Day: November 28, 2024

NCDMB To Mark Anti-corruption Day With Workshop, National School Debate

Ganiyu Amodu

Buoyed by the ranking as Nigeria’s top performing organisation in efficiency and transparency from 2022 to date, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has unveiled plans to mark the 2024 World Anti-corruption Day on Thursday, 5th December at the Nigerian Content Tower, Bayelsa State. The theme of this year’s celebration is “Effective Whistleblowers Protection Mechanism: A Critical Tool in the Fight against Corruption,” and the celebration at the NCDMB is organized by the agency’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACTU) led by the Director of Monitoring and Evaluation, Mr. Abdulmalik Halilu.…

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‘Standard Practice,’ PETROAN Clarifies Port Harcourt Refinery’s Blending Status

Aliyu Aliyu

‘I do not know any refinery in the world that does not engage in blending’, How PETROAN President Billy Gillis-Harry put record straight   President of the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN), Billy Gillis-Harry, has clarified the controversy surrounding the Port Harcourt refinery’s operations. Reacting to claims by some critics that the refinery is merely a blending plant, Gillis-Harry emphasized that blending is a standard practice in crude oil refining processes worldwide. The Port Harcourt refinery, which resumed operations after 22 years, has been touted as…

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Finnish Court To Begin Trial Of Simon Ekpa May 2025

Ganiyu Amodu

A Finnish district court has fixed May 2025 for the prosecution to file charges against Simon Ekpa. Last Thursday, the pro-Biafra agitator was arrested by law enforcement in the northern European nation. He was subsequently sent to prison by the district court of Päijät-Häme for “spreading terrorist propaganda on social media”. Ekpa was said to have committed the crime in 2021 in Lahti municipality. He is accused of instigating violence and inciting terror in the south-east of Nigeria through his social media pages. Nigerian Govt Repairs Vandalised Power Towers With…

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Nigerian Govt Repairs Vandalised Power Towers With N8.8bn

Ganiyu Amodu

The Federal Government has spent about N8. 8 billion to repair and put into adequate use transmission towers vandalised in the country. Bolaji Tunji, Special Adviser to the Minister of Power on Strategic Communication and Media Relations,said in a press statement. The disclosure,the statement quoted, was made on Tuesday,by the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Transition Company of Nigeria (TCN), Engr. Suleiman Ahmed Abdulaziz, at the Quarterly Power Sector Working Group meeting in Abuja. The Minister also announced that the Federal Government was working in collaboration with…

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Access Bank Acquires Standard Chartered Bank, Angola, Sierra Leone

Ganiyu Amodu

Access Bank Plc has completed the acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank Angola S.A and Standard Chartered Bank (Sierra Leone] Limited . Commenting on the completion milestone, Roosevelt Ogbonna, the MD/CEO of Access Bank PLC and CEO of the Banking Group said: ‘We are pleased to have successfully concluded 2 important acquisitions in Angola and Sierra Leone, affording us synergies to strengthen the quality of our earnings from both countries by significantly growing our share of the Corporate and SME banking in the two markets. The combinations represent another significant step…

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Alhassan Yahaya Emerges New NUJ President, Beats ex-Treasurer

Ganiyu Amodu

Comrade Alhassan Yahaya from Gombe State has emerged as the new President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists. (NUJ). He clinched the position on Wednesday night during the 8th Triennial National Delegates Conference in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Alhassan, who was the immediate past National Deputy President of the union, defeated his closest rival, incumbent Treasurer, Dele Atunbi after delegates’ votes were counted. He garnered 436 votes to achieve the feat, while Atunbi and Mohammed Garba who came second and third scored 97 and 39 votes respectively. Also, a…

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Gym Instructor Impregnates 3 Girls Who Wanted Flat Tummy For Xmas

Abibat Babalola

A gym instructor in Ashaiman, a suburb of Accra, has reportedly impregnated three young women who had joined his fitness programme with the aim of achieving toned physiques ahead of the festive season. According to a post shared by a social media user, the women, who had all signed up for a regimen focused on attaining flat stomachs, are now at the centre of a social media storm as details of the situation emerge. The gym instructor, whose identity remains undisclosed, is alleged to have engaged in consensual relationships with…

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TASUED Graduates 27 First Class Students, First Set of PhD Holders

Abibat Babalola

The Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ogun State is set to hold its 16th convocation which will feature the graduation of 27 First Class students among 4,140 graduates. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Wole Banjo, announced this on Friday during a press briefing to kick-start activities for the event. Banjo revealed that the convocation will also celebrate a milestone with the graduation of the university’s first set of doctorate degree holders, including an 85-year-old retired military colonel, Pa Bolaji Onafowokan, whose determination and perseverance make him a standout figure among the…

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Man Who Forged Best Man’s Medical School Certificates Gets Over Four Years In Jail

Abibat Babalola

A fake medical doctor, Martins Ugwu, 54 years, who claimed ownership of his best man’s medical school certificates, with which he got employed in the Federal Ministry of Health, has been jailed for four years and two months. Justice Abubakar Kutigi of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, in Jabi, Abuja pronounced the sentence on him in a ruling on Tuesday. Justice Kutigi sentenced Ugwu to six months on each count of the seven-count charge on which he was prosecuted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other…

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Tinubu Appoints Abiola’s Son SSA On Linguistics, Foreign Matters

Abibat Babalola

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Jamiu Abiola as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Linguistics and Foreign Matters. Abiola is one of the children of the winner of the 1993 presidential election annulled by General Ibrahim Babangida, the late Chief Moshood Abiola. He was formerly appointed the Special Assistant to the President on Special Duties in the Office of the Vice-President. READ ALSO: TUC Lauds FG On Resumption Of Port Harcourt Refinery Operation ‘Those Who Want Me Dead Won’t Escape Tragedy,’ Obasanjo Slams Death Rumour…

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