Prince Harry, Meghan End Nigeria Tour With Visit To Lagos

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan wrapped up their three-day visit to Nigeria on Sunday, arriving in the country’s economic capital Lagos during a trip to promote his Invictus Games for wounded military veterans. The Duke of Sussex arrived with his wife on Friday in Nigeria’s capital Abuja where they visited a school event on mental health, in a trip that also saw the prince meet wounded Nigerian soldiers in the country’s northwest. On day three of the visit, Prince Harry and Meghan took part in a basketball event with…

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Father Of 4 Year-Old Girl Used For Adult Content Arrested

The Edo state police command has arrested the father of a minor who was used for sensual content creation. An X user had called the attention of the authorities to the alleged abuse of the girl, said to be about four years old. Videos and pictures trending on social media show the minor in revealing clothes while in the company of some men, including her father, in a hotel in Auchi, Edo state. READ ALSO: Bank Managers ‘Borrowed’ N549bn From Depositors’ Accounts In 5 Years Tinubu Embargoes Cybersecurity Levy Implementation…

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Nigerian Bank Managers ‘Borrowed’ N549bn From Depositors’ Accounts

“Which kind play be this?” Nigerians react, demand probe of those found guilty    Directors and key management personnel of Deposit Money Banks borrowed about N549bn from their financial institutions in five years. This is according to an analysis of the banks’ annual reports filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited between 2019 and 2023. However, the banks’ loans and advances to some directors and key management personnel as well as related party transactions dropped significantly in 2023, a report by The PUNCH showed. These transactions dropped to N52.40bn for eight…

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11 Plc’s Revenue Hits N526bn In 2023

11Plc, a major downstream operator in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry has recorded N526billion revenue for the 2023 financial year with Profit After Tax growing to N26.56billion and earnings per share at N74 11Plc Chairman, Ramesh Kansagra who drooped this cheery news to shareholders during the company’s Annual General Meeting held at Abuja Continental Hotel, FCT Abuja said, based on the good performance the board of directors recommended a payout of N3, 245,357,349, equivalent to 900 Kobo per ordinary share of 50 kobo each. The dividend payout was unanimously approved…

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NCDMB Exec Sec Visits Pipe Coating Firms, Pledges Support For Local Capacities

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has reassured oil and gas stakeholders that service companies and other manufacturers that have established capacities in the country will continue to enjoy patronage through the award of contracts from operating companies in the sector. The Executive Secretary NCDMB, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe made this commitment on Friday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State when he led officials of the Board and Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) to visit companies that deliver pipe coating and related services. The team visited Brightwaters…

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Why We Picked Bayo Onanuga To Speak At Timeline Awareness Lecture – Organisers

President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga has been selected to speak at the 5th edition of Timeline Awareness Initiative Lecture/Awards. Organiser of the event, Timeline Nigeria, an online news portal, which said this, maintained that Onanuga was picked because the event was aimed at getting all and sundry acquainted with the sociopolitical happenings in the country and also honour distinguished Nigerians in politics and business sectors. The theme of this year’s event to be Chaired by Senator Orji Uzor Kalu and co-Chaired by Senator…

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OML 13: NNPCL, NOSL Hit First Oil, Ramp Output To 40,000 bopd

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Exploration and Production Limited (NNPC E&P Ltd.) and Natural Oilfield Services Ltd. (NOSL) have announced the successful commencement of oil production at Oil Mining Lease (OML) 13 in Akwa Ibom State. The NNPC E&P Ltd. is an NNPC Ltd’s flagship upstream subsidiary, while NOSL is a subsidiary of Sterling Oil Exploration & Energy Production Company Ltd (SEEPCO). Mr Olufemi Soneye, Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPC Ltd., made this known in a statement on Sunday. Soneye said the production, which commenced on May 6 with 6,000…

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Tobi Amusan Sets World Leading Record In 100m Hurdles

Tobi Amusan ran a world-leading 12.40 seconds (0.9m/s) to win the 100m hurdles at Saturday’s inaugural Jamaica Athletics Invitational in Kingston. The world record holder claimed the win ahead of Danielle Williams, the world champion who ran a season’s best 12.46 seconds, and American Christina Clemons who was third with 12.54 seconds. The Nigerian has now taken over the world lead from American Tonea Marshall who had run 12.42 seconds in late April. Amusan’s latest win comes two months before the Paris 2024 Olympics. John Enoh, the minister of sports…

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NFF Unveils Finidi George As Super Eagles’ Head Coach Today

The Nigeria Football Federation will, today in Abuja, stage an unveiling ceremony to formally present to the public, Mr. Finidi George, as the new substantive Head Coach of the Senior Men National Team, Super Eagles. The Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Enoh, alongside Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mrs Tinuke Watti, President of NFF Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau and the NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, are among prominent personalities expected at the unveiling. George passed up an opportunity to coach a second-tier team in Spain to return to…

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Police Declare Socialite Wanted For Cyber-stalking, Murder

The police have declared a Lagos socialite Dorcas Adeyinka wanted over alleged cyber stalking and murder. In a gazette published on Sunday, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) urged the public to “arrest and hand over the suspect to the nearest police station or the office of the IGP Monitoring Unit, Force Headquarters, Abuja.” According to the police, the wanted Adeyinka is a blogger from Ekiti State/Ibadan, Oyo State, with tribal marks. READ ALSO Man Who Received First-Ever Modified Pig Kidney Transplant Dies Segun Olatunji: Hero Or Villain?, By Bolanle BOLAWOLE…

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