President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed the Board and Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, in accordance with the power vested in him under Section 59(2) of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021. The Chairman of the Board is Senator Margret Chuba Okadigbo (South East), Mele Kolo Kyari, Chief Executive Officer, and Umar I. Ajiya, Chief Financial Officer. Other Board Members are; Dr Tajudeen Umar (North East), Mrs Lami O. Ahmed (North Central), Mallam Mohammed Lawal (North West), Engr. Henry Obih (South East), Barrister Constance Harry Marshal (South-South), and Chief Pius Akinyelure(South West). The appointments take effect…
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Nigeria has confirmed 428 new cases of the deadly coronavirus also known as COVID-19. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC confirmed the cases via its official Facebook page on Tuesday night. The Centre noted that the cases were confirmed from 14 States: “Rivers-188, Ondo-54, FCT-42, Imo-25, Nasarawa-24, Oyo-23, Edo-18, Akwa Ibom-16, Ogun-14, Osun-10, Kano-7, Ekiti-3, Borno-2, Plateau-2.” “Today’s report includes: 25 confirmed cases reported for Imo state is for 3rd January 2022. 16 confirmed cases reported for Akwa Ibom state is for 31st (9) December 2021 & 2nd (7) January 2022. 7 confirmed cases reported for Kano…
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC Sokoto State Command has arrested four suspected kidnappers. Briefing Journalists on the development in Sokoto, the State Commandant, Muhammad Saleh Dada, said the command used effective intelligence to follow their movement and were able to arrest the suspects at Niger State. “It took us a very long time by using intelligence to pursue them up to Niger State in Lapai and Manigi to arrest them in collaboration with the Niger State Command of NSCDC. “The Niger State NSCDC has given us tremendous support through their officers and…
The Nigerian Police Command in Niger state has rescued four Chinese expatriates who were attacked by suspected armed bandits while working on the transmission line tower of the dam long Gussase village. In a statement by the Public Relation’s Officer of the Police Command, DSP Wasiu Abiodun on Wednesday, the Chinese expatriates and local staff were workers of Shiroro-Hydro Power Dam in Niger state. “The Police tactical team engaged the hoodlums in a gun duel while 4 of the expatriates were rescued while 2 were later confirmed dead,“ added DSP Wasiu According to him, joint Police/military tactical…
Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has facilitated the employment of two physically challenged former National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members, Onogberie Efe Lulu and Nuruddeen Tahir into the Federal Civil Service. This gesture came as a result of the NYSC Director-General, Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim’s persistent advocacy for stakeholders’ support, especially in the area of Corps welfare. The duo were handed their employment letters from the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund. Ibrahim expressed gratitude to the President’s wife for her sustained interest in the success of NYSC and the welfare of Corps members. He remarked that…
The Nigerian Navy has mourned the demise of a former Chief of the Naval Staff and Chairman, Board of the National Inland Waterways Authority, Vice Admiral Ishaya Ibrahim which occurred on 4 January 2022. In a statement, the Navy Spokesperson, Commodore Suleman Dahun said that the late Chief of the Naval Staff was in active service for 35 years and died at the age of 69 years. According to him, the late Chief of the Naval Staff served the nation in various capacities. Prominently, retired vice admiral Ibrahim was actively involved in the ECOMOG Operation LIBERTY in…
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will continue to encourage Nigerians to go back to land and cultivate crops He stated during an exclusive interview with Channels Television aired on Wednesday evening. The President who stressed the need to invest more in Agriculture disclosed that; “We found out that only 2.5% of arable lands are being cultivated, so we have to go back to land, we have made some progress with the closing of the borders with Benin and the Niger Republic and Nigerians went back to land, we stopped the importation of rice, we are now feeding ourselves, now…
CAPE TOWN— A fire engulfing South Africa’s parliament continued to rage as night fell on Cape Town on Monday, after strong winds reignited the blaze that firefighters had declared under control just hours earlier. A 49-year-old man has been charged over starting the inferno which broke out early Sunday and has devastated the parliament complex, collapsing the roof of the National Assembly and threatening historic treasures. After a struggle that stretched into Sunday night, the fire was believed to have been brought under control, with exhausted firefighters leaving the site to the cheers of onlookers and journalists. …
BENIN CITY – Governor Godwin Obaseki has been commended for establishing a professional traffic control agency which apart from making Edo State great again, is a thing of pride, in the Southern region of Nigeria. Making this assertion shortly after being bestowed with an “Award of Excellence,” during the Edo State Traffic Control and Management Agency’s (EDSTMA) end of year party and parade which held at the EDSTMA Head office on January 2, 2022, Barr. Olayiwola Afolabi, a Benin based legal practitioner and advocate of social Justice praised EDSTMA for being a viable traffic agency whose display of professionalism has…
BENIN CITY – Ossiomo Power in Benin City has commissioned a new 40MW Independent Power Plant (IPP) dedicated to providing power to the Benin Industrial and Enterprise Park and local communities in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. Managing Director, Ossiomo Power, Dr. Uwa Igiehon, in an interview with journalists, said in conjunction with the Edo State Government, the power plant is providing 24/7 power to Ologbo and Obayantor communities in the area. The plant is an addition to the existing 55MW plant, which has been in operation in the state since 2020 and has been…