Allegations Of NNPC Hijack By Cabals, Corporation Clears Air

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAllegations Of NNPC Hijack By Cabals, Corporation Clears Air

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 23, 2024

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has given clarifications on allegations of hijacking the corporation by cabals. Recall that a press statement was credited to the former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, where he allegedly lamented “the criminal hijack of the NNPC by corporate cabals around the current President”. In a press statement made available to newsmen on Thursday, Olufemi Soneye, the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of NNPC Ltd, listed several points to ‘set...

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Funding Gaps To Complete All Inherited Projects Will Be Reviewed – Umahi

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFunding Gaps To Complete All Inherited Projects Will Be Reviewed – Umahi

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 23, 2024

Sen. David Umahi, Minister of Works has said that the funding gap to complete all the inherited projects by the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration is about N13 trillion as at May, 2023 and will be reviewed in line with current market realities. The Minister also stated that by estimation the amount will be more than N16 trillion when all projects are reviewed in line with current market realities. Umahi stated this, on Thursday, at the Ministry’s...

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Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola Retires at 70

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaChief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola Retires at 70

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 23, 2024

Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, the 22nd Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, has officially retired from service after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70. A valedictory session was held in his honour on Thursday at the Supreme Court premises in Abuja. Born on 22 August 1954, Justice Ariwoola had a distinguished judicial career spanning over four decades. He was appointed to the Supreme Court bench on 22 November 2011, and later became the substantive CJN on...

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Sokoto District Chief Killed by Terrorists Over Delayed Ransom Payment

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSokoto District Chief Killed by Terrorists Over Delayed Ransom Payment

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 23, 2024

Isa Muhammad Bawa, the 74-year-old District Head of Gatawa in Sokoto State, has been killed by terrorists after being held captive for three weeks. Bawa, who was abducted along with his son and brother while returning from an event in July, was reportedly killed on Wednesday. A distressing video showed him pleading for his life and urging the government to intervene, but his plea went unanswered. Speaking in the video, he said, “My brothers and...

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Monarch Dies In Kidnappers Den, President Tinubu Condemn The Act

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaMonarch Dies In Kidnappers Den, President Tinubu Condemn The Act

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 23, 2024

The District head of Gatawa in the Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State, Isa Muhammad Bawa who was kidnapped along with his son and brother has died in captivity, as Kidnappers demand N500 million as ransom. Recall that the 74-year-old traditional ruler, his son, and his younger brother were abducted at Kwanan Maharba along the Goronyo-Sabon Birni Road while returning from Sokoto. The cousin of the victim, who is the Magajin Garin Sabon...

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Villagers Accuse Soldiers Of Killing 3 Persons, Cattle In Sabon Birnin

NewsNigeriaVillagers Accuse Soldiers Of Killing 3 Persons, Cattle In Sabon Birnin

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 23, 2024

Soldiers have been accused of killing three persons and over 100 cows during an incident at a local cattle market in Sabon Birnin, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Sunday afternoon. A video circulating on social media shows the animals scattered across the market along with the three bodies, while villagers look on. The villagers said the incident occurred when people were engaged in buying and selling at the weekly market, then suddenly...

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Northeast and Northwest Have Over 4m Malnourished Children

HealthNewsNigeriaNortheast and Northwest Have Over 4m Malnourished Children

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 23, 2024

No fewer than four million children in the Northeast and Northwest regions are malnourished, according to the Federal Government. Mrs. Ladidi Bako-Aiyebusi, the Director of the Nutrition Department in the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, disclosed this in her opening remarks at a five-day meeting with nutrition experts and stakeholders in the Keffi local government area of Nasarawa State. The meeting was in partnership with Civil Society-Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) and...

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IOM Seeks $18.5m To Support Population Affected By Mpox

HealthNewsNigeriaIOM Seeks $18.5m To Support Population Affected By Mpox

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 23, 2024

Due to spread of Mpox across the regions of Horn, Eastern, and Southern Africa, the International Organization for Mitigation (IOM) has launched an $18.5 million appeal to fund to mitigate the risk of infection for migrants who need “crucial” healthcare and other support ahead of an “anticipated surge” in cases. In a statement by Amy Pope, the IOM Director-General stated that those uprooted from their homes by natural emergencies and conflicts were far more prone to infection,...

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Nigerians to Pay More For Passports As Fees Go Up

NewsNigeriaNigerians to Pay More For Passports As Fees Go Up

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 22, 2024

The Federal Government has approved an increase in passport fees, effective 1st September, according to KT Udo, public relations officer for the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS. The 32-page passport booklet with a 5-year validity will now cost N50,000, up from N35,000 while the 64-page booklet with a 10-year validity will increase to N100,000, from N70,000. Udo said the increase is part of the government’s “efforts to maintain the quality and integrity of the Nigerian standard...

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Barr. Ifeanyi Mbanusi Declares for Idemili North LGA Chairmanship

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBarr. Ifeanyi Mbanusi Declares for Idemili North LGA Chairmanship

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)August 21, 2024

Barr. Ifeanyi Mbanusi, a lawyer and successful businessman, has declared to contest the Chairmanship of Idemili North Local Government, in the September 28 Local Government Election, on the platform of Labour Party- LP. Mabnusi, who hails from Umuoji has been a committed member of LP since around 2013 and only recently, he was a member of the LP Presidential Campaign Council in the 2023 Presidential Election and also helped to mobilize support for the party...

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