Fish Farmers In Kwara Orders To Stop Discharge of Sewage Into A Dam

BusinessEnvironmentFish Farmers In Kwara Orders To Stop Discharge of Sewage Into A Dam

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 6, 2022

ILORIN — Fish farmers within the boundaries of the Asa Dam waterworks in Kwara state have been ordered to stop the discharge of sewage into the dam immediately. State Commissioner for Water Resources, Wahab Femi Agbaje, also directed that the 250-metre minimum setback stated in the law should be maintained by all the fish farmers operating by the dam side. This was contained in a communique issued at the end of stakeholders meeting with the...

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Abramovich Confirms Speculations To Sell Chelsea F.C (Full Statement)

BusinessSoccerAbramovich Confirms Speculations To Sell Chelsea F.C (Full Statement)

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 3, 2022

Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich has confirmed he is selling Chelsea Football Club as the fall-out of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, with all net proceeds from the sale to be donated to victims of the war in Ukraine. The Russian billionaire purchased the West London outfit in 2003 for £140m and transformed it into one of the world’s most successful clubs. But his position has come under scrutiny following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He initially...

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Chelsea Owner, Roman Abramovich, Promises to Sell Club and Send Proceed to Ukraine Victims

BusinessSportsWar & CrisisChelsea Owner, Roman Abramovich, Promises to Sell Club and Send Proceed to Ukraine Victims

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 3, 2022

LAGOS — The owner of Chelsea football club, Roman Abramovich, has on Wednesday confirmed that he will sell the English club amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Russian billionaire maintained that it is in the “best interest” of the Champions League winner if he parts ways with the club he has transformed since he bought in 2003. “As I have stated before, I have always taken decisions with the club’s best interest at heart,” Abramovich...

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Soludo Goes To Inauguration With Ogbunike, Anambra Made Shoes

BusinessColumnsSoludo Goes To Inauguration With Ogbunike, Anambra Made Shoes

PilotnewsFebruary 28, 2022

By Joe C Anatune, Guest Columnist and Blogger These days, technology has increased the proliferation of brands in various categories and in the process, making it possible for new market entrants to compete at national and global levels as they can replicate global quality with some guidance. Functional attributes are therefore narrowing. The result of the foregoing is that the factory is no longer where the battle for market share is crystallised. The perceptual minds...

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OPINION: Soludo: Beyond Akwete

BusinessColumnsPoliticsOPINION: Soludo: Beyond Akwete

PilotnewsFebruary 23, 2022

By Joe C. Anatune, Guest Columnist and Blogger   Akwete today is being popularised as a metaphor by Anambra State Governor-Elect, Cee Cee Soludo for the purchase and consumption of made in Anambra products and services. Already, the women of Akwete who under the inspiration of the pioneering works of Dada Nwakata, gave the world this fascinating fabric are smiling to the bank due to the association of their products with an iconic figure who...

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NNPC To Inject 2.1 billion liters Of Petrol Into The System

BusinessNewsOil & GasNNPC To Inject 2.1 billion liters Of Petrol Into The System

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 17, 20221

ABUJA — The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says the distribution of petrol will normalize before the end of the month, as about 2.1 billion liters of the product would have been injected into the system. The Group Managing Director, GMD of the Corporation, Mele Kyari gave the assurance at a meeting with an Ad-hoc committee of the House of Representatives investigating the circumstances surrounding the importation of the adulterated fuel into the country. The...

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I’m Into Commercial Transport Business to Sustain My Family – Obiekwu

BusinessTransportationI’m Into Commercial Transport Business to Sustain My Family – Obiekwu

PilotnewsFebruary 15, 2022

AWKA —  A member of Atlanta ’96 Olympics Nigerian Golden Dream Team, Kingsley Obiekwu, says he now uses his only car for commercial transport to sustain his family. Obiekwu, Member of the Order of Niger (MON), said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Awka. The veteran, who played for Rangers International FC, Enugu and Udoji United in his days, said he went into the transport business to sustain...

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Fuel Adulteration: NNPC Fingered Four Oil Companies

BusinessOil & GasStandards & Consumer ProtectionFuel Adulteration: NNPC Fingered Four Oil Companies

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 10, 2022

LAGOS — The Chief Executive Officer/Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari has named MRS, Oando, Duke Oil, and Emadeb as the importers of the adulterated fuel currently in circulation in the country. In a statement on Thursday that the company received a report from its quality inspector on the presence of emulsion particles in Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) cargoes shipped by four companies to Nigeria from Antwerp-Belgium. According to...

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FG to Investigate Importation of Off-spec Petrol

BusinessOil & GasStandards & Consumer ProtectionFG to Investigate Importation of Off-spec Petrol

Beloved John (Staff Writer)February 9, 2022

ABUJA — The federal government has vowed to investigate the supply of adulterated premium motor spirit (petrol). Timipre Sylva, minister of state for petroleum resources, disclosed this to state house correspondents at the end of the federal executive council meeting on Wednesday in Abuja. The minister affirmed that decision to probe followed a briefing on the issue to President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday to get to the bottom of the matter. “The issue did not come...

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Reps Approve Bill to Penalize Who Use Government Funds for Medical Tourism

BusinessHealthReps Approve Bill to Penalize Who Use Government Funds for Medical Tourism

Beloved John (Staff Writer)February 9, 2022

ABUJA — The bill that seeks to penalise public officials who receive medical treatment abroad using government funds has passed the second reading at the house of representatives. The bill is sponsored by Sergius Ogun, a legislator from Edo state. Section 46 of the act prohibits public employees from seeking medical treatment abroad using public funds. However, the bill exempted officials who received the recommendation of a medical board and were approved by a commissioner or minister....

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