Month: October 2023

2023 AFCON: CAF Unveils Official Match Ball

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has unveiled the official match ball for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire. The official match ball is named after Ivorian legendary forward Laurent Pokou. The official ball, POKOU, features the three main colours of the Cote d’Ivoire flag—white, orange, and green—while incorporating the latest technology that will revolutionise the game on the continent and beyond. READ ALSO Nigerian Oil Industry Is On Steady Growth Trend – Wabote Efficiency, Transparency: How NCDMB Retained Top Position Among Agencies Why We Moved 2023…

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Nigerian Oil Industry Is On Steady Growth Trend – Wabote

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian oil and gas industry is growing steadily across several fronts despite reduced investments due to the global quest for cleaner energy and divestments of some onshore and shallow assets by a few international oil companies, the Executive Secretary Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote has said. He gave the assessment on Monday while delivering the keynote address at the 3rd Biennial International Conference on Hydrocarbon Science and Technology, organised by the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) in Abuja, with the theme “The Future of the…

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‘He Raped his Wife’s Niece,” Lagos Doctor Bags Life Imprisonment

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“The victim is just 15 year-old,” Court gives reasons Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation should rot in jail + PHOTOS   The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence sitting in Ikeja on Tuesday sentenced the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Doctor Olufemi Olaleye, to life imprisonment for the defilement of his wife’s niece. Olaleye was arraigned on two counts which bordered on defilement and sexual assault by penetration of his wife’s niece, preferred against him by the Lagos State Government. READ ALSO: Pastor Commits Suicide…

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Pastor Commits Suicide After Leaks On Church’s WhatsApp Group

ADEOLA YUSUF

A Christian cleric of the United Methodist Church identified as Oscar Mukahanana reportedly committed suicide following the leakage of his adultery scandal on the church’s WhatsApp group. The cleric who was a Reverend at the Harare East District Superintendent in Zimbabwe, engaged in an extra-marital affair with a female youth in the church. There were reports that the audio of his secret sexual engagement with the said lady leaked on the WhatsApp group of the church. READ ALSO Efficiency, Transparency: How NCDMB Retained Top Position Among Agencies Rashidi Yekini: Google…

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Efficiency, Transparency: How NCDMB Retained Top Position Among Agencies

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The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has retained its position as the best Federal Agency in transparency and efficiency in business, continuing the streak of excellence in the delivery of its mandate. Platforms Africa reports that in the 2023 Half Year Executive Order 001 Compliance Ranking, which covered from January to June 2023, NCDMB scored 83.06% to clinch the top position in the Federal Government’s ranking of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), the second straight year it was clinching the award. The report was released on Monday, and…

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Nigeria Mulls Improved gas Supply to NLNG, industrial, Domestic Users

ADEOLA YUSUF

  We’ll ensure regulatory, fiscal incentives in PIA are seamlessly delivered – Ekpo     Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, has assured that the regulatory and fiscal incentives produced by the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) would be seamlessly delivered to boost investments in the gas industry. This is as he has pledged improved gas supply for industrial, power, transportation and domestic purposes and the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) plant in Bonny, Rivers State. Platforms Africa reports that the minister, according to a statement by his spokesman,…

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Rashidi Yekini: Google Celebrates Nigeria’s All-time Top Scorer On 60th Posthumous Birthday

ADEOLA YUSUF

+12 things to know about the first Nigerian footballer to bag the ‘African Footballer of the Year.’   Google Doodle celebrates the 60th birthday of the iconic Nigerian football player and all-time top scorer, Rashidi Yekini. His journey to stardom was one filled with challenges and poverty, as a young Yekini worked as a welder and mechanic to make money. The doodle began with a biography of the Kaduna-born striker: “Today’s Doodle celebrates iconic Nigerian footballer Rashidi Yekini, an accomplished forward nicknamed the “Goalsfather” for his ability to sneak shots…

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You Can’t Get Pregnant Without My Consent’, By Funke Egbemode

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Koko:Why would a man accuse a woman of trapping him with pregnancy? Kaka: Well if the woman decided to get pregnant without the man’s consent… Koko: Is that even possible? How can a woman get pregnant without her man’s consent? Will she impregnate herself? Kaka: You know some women are mean. They will just wake you up one day and say they have missed their period. Koko: If a woman has missed her period, she should tell her man. READ ALSO: Final Verdict: S’Court Reserves Judgment In Atiku, Obi’s Appeal…

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Final Verdict: S’Court Reserves Judgment In Atiku, Obi’s Appeal Against Tinubu

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The supreme court has reserved judgment in the appeal filed by Atiku Abubakar and Peerer Obi challenging the election of President Bola Tinubu. A seven-member panel of the apex court reserved judgment after parties in the appeal adopted their respective briefs of arguments on Monday. READ ALSO: ‘It’s Fake News’, Yahaya Bello Denies Assassination Attempt On Life Mr. Sadiq: Reactions As Discrepancies Uncovered In Atiku’s WAEC Certificate Tinubu Wins, Atiku, Obi Lose As PEPC Delivers Longest Judgement In History Man Who Supervised Qur’an Translation Into 77 Languages Is Dead United…

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‘It’s Fake News’, Yahaya Bello Denies Assassination Attempt On Life

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The governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has slammed claims of an assassination attempt on his life. Reports surfaced Sunday that Bello escaped an assassination attempt on his way to an official engagement in Abuja. According to a statement by the Kogi State Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, the attack occurred around 4 p.m. on Sunday, October 22. READ ALSO Man Who Supervised Qur’an Translation Into 77 Languages Is Dead Scientists Uncover New Ocean Forming As Africa Begins To Split Nigerian Lady Sells Her Daughter For N450k “The attackers dressed…

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