Okezie, the Nigerian boy who holds five Guinness World Records is now an apprentice at a mechanic workshop in Aba, south east Nigeria. The manager and coach of the 16 year-old boy, Chukwuebuka Ezugha, was quoted by a report by Legit to have said this in an interview. READ ALSO: Nigeria’s Akeem Badru Is Cambridge Regional Teacher Awards’ Winner 21 things You Don’t Know About Hilda Baci, Marathon Cook Record Breaker GTBank, 6 Others Fined N1bn For Forex Offences + LIST 4.98: One on One With Amzat Semiu Biola,…

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Viral Photos Of Elon Musk, Robot Wife Fake

ADEOLA YUSUF

Several pictures of Elon Musk dancing and kissing a robot that surfaced online have been described as fake. Over the weekend, pictures of Elon Musk and the alleged humanoid robot went viral on various social media platforms. The pictures depicted the renowned tech billionaire and the alleged robot wife (some people dubbed Catanila) in an intimate almost-kissing position. READ ALSO: Nigeria’s Akeem Badru Is Cambridge Regional Teacher Awards’ Winner GTBank, 6 Others Fined N1bn For Forex Offences + LIST Convocation: IBBU, Lapai To graduate 37 1st Class   However, AlArabiya.net,…

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Nigeria’s Akeem Badru Is Cambridge Regional Teacher Awards’ Winner

Abibat Babalola

“How the teacher at St Michael RCM Primary School, Ogunpa Lunloye, Abeokuta, won the 2023 Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Awards for Central and Southern Africa.”     A teacher at the St Michael RCM Primary School, Ogunpa Lunloye, Abeokuta Ogun State, Akeem Badru, has been announced as the regional winner of the 2023 Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Awards for Central and Southern Africa. The Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Awards, which is run by the Cambridge University Press, is an annual competition to celebrate teachers globally and their efforts in educating their pupils. The…

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GTBank, 6 Others Fined N1bn For Forex Offences + LIST

Abibat Babalola

Seven Deposit Money Banks paid a total of N1,088,334,000 as fines to the Central Bank of Nigeria, Securities and Exchange Commission, National Insurance Commission, Pension Commission and others in the 2022 financial, according to findings. This was disclosed in the financial statements of the banks for the year 2022, which were filed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited. The financial services firms included in this report are Access Holdings Plc, Wema Bank Plc, Union Bank of Nigeria, Guaranty Trust Holding Company, FCMB Group Plc, Fidelity Bank Plc, and Stanbic IBTC Holdings.…

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PDP, Labour Party kick As US Secretary of State calls Tinubu

Abibat Babalola

The Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party on Wednesday expressed anger over the telephone conversation between the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken and the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Blinken pledged stronger ties between the US and Nigeria during a 20-minute telephone call to Tinubu, who is in France. The US Department of State spokesperson, Matthew Miller, in a statement said Blinken spoke with the president-elect on Tuesday. The development came 24 hours after the Joe Biden administration announced the imposition of visa restrictions on Nigerians who allegedly disrupted…

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