Day: October 11, 2024

Daily Trust Ex-Journalist, Nahimah Ajikanle-Nurudeen, Is Dead

Abibat Babalola

‘She left very young children, husband, among others,’ school mates, colleagues penned emotional condolences message for late publisher of AP News   A former journalist with Daily Trust Newspapers, Nahimah Ajikanle-Nurudeen, is dead. Platforms Africa reports that Ajikanle-Nurudeen, who is the Publisher of AP News, died on Friday. NNPC Boss, Mele Kyari, Loses 25 Year-Old Daughter Pilot Dies Mid-Air, Plane Makes Emergency Landing ‘N1,030 In Abuja, N998/Litre In Lagos: NNPCL Hikes Petrol Price Again Her death was announced via a statement by Moruf Kazeem, Public Relations Officer of the Moshood…

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NNPC Boss, Mele Kyari, Loses 25 Year-Old Daughter

Aliyu Aliyu

‘Painful loss,’ What Vice President, other mourners said about the sad news of Fatimah’s demise     Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL), has lost his 25-year-old daughter. Details of her death were sketchy as of the time of filing this report, but NAN reported that the deceased named Fatima passed away on Friday. Actor Saheed Balogun Loses Daughter, Zeenat ‘Trapped While Playing,’ Four Kids Found Dead In Unused Freezer BBNaija Season 1 Runner-up, Francisca Owumi, Is Dead Vice-President Kashim Shettima…

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SPDC JV Partners Ink Landmark GSPA for $3.3bn Brass Project

ADEOLA YUSUF

. JV partners, comprising NNPC Ltd, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), TotalEnergies Ltd, and Eni, will supply 270MMscfd to BFPCL, the largest single GSPA to any domestic gas offtaker in Nigeria The Nigerian Government’s effort to boost the country’s gas sector has received a significant boost with the signing of a Gas Sales and Purchase Agreement (GSPA) for the Brass Fertilizer and Petrochemical project in Bayelsa State. Platforms Africa reports that this landmark agreement, supervised by the Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo, paves the way…

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Ballon d’Or Organizers Announce New Rule For Winner

ADEOLA YUSUF

France Football, the organizers of the prestigious Ballon d’Or awards, are introducing a change in their protocol for the winner this year. As anticipation builds ahead of the Ballon d’Or ceremony on October 28, a new rule is set to alter the way the winner is informed. In previous years, the winner was interviewed by France Football before the event, allowing them to know in advance that they had won. However, according to Mario Cortegana, a correspondent for The Athletic, the 2024 Ballon d’Or winner will only find out when…

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I’ve Never Sponsored Thugs — I Don’t Want To Miss Heaven, Says Amaechi

Abibat Babalola

Former Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi, says he has never sponsored thugs as a politician. Amaechi served as the governor of Rivers state from 2007 to 2015 before becoming the minister of transportation under former President Muhammadu Buhari from 2015 to 2022. In an interview with ABN TV, he revealed that his priest had cautioned him against encouraging political violence, adding that such actions would jeopardise his chances of entering heaven. “Let me quote former President Jonathan, he said, no life worth my ambition. You will not see me in…

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Return Petrol Price To What It Was In June 2023, TUC Tells Tinubu

Abibat Babalola

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has demanded the return of petrol prices to what they were as of June 2023. We want the price of the product to go below what it was before; not just reverse to what it was before but to go below,” said TUC President, Festus Osifo, at a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday. He asked the government to specially intervene in the sector by giving foreign exchange to Dangote Refinery at $1/N1,000 and not at the current $over 1/N1,600 exchange rate to crash petrol…

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NDLEA Removes Husband Approval Condition For Married Women’s Visa Clearance

Abibat Babalola

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Thursday, dumped its initial rule that married women would be required to provide a letter of approval from their husbands to obtain a visa clearance certificate. This followed a backlash on social media after the anti-narcotics agency initially mandated married women to submit a “letter of approval to travel from their husband, attached with his passport photograph” to obtain the certificate. The NDLEA’s visa clearance certified individuals with no drug-related convictions in Nigeria — a requirement by some countries. READ ALSO: EKEDC…

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EKEDC Sets for Operational System Upgrade, Advises Customers On Payment Platforms’ Downtime

Abibat Babalola

. Recharge, pay bills to avoid service disruption, downtime from October 18 to 21 – Firm     Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has announced its planned migration to a new, state-of-the-art, All-in-One System. The DisCo has thereby informed its customers about a planned payment service downtime scheduled to take place from October 18 to October 21, 2024, that would lead to disruption, dedicated to enhancing operational efficiency and improving customers’ experience. Babatunde Lasaki, General Manager, Corporate Communications of EKEDC, made this known in a statement obtained by Platforms Africa…

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Oyedepo’s Second In Command, Abioye, Leaves Winners Chapel

Ganiyu Amodu

Two Vice Presidents of Living Faith Church Worldwide, better known as Winners Chapel, Bishop David Olatunji Abioye and Bishop Thomas Aremu, are set to leave the church. According to a report by Church Times, the two would be leaving the church, headed by the Founder, Bishop David Oyedepo, in October. They would be departing within three days of one another. While Bishop Aremu, who heads LFC, Basorun, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, will depart on October 15, 2024, Bishop Abioye, who has been with Bishop Oyedepo since 1979, will take…

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