Month: December 2024

Feedback For Farooq’s Fallacy, By Emeka Okonta

Emeka Okonta

In this age and century, Mr. Kperogi, based on gossip and hearsay he claimed he had with his “friend,”is now advocating not competence, not experience, but ethnicity as a major consideration for anyone who should head an agency that will regulate an industry with active participation by Royal Dutch Shell, American oil multinationals like ExxonMobil and Chevron, France-headquartered TotalEnergies, Italian Agip among UK stock exchange-listed oil giants like Seplat and others.   “I haven’t independently confirmed the accuracy of this claim” is one of the many clauses used by Mr.…

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‘Extraordinary Leader,’ Former US President Jimmy Carter’s Death Sparks Tributes

Ganiyu Amodu

. What Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron, Others said about the centenarian   Jimmy Carter, the oldest living president of the United States, has died at the age of 100. Carter, who was president between 1977 and 1981, died on Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia, according to the Carter Center. “Our founder, former US President Jimmy Carter, passed away this afternoon in Plains, Georgia,” the organisation, which Carter founded a year after leaving the White House, said in a post on X. The death was first reported…

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US Former President, Jimmy Carter, Is Dead

ADEOLA YUSUF

‘All Ended at 100,’ grass to grace story of a former most powerful man and Nobel peace laureate who rose from humble beginnings in rural Georgia to lead the United States from 1977 to 1981     Jimmy Carter, the 100-year-old US former president and Nobel peace laureate who rose from humble beginnings in rural Georgia to lead the nation from 1977 to 1981, has died, his nonprofit foundation said Sunday. Carter had been in hospice care since mid-February 2023 at his home in Plains, Georgia — the same small…

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Monarch Cuts Short UK Holiday As Egungun Worshippers, Military Clash In Ota

Gbenga Adeoti

“What I found out after a visit to the naval base in Ota,” Oba Obalanlege speaks on the crisis, resolution    The Olota of Ota Awori Kingdom, Oba Abdulkabir Obalanlege, has returned from the United Kingdom to address a reported clash between Egungun worshippers and military personnel in Ota, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. The incident, which occurred on Friday, December 27, reportedly sparked tension in parts of the town for three days. A viral video, which captured the aftermath of the fracas, showed a military personnel lamenting…

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‘Second Time In 4 Days,’ Another Passenger Plane Crashes, Kills 179

Abibat Babalola

A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Thailand to South Korea crashed on arrival Sunday, smashing into a barrier and bursting into flames, leaving all but two feared dead. A bird strike and adverse weather conditions were cited by authorities as likely causes of the crash that flung passengers out of the plane and left it “almost completely destroyed”, according to fire officials. Video showed the Jeju Air plane from Bangkok landing on its belly at Muan International Airport, skidding off the runway as smoke streamed out from the…

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NGA Unveils New Brand Identity At 25th Anniversary, Emphasising Future Energy Sustainability

Ganiyu Amodu

The Nigerian Gas Association (‘NGA’), the apex body and advocacy voice for the gas industry in Nigeria, witnessed a significant double milestone on Tuesday, December 17, 2024. The association unveiled its new brand identity during the celebration of its Silver Jubilee Dinner and Awards night. The new brand identity symbolises a mission that is evolving from advocacy for policy reforms and investments to positioning natural gas as the central pillar of Nigeria’s economic growth, energy transition, and environmental sustainability. This new logo aligns with NGA’s commitment to sustainability, capacity development,…

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Lessons For Nigerian women As Ghana Gets First Female VP

Abibat Babalola

In the aftermath of the recent general elections in Ghana, women in the West African country have continued to express mixed feelings as the nation welcomes its first female Vice President in its 67-year post-independence history. The development made Ghana one of the 17 African nations to have produced a female Vice President via an election. Notedly, the emergence of 73-year-old Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, a professor of Literature as Ghana’s first female vice president brings the West African nation closer to the possibility of electing its first Female President, as…

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God Has Stopped Those Behind Rivers Political Crisis, Says Fubara

Abibat Babalola

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has said God is the reason Rivers State triumphed over the political crisis experienced in the state, stressing that He also stopped those behind it. Fubara spoke at the Christmas Ballad hosted by former governor of Rivers State, Dr Peter Odili, at his residence in Old GRA, Port Harcourt. Fubara also insisted that God was in control of the affairs of the state, adding that as they looked forward to a prosperous 2025, they should be assured that it would be better than what…

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Property Destroyed As Fire Guts Deeper Life Church

Abibat Babalola

The popular Odenigbo Nsukka Deeper Life church has been razed down by a fire incident that broke out around 1 pm on December 28, 2024 in the university town of Nsukka. Vanguard gathered that residents of the area were thrown into confusion as to what may have caused the inferno as shops close to the Deeper Life church were burnt to ashes over the fire incident. When Vanguard visited the scene of the incident, many shops were burnt but it took the intervention of Wilson Fire Service, a private fire…

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Setting the Record Straight: Meritocracy and Milestones at NNPC, By Olufemi Soneye

Olufemi Soneye

“It is disappointing that individuals like Mr. Kperogi, who have lived and observed governance structures abroad, would overlook these accomplishments and focus on divisive narratives,” Full response to Farooq Kperogi’s article, titled; “Tinubu’s Buharisation of the NNPC”   It is important to address the concerns raised in Farooq Kperogi’s recent article, “Tinubu’s Buharisation of the NNPC”, and to clarify some of the misconceptions about the operations and leadership structure of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited. First, employment, promotions, appointments, and movements of business leaders at the NNPC are…

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