Day: November 14, 2023

NCDMB, SLB Partner Varsities For Oil Industry’s Software Solutions

Abibat Babalola

L-R: Director, Planning, Research and Statistics, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB); Mr. Abdulmalik Halilu; Group Managing Director, West Africa, SLB, Mr. Sops Ideriah and Executive Secretary, NCDMB Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote, at the unveiling ceremony of NCDMB-SLB Technology Enhancement Program (N-STEP) in Lagos, Nigeria. The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and SLB, a global technology company on Tuesday in Lagos unveiled the first three products of their joint program, the NCDMB-SLB Technology Enhancement Program (N-STEP), a platform whereby students of higher institutions develop software plugins for…

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BREAKING: Plane Skids Off Runway At Port Harcourt Airport

Precious Ibekwe

“This is the third aviation incident in the last 14 days “   A ValueJet airline aircraft has skidded off the taxi turn after landing and clearing the runway at Port Harcourt airport. Platforms Africa reports that this happened around 3.30 p.m. local time today (Tuesday). According to Stanley Balami, a Value Jet captain who confirmed the occurrence, the aircraft had stopped on the runway and was about to execute the second turn-off when he encountered a slip due to algae on the turn-off. This rendered the plane uncontrolled on…

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Another Nigerian Woman Breaks Guinness World Record

Abibat Babalola

After Hilda Baci broke the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon in June, another Nigerian woman, Helen Williams, achieved a new record for the longest handmade wig. Announcing the feat on its official X handle, the Guinness World Record detailed that Helen achieved the feat for the longest handmade wig, which stretches an incredible 351.28 metres. Helen Williams from Lagos, Nigeria, has achieved a new record for the longest handmade wig which stretches an incredible 351.28 metres (1,152 ft 5 in),” a tweet by Guinness World Record read.…

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Why Dino Melaye Must Be Arrested, Prosecuted – APC

Aliyu Aliyu

. How the PDP’s candidate confessed to hacking INEC’s back-end server on National TV, Spokesman, Kogi APC Governorship Campaign Council addresses journalists    The All Progressives Congress in Kogi State has called on security agencies to immediately arrest the Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Saturday’s Governorship election, Senator Dino Melaye, for cyber crime, which the party alleged he had already confessed to in a live television programme. Platforms Africa reports that the Kogi APC Governorship Campaign Council said, for Melaye, who was disgracefully defeated at the polls, to…

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I Surrender, Driver Who Killed Two Sweepers Turns Self In

Ganiyu Amodu

The driver of the Honda Saloon car with number plate EPE 984 DV that rammed into the Lagos State Waste Management Authority sweepers while they were discharging their duties along Gbagada Expressway on Monday morning has turned himself in to the police. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the development on Tuesday. Hundeyin said the driver would be charged in court on Tuesday for manslaughter. READ ALSO FULL LIST: Oshoala, Ajibade, Others Make CAF Awards Nominees List Six Face Murder Trial Over Nigerian Beaten To Death…

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FULL LIST: Oshoala, Ajibade, Others Make CAF Awards Nominees List

Ganiyu Amodu

Ballon d’Or nominee and Super Falcons forward, Asisat Oshoala; Rasheedat Ajibade, and other five female Nigerian players have been nominated for the 2023 Confederation of African Football Women’s Player of the Year award. The nomination list released by the football association on Tuesday had 30 female players across Africa, with Nigeria having the highest number of nominees. The 2023 CAF awards which will be held on December 11 in Marrakech, Morocco had other Nigerian players nominated including Uchenna Kanu, Chiamaka Nnadozie, Osinachi Ohale, Toni Payne and Christy Ucheibe. READ ALSO…

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Six Face Murder Trial Over Nigerian Beaten To Death In Philippines

Ganiyu Amodu

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) Chairman, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has disclosed that the employers of a Nigerian student who was beaten to death in the Philippines have been charged with murder, along with five others. Dabiri-Erewa made the announcement during a Senate Joint Committee on Diaspora,Intergovernmental Affairs and Foreign Affairs investigative hearing on Tuesday. The deceased, identified only as Ikem, was allegedly brutally murdered by a group of Chinese in the Republic of the Philippines over a minor disagreement with his supervisor. READ ALSO Shell Upscales Manpower Development With New…

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Shell Upscales Manpower Development With New Geoscience Centre

Abibat Babalola

As part of efforts to encourage manpower development in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria, the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) of Nigeria Limited operated Joint Venture has built and handed over a Centre of Excellence in Geosciences and Petroleum Engineering to the University of Benin The latest achievement adds to the NNPC/SPDC JV Centre of Excellence in Marine and Offshore Engineering which opened at the Rivers State University, Nkpolu – Port Harcourt in 2017. The Centre of Excellence in Benin was established in 2012, and the SPDC JV…

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It’s Fake, TCN Denies Report On Grid Shutdown, Nationwide Blackout

Abibat Babalola

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has denied a report by an online newspaper of a shutdown of grid by workers and an imminent national blackout, describing the report as baseless. TCN, in a statement signed by its Management, a copy of which was obtained by LEADERSHIP, said the nation’s power grid was intact and supplying bulk electricity to distribution load centers nationwide. “The Transmission Company of Nigeria hereby states that the publication by Daily Post alleging that the Head of Public Affairs of TCN said that there will be…

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Deregulation has Opened Innovation, Self Sufficiency’s Opportunities -Ekpo

Aliyu Aliyu

The Nigerian Government has described the deregulation of the downstream sector of the oil industry as opening up opportunities for innovation and self-sufficiency in petroleum products refining. Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo stated this in Lagos on Monday in an address at the 41st Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) with the theme: “Repositioning the Oil and Gas Industry for Future Energy Dynamics.” READ ALSO: 62 Year-Old Salawa Abeni Unveils Husband Number 3 Israel-Palestine Conflict: Gaza’s Aqsa Hospital Warns…

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