Month: May 2023

How We Unlocked $56.13mln for Host Communities – Shell

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Shell Petroleum Development Company, operator of the SPDC joint venture, on Tuesday unveiled eight Host Community Development Trusts in Bayelsa State, a critical step for unlocking the $56million earmarked for development in line with the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021. The $56.13 million represents funds to be paid this year by SPDC JV and Shell’s deep-water subsidiary, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) as contribution to HCDTs. This bold step in the implementation of the provisions of the PIA earned commendation from the Bayelsa…

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How I Betrayed Funke Akindele, Juliana Olayode Opens Up

ADEOLA YUSUF

“I’m Sorry I Hurt You,” details of Toyo Baby’s comment on how she parted ways with “Sister Funke” of the Jenifa Diary fame Actress Juliana Olayode on Saturday tendered an open apology to her senior colleague, Funke Akindele. Olayode, who came into the limelight with her role as Toyosi in Akindele’s ‘Jenifa Diary’, stated that she felt a burden to openly apologise to her senior colleague. She also addressed the issues that led to her withdrawal from the series, in a lengthy post on Facebook. READ ALSO: Children’s Day: Polaris…

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Children’s Day: Polaris Bank Urges Parents To Teach Their kid’s Savings Culture

ADEOLA YUSUF

As the world commemorates 2023 children’s’ day celebration, Polaris Bank has urged parents to imbibe in their kids, the art of saving by opening Polaris Rainbow Account. To encourage savings amongst kiddies, Polaris Bank offers its customers a specialized savings account, Polaris Rainbow Account, for kids between zero and 12 years. The account is part of a range of products designed by the Bank to ensure that, from infancy to adolescent, and to adulthood, there is a financial solution for everyone”. READ ALSO: Popular Hotelier Beaten to Death By Sons…

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Popular Hotelier Beaten to Death By Sons

ADEOLA YUSUF

Dirty details of how and why the two sons, who are graduates of Covenant University, descended on their biological father, a Deacon of the Winner Chapel, with kicks and blows.         A Sapele, Delta State-based popular hotelier, Emekeme Joseph (aka Semikolo) has allegedly been beaten to death by two of his children. Joseph, who is Chairman of Covenant Suites, a hotel chain and a deacon of Winner’s Chapel, was said to fallen gravely ill after his sons assaulted him. It was alleged that the sons, who graduated…

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Diezani Hits Malami, EFCC With N100bn Libel Suit

ADEOLA YUSUF

Diezani is demanding that the court orders the EFCC and Malami to retract the publications and tender an unreserved apology to her in three national newspapers. Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has dragged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, to court for alleged libel. In the suit marked CV/6273/2023, Diezani is accusing the first and second defendants – the EFCC and the AGF – of writing and publishing “false and defamatory reports about her of being a corrupt,…

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Nigerian Govt Declares Monday, 29th May, Public Holiday

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Government has declared Monday, 29th May 2023 as work-free for all workers in the country. According to the federal government, the decision is to allow Nigerians to commemorate the inauguration of the nation’s 16th democratically elected President. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuiab Belgore in a statement on Friday noted that the declaration was made by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola on behalf of the Federal Government. READ ALSO: Why I Killed Pastor For Rituals – Herbalist NUPRC Signs Seven Oil Regulations To Boost…

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Why I Killed Pastor For Rituals – Herbalist

ADEOLA YUSUF

A 48-year-old herbalist, Isiaka Ogunkoya has been arrested by the Osun State Police Command for the murder of one Pastor, Kalejaye Ezekiel. Nemesis caught up with him when he was on his way to Isoyin, he was arrested during a stop and search operation where he confessed the human parts belongs to a pastor. The suspect confessed to the crime, “I killed the pastor for rituals, needed to make use of a human during that period and the pastor came around. READ ALSO NUPRC Signs Seven Oil Regulations To Boost…

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NUPRC Signs Seven Oil Regulations To Boost Crude Oil Production

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has signed seven oil regulations. This is part of the efforts of the Federal Government to boost metering of crude oil operations in the upstream sector of the petroleum industry. The new regulations signed by the agency are Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Measurement Regulations; Frontier Basins Exploration Fund Administration Regulations; Production Curtailment and Domestic Crude Oil Supply Obligation Regulations; Nigeria Upstream Decommissioning and Abandonment Regulations; Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Unitisation Regulations; Gas Flaring, Venting and Methane Emission (Prevention of Waste and Pollution) Regulations and Significant…

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Tinubu Gets Transition Report, Vows To Tackle Insecurity, Power Crisis

ADEOLA YUSUF

The President-elect, Bola Tinubu on Thursday pledged to address the security and power crises, among other challenges confronting the country. Tinubu who was handed the transition report by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), promised not to disappoint Nigerians. He said this shortly after his investiture with the country’s highest national honour of Grand Commander of Federal Republic alongside the Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima who was honoured with the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger by the President. The investiture ceremony took place at the State House…

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I Knew Nothing About Education When I Became Minister – Adamu Adamu

ADEOLA YUSUF

Adamu, now the longest-serving education minister in Nigeria, was in charge when public universities were shut due to ASUU strike for six months.     Minister of Education Adamu Adamu has admitted he had a “superficial” knowledge of the education sector when he was appointed to head the Federal Ministry of Education. The minister said on Thursday at a valedictory service in his honour that to make up for his lack of knowledge, he consulted professors of education who assisted him in setting a roadmap for the education sector. READ…

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