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Oando Foundation Partners Firm To Develop Community School

November 13, 2019 1:57 am

The Oando Foundation, through its Adopt-a-school initiative and OVH Energy, a licensee of the Oando retail brand have expressed their commitment to improving infrastructural deficiencies in public primary schools by upgrading facilities in its adopted school, Model Primary School, Ekara Onne, Rivers State.

The partnership comes on the heels of both organisation’s efforts to foster the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal Four (SDG4) on basic education, designed to ensure a holistic improvement of public primary schools and access to quality education that will impact positively on learning outcomes.

The Head of Oando Foundation, Mrs. Adekanla Adegoke said it leverages …

Amapakabo Gets Okechukwu, Awoniyi Boost For Zambia

November 13, 2019 1:57 am

Coach Imama Amapakabo has received important boosts for today’s make-or-break Under-23 AFCON battle against Zambia with the arrivals in camp of team captain Azubuike Okechukwu and star forward Taiwo Awoniyi.

The absence of the duo was greatly felt in the opening game of Group B that the defending champions lost by the odd goal to Cote d’Ivoire on Saturday, and Amapakabo is confident their arrival will spur his squad to a better performance against the Zambians.

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“I am happy we now have Awoniyi and our captain, Azubuike. They are …

Zuma

SA: Zuma Has ‘Nothing To Hide’

November 12, 2019 4:53 pm
Former president Jacob Zuma has entered the fray in the ongoing battle between Busisiwe Mkhwebane and Sars over his tax records, saying the public protector is free to access the files.

This is after Sars went to court to oppose a subpoena by Mkhwebane for Zuma’s tax records.

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Taking to Twitter on Tuesday, Zuma said he was not consulted by Sars, adding that he believed Mkhwebane should have the records if she wants them.

“I hear that my Sars records are being contested in court by Kieswetter. No

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Sowore

Free Sowore: Police Fire In The Air To Quell Protest

November 12, 2019 2:36 pm

Nigerian security forces used tear gas and fired in the air on Tuesday to disperse protesters seeking the release of an opposition figure held since August after calling for a revolution.

Omoyele Sowore, the founder of local news site Sahara Reporters and a candidate in February’s presidential polls has been detained for “treason.”

At the end of September, the Nigerian judiciary ordered his release but the authorities have not complied.

About 80 protesters gathered outside the headquarters of the Department of State Services (DSS) in the capital Abuja, shouting

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Fire Fighters Prevent Fire Outbreak In Niger Gov House

November 12, 2019 12:26 pm

Men of the Niger State Fire Service this afternoon prevented a fire outbreak at the office of the Permanent Secretary, Niger State Government House, Minna.

The fire outbreak, which started at about 12:35 pm was put out by a combined team of fire fighters at about 1:03 pm.

Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Niger State, Mrs Mary Noel-Berje, who made this known in a statement on Wednesday, hailed men of the state fire service who mobilised three fire-fighting vans to the scene within 15 minutes of the fire outbreak.

The permanent secretary’s office, which was under renovation …

Anglican Primate Okoh Presides Over His Last DIVCCON

November 12, 2019 9:48 am

Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh is presiding over his last Divine Commonwealth Conference (DIVCCON 2019) in Abuja, in his capacity as the Primate of Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion). The week long event has as theme “O God, our help in ages past”.

Okoh’s tenure as the Primate of Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) will expire in March 2020, after 10 years at the helm of affairs of the Anglican Church.

His successor, Most Rev. Henry Ndukauba, was elected in September, in line with the constitution of Anglican Church, which stated that a new Primate shall emerge six months to the …

Court Disqualifies APC’s Bayelsa Deputy Gov. Candidate

November 12, 2019 7:55 am
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday disqualified the Bayelsa State deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Biobarakuma Degi from participating in the election.
Justice Inyang Ekwo ruled that Degi’s nomination form contained false information.

In his judgement, he said Degi-Eremienyo gave false information in relation to his educational qualifications and went ahead to depose to an affidavit to correct the discrepancies. The judge held that all his documents bore different names.

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) instituted the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1101/2019 against the

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Between FIRS And The Mystery Property Moguls

November 12, 2019 1:52 am

Pressure on the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to meet up the ever rising revenue target in order that the Federal Government might be able to find its budget has pushed the management into coming up with a number of innovative measure. To this end, it can be said without fear of contradiction that the tax body has in the past four years recorded laudable achievements. 

Despite a challenging economy, FIRS under the leadership of the Executive Chairman, Babatunde Fowler, remained focused, ensuring increased revenue from non-oil sector, thus raising hope for the nation for a life beyond oil.…

NEITI: Why Oil Theft In Nigeria May Not End Soon

November 12, 2019 1:49 am

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has given possible reasons why widespread theft of Nigeria’s crude oil and refined petroleum products may not end soon.

NEITI, which recently disclosed that approximately 488.6 million barrels of crude oil and 4.2 billion litres of refined petroleum products worth $40.06 billion and $1.84 billion respectively were lost by the country between 2009 and 2018, explained that a number of existing reasons and challenges suggest the practice could go on for a while.

It hinted that already, the numbers for stolen oil in the first quarter of 2019, surpassed the total volume stolen …

Osinbajo And A ‘Fork In The Road’ Option

November 12, 2019 1:48 am
EVERY passing day, the dissonance in the presidency, the most prized political office in the land is becoming obvious. The cracks in the wall appear clear as well. Ignore the denials that there is ‘no cold war’  in Aso Rock’, Nigeria’s seat of power. What we hear may not be all there is in the unraveling story as it regards the current travails of  vice president Yemi Osinbajo.  Last week, the clouds were beginning to clear. No more stonewalling on the matter that has engaged public attention for months.  For the first time, the presidency officially confirmed the sack
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Abia Blames Contractor For Delay On Umuahia Road

November 12, 2019 1:47 am

Abia State Commissioner for Information, Okiyi Kalu, has exonerated Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of any blame in the delayed completion of Aba Road, one of the urban roads in Umuahia.

Kalu said rather than the governor, the contractor handling the project should be blamed for the slow pace of work.

According to Kalu, the contractor had been fully paid by the state governmen to mobilise to site and complete the project.

Kalu told Daily Sun, yesterday, that the slow pace of work on the dual-carriage three-kilometre road might not be unconnected with the heavy rains.

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Between NLNG And Nigeria’s Global Warming Challenges

November 12, 2019 1:44 am

About 31 years ago, exactly on June 23, 1988, the conversation about climate change became a national issue in the United States when the country’s Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee entertained a landmark testimony on the issue from Dr. James Hansen, then director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Institute for Space Studies.

In his testimony, Hansen stated that, “global warming has reached a level such that we can ascribe with a high degree of confidence a cause-and-effect relationship between the greenhouse effect and observed warming.”

He added, “in my opinion, the greenhouse effect has been detected, …

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