Day: August 1, 2023

BREAKING: Helicopter Crashes In Lagos

Ganiyu Amodu

An air crash involving a helicopter occurred in the Oba Akran area of Ikeja, Lagos State. The incident happened on Monday afternoon close to a branch of the United Bank for Africa on the axis. READ ALSO: ‘Go Make Daddy Proud,’ Basketmouth’s Son Joins Liverpool Academy Mali, Burkina Faso Back Niger Junta, Warn ECOWAS Judge Disguises As Woman To Write Law Exams For Girlfriend, Arrested The casualties involved in the crash as well as the details of the ill-fated chopper could not be ascertained as of the time this report…

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‘Go Make Daddy Proud,’ Basketmouth’s Son Joins Liverpool Academy

Ganiyu Amodu

Popular Nigerian comedian, Bright Okpocha, aka Basketmouth has enrolled his son, Jason in Liverpool football academy in England. Basketmouth took to his Instagram account to share a video of his son arriving at the academy. READ ALSO: Mali, Burkina Faso Back Niger Junta, Warn ECOWAS NCDMB Takes Nigerian Content Sensitization To Bench, Bar In Rivers Construction Of Ondo Oil And Gas Park To Start, NCDMB Assures Govt, Investors  He urged Jason to go ahead and make him proud in this new path in his life. He wrote; “Go make daddy…

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Mali, Burkina Faso Back Niger Junta, Warn ECOWAS

Ganiyu Amodu

“We refuse to apply the illegal, illegitimate and inhumane sanctions against the people and authorities of Niger”.     Any military intervention in Niger to restore deposed President Mohamed Bazoum would be considered a “declaration of war against Burkina Faso and Mali”, the two countries said in a joint statement Monday. The governments of Niger’s two neighbours, both the result of recent military coups, made the comments after West African leaders threatened to use “force” to reinstate Bazoum and slapped financial sanctions on the putschists. “Any military intervention against Niger…

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NCDMB Takes Nigerian Content Sensitization To Bench, Bar In Rivers

Abibat Babalola

As part of its sustained effort to raise awareness on the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act among critical stakeholders in the oil and gas industry, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) held a one-day sensitisation workshop for members of the Bench and the Bar in the Rivers State capital, Port Harcourt, on Thursday. In a keynote address the Executive Secretary of the NCDMB, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote, said the Judiciary as the key institution for interpretation of laws is a stakeholder deserving of thorough…

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Construction Of Ondo Oil And Gas Park To Start, NCDMB Assures Govt, Investors 

Abibat Babalola

Actual construction of a low-cost manufacturing hub for equipment components and spare parts used in the oil and gas industry will start in Ondo State soonest, according to the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). Located at Ilaje, Ilaje Local Government Area of the State, the facility is one of six being built in different parts of the country under NCDMB’s Nigerian Oil and Gas Park Scheme (NOGAPS) in furtherance of its corporate mandate to develop in-country capacity in the oil and gas industry. NOGAPS, at Odukpani, Cross River…

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JUST IN: ASUU Declares Nationwide Strike

Ganiyu Amodu

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared nationwide strike in solidarity with the planned industrial action by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday, August 2nd. This was confirmed by the ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke. READ ALSO: EXCLUSIVE: Prepare, Fresh Petrol Price Hike Imminent, Oil Hits $81pb Strike. Subsidy, Others: Full Text of Tinubu’s Address to Nigerians Stock Homes With Food, Total Strike Coming, Labour To Nigerians Judge Disguises As Woman To Write Law Exams For Girlfriend, Arrested Veteran Nollywood Actor, Buffalo Is Dead Meet Jim Obazee,…

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