Day: September 7, 2023

Danbatta Lauds Swedish Government, Ericsson Over Sustained Partnership

Abibat Babalola

Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Professor Umar Danbatta, has commended the Swedish Government and Ericsson for their commitment and consistency in a strategic partnership with NCC on capacity-building. He added that the partnership has strengthened the Commission’s regulatory activities. Danbatta said this at a workshop jointly organised by NCC and its Swedish partners within the framework of the Swedish Programme for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in Developing and Emerging Regions (SPIDER). The EVC/CEO of the NCC, in a release by the Director of Public Affairs, Rueben Muoka, stressed…

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NNPCL Kicks Against Oando’s Acquisition Of Agips’ Assets

Abibat Babalola

As it did in the case of  Seplat Energy and ExxonMobil, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) is set to replicate the same scenario between Oando and Nigerian Agip Oil Company NAOC, the two parties that recently struck a deal that will see Oando acquiring NAOC’s Interest in OMLs 60,61,62 and 63. It has therefore written a letter to the managing  director of Nigerian Agip Oil Company and the Chief Operating Officer of Oando Oil Limited (OOL) stating its discontent with  the deal According to the NNPCL letter, it…

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Nigeria Targets Gas Output Surge to 5bn cf Daily by 2030 – Ekpo

ADEOLA YUSUF

Investments opportunities the minister of state for Petroleum (gas) presented to stakeholders at Gastech Confab in Singapore       Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Mr.. Ekperikpe Ekpo, who is leading Nigeria’s delegation to the Gastech Conference in Singapore has reportedly assured that the country is richly endowed with sufficient natural gas reserves and can increase its production to more than five billion cubic feet per day by 2030. Platforms Africa reports that Ekpo’s statement at the conference was shared in a press release to journalists in Nigeria.…

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Why Oyo Youths Commissioner Lauded Love of Christ At Youth TakeOver Event

Abibat Babalola

Youths of Love of Christ Generation Church held their annual Youth TakeOver programme tagged “Breaking Limits,” with the Oyo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Dr. Seun Fakorede, commending them for their zeal in God’s service at their young age. Dr. Fakorede who was the guest speaker at the thanksgiving service which rounded off the event, said: “God is raising a new set of generals; they are politicians who will double as prophets in their youth as they will break limits. This resolution has little or nothing to do with…

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Tinubu Wins, Atiku, Obi Lose As PEPC Delivers Longest Judgement In History

Aliyu Aliyu

The Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) has affirmed the election of President Bola Tinubu. The court dismissed the petitions filed by Mr Peter Obi of Labour Party and his Party and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). READ ALSO Labour Party Rejects Presidential Election Tribunal Judgement PEPC Judgement: ‘I Don’t Think This Is Ordinary’, Reactions As Lawyers Foze Off In Court Tribunal Declares Natasha Winner Of Kogi Central Election N144k: Consumers To pay More For Pre-paid Meters As NERC Hikes Prices Father, 2 Sons Confirmed Dead In…

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