Month: November 2024

Ministers, Heads of Agencies, Industry Leaders Confirmed To Speak at PNC Forum

ADEOLA YUSUF

Countdown begins for PNC 2024, which will serve as a vital platform for industry stakeholders to review successes, address pressing challenges, and explore opportunities for expanding Nigerian content implementation.   In line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration’s efforts to attract investment into the oil and gas sector, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) is set to introduce new Contracting Cycle Guidelines for the industry at the Practical Nigerian Content (PNC) Forum, which will be held from 2 – 5 December 2024 at the Nigerian Content Tower in…

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How World’s Tallest Woman Met World’s Shortest Woman In Extraordinary Scene

ADEOLA YUSUF

Rumeysa, a researcher from Turkey, towers at 215.16 cm (7 ft 0.7 in), while Jyoti, an actor from India, stands at just 62.8 cm (2 ft 0.7 in).     World’s Tallest Woman Meets World’s Shortest Woman In London. They shared tea and were presented with Icon certificates by Guinness World Records. In a video shared on Friday, November 22, Rumeysa, a researcher from Turkey, towers at 215.16 cm (7 ft 0.7 in), while Jyoti, an actor from India, stands at just 62.8 cm (2 ft 0.7 in). Rumeysa holds…

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Oyedepo’s Jet Can’t Leave Private Airstrip Without Clearance – Minister

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Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, says there’s no way the private plane of privileged Nigerians, including the Founder and Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Bible Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, can leave the country directly from their airstrips without first securing clearance from relevant authorities. Keyamo stated this on Sunday while featuring as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today. The Minister spoke barely two months after members of the House of Representatives demanded a revocation of airstrip licences issued to certain individuals and private organisations, citing…

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‘Looming,’ CBN Likely To Raise Interest Rates Again – Expert

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A financial expert, Prof. Uche Uwaleke, has said that the Monetary Policy Committee, MPC, of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is likely to raise interest rates again. Uwaleke, the Director, Institute of Capital Market at the Nasarawa State University, is also the President, Capital Market Academics of Nigeria. He said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Sunday in Abuja, against the backdrop of the 298th MPC meeting scheduled to hold on Monday and Tuesday. READ ALSO: ‘As Bolaji Osunsanya Exited,’ Meet Ogbemi Ofuya…

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‘As Bolaji Osunsanya Exited,’ Meet Ogbemi Ofuya, Axxela’s New Group CEO

ADEOLA YUSUF

‘MBA from London Business School as a Mo Ibrahim Scholar and others,’ six things to know about the University of Benin (UNIBEN’s) Civil Engineering graduate.         Axxela Limited, a leading gas and power portfolio company in sub-Saharan Africa, announces the official retirement of its Chief Executive Officer, Bolaji Osunsanya and the appointment of a successor, Ogbemi Ofuya as the new Group Chief Executive Officer. After more than two decades of outstanding leadership at Axxela, and a distinguished career spanning over 35 years across consulting, financial services, banking,…

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‘To Appreciate Nigerians For Support,’ Dangote Reduces Petrol Price To 970/Litre

ADEOLA YUSUF

. Marketers to now load product at N20 per litre less from the private refinery   The Dangote Petroleum Refinery on Sunday slashed the price of its Premium Motor Spirit from N990 per litre to N970/litre. According to the company, this amount is what marketers would buy the product from the refinery. Anthony Chiejina, the Dangote Group’s group chief branding and communications officer, released a statement on Sunday saying the reduction was to appreciate Nigerians as the year ends. “As the year ends, this is our way of appreciating the…

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Netflix Suffers Worst Leak In Streaming History

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. Hunts for hackers leaking unreleased footage of its Blockbuster shows   Earlier this year, Netflix suffered from a massive leak that saw full episodes and pictures of some of its most popular shows including Terminator Zero, Arcane, Squid Game and Ranma 1/2 leak online ahead of their official release. Streaming giant Netflix had then released an official statement saying that it was “actively taking action” against the perpetrator of the leaks. VIDEO: K1 De Ultimate Apologises, Calls Out Kollington, Osupa, Obesere, Others For Truce ‘Casino Journalism And The End…

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Women Must Redouble Roles In Shifting Global Geopolitics-UN Representative

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The Chairperson of the 12th anniversary Lecture of Realnews Magazine, Beatrice Eyong,has said that Africa must positively improve the conditions and status of its women and girls in order to take its place in the world shifting geopolitics. Speaking on the theme: “Africa in World Shifting Geopolitics: Matters Arising on Demography, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Resources” held recently, Eyong, who is the UN Women Country Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS,noted that the global economy will grow by trillions if women could also participate in the economy and have equal pay.…

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VIDEO: K1 De Ultimate Apologises, Calls Out Kollington, Osupa, Obesere, Others For Truce

ADEOLA YUSUF

Fuji music sensation, Wasiu Ayinde popularly known as K1 De Ultimate, has tendered an apology to General Kollington Ayinla over supremacy war in the fuji industry. Fuji is a genre of music created as a potpourri of Ajiwere, Juju, Apala, Awurebe and others by late Alhaji Sikiru Ayinde Barrister. Platforms Africa reports that the K1 who is also the Olori Omo Oba Akile Ijebu also called out King Saheed Osupa (KSO), Abass Obesere, Wasiu Alabi Pasuma and other top music act for peace. He had reportedly described the genre as…

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The Fuji House Of Commotion, By Festus Adedayo

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“These musicians’ recent quest for supremacy is not new. With names and dates, this is how the battles were fought with traditional spells, incantations, and talisman aimed at deconstructing and liquidating their rivals in the olden days.”     Like every lover of Yoruba traditional music, language and culture, I have of recent been inundated with requests to lend a voice to the newest raging fire in the Fuji music genre. Since the passage of Alhaji Sikiru Ayinde Balogun, popularly known as Ayinde Barrister or Agbajelola Barusati, there have been…

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