Author: GBENGA ADEOTI ADEOTI

‘No Salary For 4 Months,’ NNPC Refinery Staff Unpaid for 120 Days

GBENGA ADEOTI ADEOTI

    ‘You have just seven days,’ NUPENG issues  ultimatum to NNPC management     Support staff at NNPC’s Warri refinery, a 125,000 Barrels of Oil Per Stream Day BPSD facility, have not been paid for four months. Africa OiltGas Report (A0GR), which reported this, quoted Dafe lghomitedo, the worker’s representative to have said that the workers “last received their pay for March 2025.” Platforms Africa reports that the Warri refinery is located in the western Niger Delta basin, in Nigeria’s mid-west. The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas…

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Heirs Energies Strengthens Africa’s Energy Voice at Major Int’l Fora

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Heirs Energies, Africa’s leading indigenous-owned integrated energy company, continued to amplify its commitment to energy sufficiency for Africa with a strong presence at two landmark events: the U.S.–Africa Energy Forum and the Namibia International Oil & Gas Conference 2025. At both forums, Heirs Energies showcased its strategy of responsibly harnessing Africa’s vast natural resources to deliver energy security, drive industrialization, and create long-term shared prosperity. At the USAEF in Houston, Texas, Osa Igiehon, CEO of Heirs Energies, joined global energy leaders and policymakers in high-level sessions examining the future of…

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‘You Have 48 Hours,’ Reverse Okanlomo Title Or Face Consequences, Alaafin Warns Ooni

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    Alaafin Fires at Ooni: Revoke Okanlomo of Yorubaland’s Title in 48 Hours or Face Showdown, “Ooni Behaves Like There’s No Authority” The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade I, has taken a hard swipe at the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, over his decision to confer the title of ‘Okanlomo of Yorubaland’ on business tycoon Dotun Sanusi, popularly known as Ilaji. Alaafin Owoade argued that no one else has the power to grant a title that covers all of Yorubaland, stressing that such…

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The Companion Calls For Attitudinal Change, Elects Nojeem Jimoh As President

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  ‘First-Class graduate in Political Science (1986) and Master’s degree holder (1988) from the University of Lagos,’ What UMA revealed about Amir Jimoh of The Companion     The association of career Muslim men, the Companion, has called on Nigerians to embrace a positive shift in mindset to tackle the socio-economic challenges confronting the nation. ‎ ‎In a statement issued at the end of its two-day Elective Conference of 2025, the association called on all Nigerian youths to get engaged with current socio-economic developments playing out so fast with all…

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‘Insensitive;’ CAC Fires Back At Pastor Fatoyinbo Over Comment On Ayo Babalola

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  Word-for-word of what the Christ Apostolic Church wrote on Biodun Fatoyinbo, GO at COZA Church who earlier said Apostle Joseph Ayo Babalola was highly anointed but “had no money” and then went on to ask sarcastically, “Where are his children?”     Dear Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, Greetings to you in the Name of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Ordinarily, we do not respond to social media commentaries or controversies. However, we consider it necessary to address your recent statements, which have been widely circulated on your social media…

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‘From Joy To Grief;’ LAUTECH Student Shot Dead On Sign-Out Day

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‘How the last day in school becomes the last on earth for Babalola Marvelous,’ Police, University speak on tragic incident   Tragedy struck the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho, on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, as a student identified as Babalola Marvelous Ishola was confirmed dead after being shot during a sign-out celebration. Platforms Africa reports quoting the local sources that Babalola’s lifeless body was discovered by the roadside around 5:38 p.m., prompting a swift response from security operatives. A preliminary search of his belongings at the scene led…

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K1: Patrick Doyle’s Palsied Apologia, By Bamidele Johnson

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Patrick Doyle, a broadcaster and some grade of celebrity, hit the back of the net in his defence of K1’s tarmac tantrum. Unfortunately, it was an own goal.   In a Facebook post sighted via Yabaleft Online, the broadcaster claimed that the airline staff baited K1 into misbehaving. He reached into his own experience, describing how had been similarly treated by service personnel but heroically resisted the urge to detonate. That, ironically, is where his argument crashes into itself. What Doyle offered in that post was no defence of K1,…

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