Day: January 21, 2025

’48 Hrs After Explosion Killed 98,’ Residents Scoop Oil As Another Tanker Falls

Ganiyu Amodu

‘Poverty or Greed,’ what Tinubu, other Nigerians said about the attitude to tanker fall, scooping and explosion   Barely two days after 98 people were burnt to death or injured when a fallen petrol tanker exploded in Niger State, another tanker fell in Bida town of Niger State on Monday. In a widely circulated video online, young persons were seen milling around the broken down truck. While some managed to scoop, others fled in different directions, apparently to prevent being caught up in an unfortunate situation. Premium Times quoted a…

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Nigeria Regains Top Spot In Africa’s Oil Upstream Investment

Ganiyu Amodu

Nigeria has reclaimed its position as Africa’s leading oil upstream investment destination, overtaking Angola despite the latter’s continued investment in major deepwater developments. Data sourced from Wood Mackenzie, Nigeria topped the continent’s upstream capital expenditure (capex) rankings in 2024, driven by a series of incremental deepwater projects and sustained activity in its rich offshore basins. The country outpaced Angola, which had held the position in recent years, by capitalising on major oil projects such as the Agogo-Ndungu development by Azule Energy, and the ongoing work on TotalEnergies’ infill projects –…

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Vandals Responsible For Buguma Wellhead Fire – NNPC Ltd

Ganiyu Amodu

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) reports that the fire incident at its Buguma Wellhead 008, operated by its subsidiary, NNPC Eighteen Operating Ltd (NEOL), was directly caused by the activities of pipeline vandals attempting to compromise the Christmas Tree and steal crude oil. According to an e-signed information from NNPC Ltd, the Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPC Ltd., Abuja, Olufemi Soneye said that this unfortunate act of sabotage, which also resulted in severe damage to the well’s back pressure valve, reflects a disturbing pattern of repeated attacks…

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Police Commissioner Tunde Disu’s Son Dies In Road Crash

Abibat Babalola

The family of Olatunji Disu, the Commissioner of Police for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has been thrown into mourning following the loss of his son in a horrific car accident on Monday. This heartbreaking incident has left Disu and his loved ones in a state of profound grief. READ ALSO: Nigerian Family Fulfils Dying Father’s Wish To Refund N11m To Govt Nigerian Family Fulfils Dying Father’s Wish To Refund N11m To Govt Mass Deportation Looms As Trump Officially Returns To Power ‘Strengthening Infrastructure,’ NNPC To Fix Pipelines, Depots In ‘2…

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When A Side Chick Decides To Move On

Abibat Babalola

So you rent a three-bedroom flat for your side chick and furnish it, it does not make you her lord and personal saviour. What will make her treat you like the king of the manor is the way you treat her. If you treat her like trash and she stomachs it, don’t be fooled into thinking that she has no choice. She does. She is just biding her time. Besides, every woman has a limit. Once the elastic of her endurance gets to the limit, she will snap and that part of…

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Nigerian Family Fulfils Dying Father’s Wish To Refund N11m To Govt

Abibat Babalola

▪️ Before his death on March 28th, 2020, Baba Aji Mamman instructed his family to calculate the salaries paid to him for the days he wasn’t at work and refund the money. He also, while breathing his last, asked his family to help tender an apology to the Yobe state government     A Nigerian family in Yobe state has fulfilled their late father, Baba Aji Mamman’s order to refund his unearned salaries to the state government. According to an advertorial published by the family on DailyTrust, their father worked…

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Police Inspector Dies After Sex Romp In Hotel

Abibat Babalola

An Inspector of Police, Mr Lawal Ibrahim, was reported to have dropped dead after having used enhancement drug to have sex with his female companion in a hotel room in Jigawa State. The incident occured when the late Inspector Ibrahim (AP/NO. 203558), attached to Kwali Division, lodged at Palasa Hotel, Mine in company of one Maryam Abba of Dutse, Jigawa State on the night of 14 January, 2025. According a Sitrep Gwagwalada Police Report, dated 15 January, 2025, the manager of the hotel reported the incident at the Gwagwalada Police Station, the…

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