Day: September 9, 2023

Power Cuts Hit Sierra Leone after $40 Million Unpaid Debt

ADEOLA YUSUF

Turkey’s Karpowership has switched off electricity supply to Sierra Leone’s capital city Freetown over an outstanding debt of some $40 million, the energy minister of the West African country told Reuters on Friday. Karpowership has 36 powerships with a total of 6,000 MW of installed capacity, and powers towns and communities in more than 20 countries. Sierra Leone’s debt “was accrued over time because the government subsidises more than half the cost the ship charges per kilowatt hour,” Kanja Sesay told Reuters. READ ALSO: CNL Reiterates Commitment to Supporting the…

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Chevron Reiterates Anti-Oil Theft Support In Nigeria

Abibat Babalola

Chevron Nigeria Limited (“CNL”), operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (“NNPCL”) and CNL – “NNPCL/CNL JV” – is aware of a report in one of the online media platforms blaming international oil companies (“IOCs”), communities and other stakeholders for the oil theft that has hindered the growth of the oil industry. Chevron and another IOC were specifically mentioned in the report allegedly attributed to the Chairman of the House of Representatives ad hoc committee set up to investigate crude oil theft. READ ALSO: Love…

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Love Scam: EFCC Returns N19m, Duplex, Car, Phones To American

Abibat Babalola

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over property recovered from a convicted fraudster, Aisosa Kelvin Ohue, to an American victim, Cheryldene Cook. The property which included the sum of N19 million, a three-bedroom semi-detached duplex at Ward 36A Amagba Community in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, a Lexus E350 saloon car, an iPhone 13 Pro Max, and a Samsung A31 phone were presented to the American victim by the Zonal Commander, ACE I Adebayo Adeniyi, and the Head, Advanced Fee Fraud Section 1, ACE II…

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How London-Bound Nigerian Student Died Aboard EgyptAir

ADEOLA YUSUF

“Felt sick mid-flight,” details emerged on the last hours of Miss Meshioye Remilekun Toyosi, who departed the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Monday, September 4, 2023   A Nigerian student travelling from Lagos to London, the United Kingdom, aboard Egypt Air has been confirmed dead. It was gathered that the student, Meshioye Remilekun Toyosi, who departed the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Monday, September 4, 2023, fell sick mid-flight and died in the hospital in Cairo, Egypt. Speaking on the incident, Meshioye’s elder sister, Olufunmilola Olaniyi-Alabi,…

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Number of Women Who Beat Their Husbands In Lagos Hits 340 In One Year

Damilola Olonade

Hundreds of male now suffer incidences of domestic violence perpetrated against them by their wives. 340 of them actually reported this between September 2022 and July 2023.   The Lagos State Government has reported 340 cases of women pummeling their husbands to submission in the state in the last one year. Platforms Africa reports that the Executive Secretary, Lagos Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, disclosed this recently. She said incidence of reporting of domestic violence from male increased during the last one year. READ ALSO: “He Queried…

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Man Electrocuted During Attempts to Steal Transformer Cables

Aliyu Aliyu

AN unidentified man was electrocuted while trying to steal transformer cables in the early hours of Friday inside the premises of Niger State Printing Press in Minna. The corpse of the man was found by some staff of the printing press hanging on the transformer on Friday morning, Platforms Africa reports. READ ALSO: Probe Ogun LG Monthly Allocations’ Alleged Diversion, HEDA Tells Tinubu Tinubu Wins, Atiku, Obi Lose As PEPC Delivers Longest Judgement In History Danbatta Lauds Swedish Government, Ericsson Over Sustained Partnership N144k: Consumers To pay More For Pre-paid…

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BECE, Placement Test Results Released – Lagos + How To Check

Abibat Babalola

Access Given to all concerned schools in the state to check their results realtime, first time in history – Exams board   The Lagos State Examinations Board, on Friday, advised public and approved private schools in the state to visit its portal, following the release of 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) results. Platforms Africa reports that the Public Affairs Officer, Mr Fatai Bakare, said in a statement on Friday, in Lagos, that the board, for the first time in history, had given all concerned schools in the state the…

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Probe Ogun LG Monthly Allocations’ Alleged Diversion, HEDA Tells Tinubu

Aliyu Aliyu

+ What Olarenwaju Suraju of HEDA Resources Centre, Zikirullah Ibrahim of CHRICED, Muhammed Attah of PRADIN, Awaru Musa Rafsanjani of CISLAC, and David Ugolor of ANEEJ jointly said on the tangle between Governor Dapo Abiodun and Wale Adedayo over alleged corruption   The Human and Environmental Development Agency, HEDA, has called for an investigation of the illicit diversion of local government allocations in Ogun state levelled against the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun. Platforms Africa reports that the statement jointly signed by Olarenwaju Suraju of HEDA Resources Centre, Zikirullah Ibrahim…

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Photos of Ogbomoso Priests Performing Rituals On New Soun Go Viral

Gbenga Adeoti

“The traditionalists have taken over,” “Why should that vitual be on the net?” “Pastor Ghandi has done nothing wrong” – Reactions greet viral photo of RCCG’s ex-pastor sandwiched by priests   The picture of traditional rites for the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Ghandi Olaoye, has surfaced on the internet eliciting mixed reactions. Platforms Africa reports that the picture showed two men said to be the chief priests of Ogbomoso land performing some rites on the new monarch. Oba Olaoye was a popular Pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God…

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How Plane With 51 Passengers Skidded Off Runway at Lagos Airport

Abibat Babalola

A United Nigeria Airlines aircraft on Friday evening skidded off the runway at Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos. The aircraft with registration number 5NBWY, skidded off at about 6:48 pm while trying to land under a very high rainfall. According to a source who spoke with Punch on condition of anonymity, the Airfield was temporarily closed but reopened at 8:10 p.m. READ ALSO: Pandemonium As Fire Guts Murtala International Airport Lagos  Tinubu Wins, Atiku, Obi Lose As PEPC Delivers Longest Judgement In History Why Oyo Youths Commissioner Lauded Love of…

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