Month: January 2024

72-Year-Old Osunbor Picks Gov Nomination Forms, Says Age No Barrier

ADEOLA YUSUF

Former Edo State Governor, Prof. Oserheimen Osunbor, on Thursday, said he was not too old to clinch the All Progressives Congress  ticket in the race to choose a candidate ahead of the state governorship election. While challenging his critics and political opponents to a racing contest, the 72-year-old politician expressed conviction that age won’t be a stumbling block to his ambition to return to the State House 16 years after his exit. Osunbor gave the challenge when he turned up at the party secretariat in Abuja to procure the N50m…

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N55m Donation: Police Arrest Mr. Ibu’s Son, Daughter For Fraud

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Police, through its Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department in Ikoyi, Lagos State, has arrested  Oyeabuchi Okafor and Jasmine Okekeagwu for allegedly conspiring and defrauding Mr. John  Okafor, popularly known as Mr. Ibu, of N55 million. In a press statement on Thursday, the FCID disclosed that they acted on a petition from Diamond Waves Law on behalf of Mr. Ibu’s wife, Stella, alleging that the actor’s sons, Onyeabuchi and Valentine Okafor, along with his adopted daughter, Jasmine Okekeagwu, conspired to defraud Mr. Ibu. READ ALSO: How Family Drown…

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How Family Drown 5 Year-Old Cancer Patient In River

ADEOLA YUSUF

Tragedy struck in India when a five-year-old boy, diagnosed with terminal cancer, was drowned as his family tried to cure him with water from the River Ganges, Daily Mail reports Thursday. According to the report, the child died after being held under water for too long in the river. The family had reportedly travelled from their home in Delhi to Haridwar on Tuesday to perform the ceremony and pray for the unnamed victim. Their taxi driver said the child was accompanied by his parents and a female relative identified as…

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Why We Rejected Planned Sale Of $2.4bn Shell’s Onshore Assets – Oil Workers

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has rejected the planned sale of Shell’s onshore assets, claiming the group being speculated to buy up the assets is unknown to it. On January 16, Shell said it would sell its Nigerian subsidiary, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), for a consideration of $1.3 billion, with buyers making an additional payment of up to $1.1 billion relating to prior receivables at completion. A week later, PENGASSAN issued a statement, saying the purported group is an assemblage…

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Nigerian Govt Hands Over $1.3bn Zungeru Plant To MESL

ADEOLA YUSUF

The federal government has handed over the $1.3 billion Zungeru Power Plant to Mainstream Energy Solutions Limited in a move to stabilise the national grid and increase it to 13,000 megawatts. The grid-connected electricity is currently 12,200 megawatts and the new development will increase the total number of power plants on the grid to 27. Zungeru with 700mw capacity is approximately $1.3 billion, and reportedly, the largest power project completed in Nigeria over the past decade. Additionally, it stands as one of the most significant power ventures in Africa to…

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How 90 Lecturers Benefited From Our Exchange Programme – TotalEnergies, NNPCL

ADEOLA YUSUF

Over 90 lecturers from Nigerian universities have so far participated and benefited from the TotalEnergies’ Empowering The Teachers (ETT) fellowship programme being undertaken in collaboration with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States. The ETT fellowship programme launched in 2013, was aimed to further improve the quality of teaching and learning of science and engineering in Nigerian universities through exposing the participants to the innovative and cutting-edge teaching methods used at the MIT to enable them mould students into industry-ready products.…

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Lady Breaks 65 Year-Old NSE Record As First Female President

ADEOLA YUSUF

Madam President: What to know about Margaret Oguntala, first female topmost executive in the Nigerian Society of Engineers’ history   The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has elected Margaret Oguntala as the new president of the association. According to a statement obtained by Platforms Africa, NSE said Oguntala is the first female president of the association in its 65-year existence. Oguntala will take over from Tasiu Sa’ad Gidari-Wudil, the outgoing president of NSE. “It’s a new dawn in the history of the Nigeria Society of Engineers, as the incumbent and…

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Multichoice Removes TB Joshua’s Emmanuel TV, Gives Reason

ADEOLA YUSUF

Multichoice informed owners of Emmanuel TV as far back as August 2023 that the channel would be removed from its platforms if the viewership figures did not improve, TheCable is reporting. Emmanuel TV was founded by TB Joshua, the controversial Nigerian pastor who died in June 2021. It was finally discontinued on January 17, 2024 after a final performance review. Contrary to speculations that the channel was discontinued because of the BBC’s damning documentary on the life and times of the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, a…

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EKEDC Board Chair Advocates More Investment In power Sector At Nigeria-India Forum 

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Chairman, Board of Directors of Eko Electricity Distribution Company, Dr. Dere Otubu, has emphasised the need for increased investment in the power sector to meet the growing energy demands of Nigeria. He spoke at the Nigeria-India Business Council’s India Trade Mission to Nigeria in Abuja on January 23, 2024. The Forum, themed: “Expanding Trade and Investment Opportunities Between Nigeria and India,” had in attendance the Minister of Trade and Investment, Doris Uzoka-Anite; Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola; and President of the NIBC, Sir Emeka Offor, among…

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Many Employees Of CBN Are Children Of Politically Exposed Persons – Sanusi

ADEOLA YUSUF

Former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has supported the relocation of some departments of the apex bank from Abuja to Lagos, saying that many employees are children of politically exposed persons and their Abuja life and businesses are more important than CBN work.  He said it was the right thing to do, dismissing those against the relocation as playing dirty politics. There have been criticisms in some quarters since the CBN announced the relocation of some departments and units to Lagos. READ ALSO: Rhodes-Vivour’s Wife Apologises After…

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