Shell Predicts Bright Future For Nigeria’s Deep-water Production

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nigeria can meet oil production targets and implement ambitious development programmes from deep-water oil and gas operations if it continues with policies to encourage investments and boost output in the sector, Managing Director, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo,) Ronald Adams has said. “Deep water is a compelling consideration for Nigeria if the country must meet its oil production targets and implement ambitious development programmes,” Adams said while speaking at the 9th Sub-Saharan Africa International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (SAIPEC) which began in Lagos on Tuesday. According to…

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FCMB To Be Arraigned Over Alleged Mortgage Fraud, Forgery March 11

ADEOLA YUSUF

    An Ikeja High Court in Lagos State on Tuesday fixed March 11 for the arraignment of First City Monument Bank and three others over alleged forgery and mortgage fraud. Platforms Africa reports that other defendants aside from FCMB in the alleged fraud case are Okogun Polycarp, Batik Line International Limited, and Bolaji Adebajo. Justice Ismail Ijelu adjourned the arraignment due to the absence of the defendants in court. Presidency Official Told Me to Inflate N1.3b Contract to N5b — Fela Durotoye Reps Demand Reversal Of Telecom Tariff Hike…

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Presidency Official Told Me to Inflate N1.3b Contract to N5b — Fela Durotoye

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  ‘He was a pastor,’ the leadership coach turned politician gives details of phone conversation with the official on training of people in all 774 local government areas of Nigeria     Former presidential candidate of the defunct Alliance for New Nigeria and renowned leadership coach, Fela Durotoye, has recounted how officials of the Presidency asked him to inflate a contract of N1.3 billion to N5 billion. Platforms Africa reports that Durotoye revealed the details on Tuesday at the ongoing biannual conference of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria in Abuja.…

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Chelle Banks On Okocha, Kanu, Others To Motivate Eagles Ahead Of Crucial Games

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Super Eagles coach Eric Chelle said he is banking on legends like Austin Jay Jay Okocha, Nwankwo Kanu, and others to help motivate his players in their 2026 World Cup Group C qualifiers against Rwanda and Zimbabwe. The Super Eagles need to win both games to bounce back to the reckoning in the six-team group where they are placed fifth with just three points from four matches. Chelle has been meeting up with the players in Europe priming them for the battles ahead. According to mainlandmetro.co.ng, Chelle is optimistic of…

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‘I Can’t Match Somebody That Big,’ Mike Tyson Reveals Only Boxer Who Hit Harder Than Him

ADEOLA YUSUF

Many boxing historians consider Mike Tyson to be the hardest puncher to ever step foot between the ropes. ‘Iron Mike’ left a lasting legacy of destruction during his 20-year stint in the paid ranks. The American boxing icon laid waste to his first 28 opponents and became the youngest heavyweight champion at the age of 20 years, 4 months, and 22 days old by flattening Trevor Berbick in 1986. Of his 50 career wins (50-7) Tyson finished 44 of them inside the distance, including 24 in the opening stanza. The…

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‘I Want To Marry Her,’ 2Baba Confirms Romance With Edo Lawmaker

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Music icon, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Baba has set social media abuzz after confirming his romantic relationship with Edo State lawmaker, Natasha Osawaru. The revelation comes amid his recent divorce from wife, Annie Idibia, with the singer expressing his desire to take things further with Osawaru. Speculation surrounding their relationship intensified after 2Baba was spotted at the Edo State Assembly and a video surfaced of the duo at a Lagos club. Addressing the rumours, 2Baba took to Instagram on Tuesday to clear the air. In a video post captioned…

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Reps Demand Reversal Of Telecom Tariff Hike As New Fees Begin

ADEOLA YUSUF

Following a motion of urgent national importance by a member, Oboku Oforji, the House of Representatives on Tuesday called for the immediate suspension of the 50% hike in telecoms tariff. The House also decried the poor service delivery from telecom operators and insisted that an increase in tariff should not happen until service improves. The lawmakers ordered the NCC and the Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, to suspend the tariff increase because of the economic hardship in the country. This was as telecommunications operators in the…

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Doctor Arrested For Suspected Murder Of 10 Patients

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A Berlin-based palliative care doctor is suspected of killing at least 10 people, more than double the number initially assumed, the public prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday, Feb. 11. Prosecutors had at first identified four victims in the case, but later raised the number to eight. The prosecution spokesman, Michael Petzold said they now believe the 40-year-old man, who is in custody, is also responsible for the de@ths of two severely ill women aged 25 and 57. READ ALSO: Teacher Strangles,Stabs 8-Year-Old girl To Death In Elementary School Two Arrested…

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Teacher Strangles,Stabs 8-Year-Old girl To Death In Elementary School

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A teacher stabbed an eight-year-old student to death at an elementary school in South Korea on Monday, Feb. 10, local media reported, citing authorities. The teacher, a woman in her 40s, confessed to the crime after police officers found her and the young girl with st@b wounds in the audiovisual room at the elementary school in the central city of Daejeon on Monday evening, the Yonhap news agency reported. The girl, identified as Kim Ha-Neul, was brought to hospital “in an unconscious state, but she later d!ed,” the report read.…

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Two Arrested For Beating Corps Member To Death In Plateau

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The Plateau State Police Command has arrested two suspected hoodlums in connection with the murder of a serving member of the National Youth Service Corps, identified as Safwan Adamu Fade, to death in Pankshin Local Government Area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Emmanuel Adesina, who confirmed the incident at the Command’s headquarters in Jos on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, said the deceased who was serving with the Federal University of Education in Pankshin, was attacked and beaten to d3ath by a group of hoodlums who stormed a…

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