Day: January 12, 2024

MURIC Asks Nigerian Govt To Approve Four Months Leave For Widows

Ganiyu Amodu

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has appealed to the Federal Government to approve a four and half months leave for female employees who lose their husbands. Prof. Ishaq Akintola, the Executive Director, MURIC stated this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. “Our attention has been drawn to the predicament of widows nationwide regarding the way they are treated by their employers immediately after their husbands die. ‘’It is common knowledge that the Nigerian government does not recognize or give any particular succour to working women whose husbands die. More…

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TotalEnergies Visits NCDMB, Reconfirms FID For Ubeta Project In 2024, Others Underway

ADEOLA YUSUF

Hopes of new projects that would revitalize the Nigerian oil and gas industry and grow local content appear close to realization as the Managing Director and Country Chair TotalEnergies E&P Nigeria Limited, Mr. Matthieu Bouyerre confirmed on Thursday that the company would take the final investment decision (FID) on the Ubeta gas project in 2024, while some other big projects would follow shortly. The Managing Director made the announcement when he led senior officials of the company to visit the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board…

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BREAKING: Dangote Refinery Begins Production

Ganiyu Amodu

Production at the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Company commenced on Friday. The refinery received the fifth crude oil shipment of one million barrels of Bonny Light supplied by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited last week. READ ALSO BREAKING: President Tinubu Appoints Ali Nuhu MD Of Film Corporation President Tinubu Suspends N-Power, School Feeding, Others Zulum’s Spokesman, Isa Gusau, Is Dead The 650,000 barrels per day oil processing facility started operations in May 2023. It is designed to process crude oil grades from the three continents of Africa, Asia and…

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BREAKING: President Tinubu Appoints Ali Nuhu MD Of Film Corporation

Ganiyu Amodu

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Kannywood actor Ali Nuhu as director of the Nigerian Film Corporation. Ajuri Ngelale, presidential spokesman, announced this in a statement on Friday. Nuhu is a renowned actor, businessman, and philanthropist who has won several national and international awards. He joined the Nollywood mainstream and has remained relevant there for about a decade now. He featured prominently in some Nollywood blockbusters, such as Banana Island Ghost, Diamonds in the Sky, and Shanty Town, where he played the role of the Chief’s Lawyer. He studied film production…

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President Tinubu Suspends N-Power, School Feeding, Others

Ganiyu Amodu

President Bola Tinubu has suspended all administered Social Investment Programmes by the National Social Investment Programme Agency. Announcing the suspension in a statement on Friday, the Director Information, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Segun Imohiosen, said the President’s decision was in view of the “ongoing investigation of alleged malfeasance in the management of the agency and its programmes.” “All four programmes administered by NSIPA, viz; N- Power Programme, Conditional Cash Transfer Programme, Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme and Home Grown School Feeding Programme have been suspended for a…

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Zulum’s Spokesman, Isa Gusau, Is Dead

Ganiyu Amodu

Borno State Governor Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum has lost his Special Assistant on Media and Strategy Isa Gusau. The Borno State Government announced Gusau’s death in a statement on Friday. “We regret to announce that Mallam Isa Gusau died in the early hours of Thursday in a hospital outside the country after battling with heart problem,” the government said. “Gusau was one of the aides first appointed by Governor Zulum after being sworn in on 29 May 2019. READ ALSO Nigerian Govt To Probe Ajaokuta Steel Company’s N33bn Electricity Debt…

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Nigerian Govt To Probe Ajaokuta Steel Company’s N33bn Electricity Debt

Ganiyu Amodu

The Federal Government on Thursday said it would investigate how the non-functioning Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited accrued N33bn in electricity debt which prompted the Transmission Company of Nigeria to disconnect the company from the national grid. The Minister of Steel Development, Shuaibu Audu, revealed this to State House correspondents after meeting President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, on Thursday. On Wednesday, the TCN disconnected ASCL from the national grid as the moribund company failed to clear a debt of N33bn owed to the NBET and service providers.…

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JUST IN: Supreme Court Affirms Abba Yusuf As Governor Of Kano

Ganiyu Amodu

The Supreme Court has set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja which nullified the election of Governor Kabir Yusuf of Kano state. A five-member panel of justices on Friday, January 12, unanimously held that the lower court misunderstood the import of the purported deduction of 165,616 ballot papers in favour of Governor Yusuf. The lead judgment by Justice Inyang Okoro also held that the issue of Governor Yusuf’s membership was a pre-election matter. READ ALSO 10 Africans Who Are Richer Than Many Countries In The Continent…

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10 Africans Who Are Richer Than Many Countries In The Continent

ADEOLA YUSUF

Wealth In their hands: Story, Profile of Top 10 Richest Men In Africa 2024 and list of poorest countries based on GNI per capita in the continent   Forbes, the wealth-tracking platform, provides ongoing updates on the net worth and ranking of each individual confirmed by Forbes to be a billionaire. Platforms Africa reports that these 10 billionaires have a net worth that is more than that of some nations in the world, and particularly, many countries in their continent of Africa. The value of individuals’ public holdings are updated…

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