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Chimamanda, Bobbi Wine, Others For Felabration 2019 Show

Chimamanda, Bobbi Wine, Others For Felabration 2019 Show

October 13, 2019 10:45 am
AWARD-WINNING writer, Chimamanda Adiche, alongside others will speak at this year’s annual Felabration Symposium tagged The FELA Debates. The event which is open to the public comes up on Monday, October 14, 2019, inside the NECA Events Center, Ikeja Central Business District, Alausa Ikeja. And the topic for the symposium is ‘Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense,’ which is the title of one of his hit songs.
She will be sharing the Fela Debates’ stage with law teacher, Prof. Akin Oyebode, British activist, Akala, and Ugandan politician, Bobbi Wine.
Chimamanda was born on September 15, 1977, in Enugu, Nigeria. Kingslee
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NNPC/Chevron, NDPHC Olorunsogo Others Sign GSAA

NNPC/Chevron, NDPHC Olorunsogo Others Sign GSAA

October 12, 2019 2:40 pm

Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, in its capacity as Sellers’ Representative for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and itself, has signed a Gas Sale and Aggregation Agreement, GSAA, with Olorunsogo Generation Company Limited, Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited, NDPHC, and Gas Aggregation Company Nigeria Limited, GACN.

The agreement was executed on behalf of the four companies by Sanjay Narasimhalu, Director, Downstream Gas, CNL; Chiedu Ugbo, MD, NDPHC; Ifeoluwa Oyedele, Executive Director, NDPHC, for Olorunsogo Generation Company Limited; and Engr Morgan Okwoche, MD/CEO, GACN, respectively.

Under the deal, the CNL will supply on an interruptible (reasonable endeavours) basis, a daily contract …

Suspension: APC Stuck Over Amosun, Okorocha, Others

Suspension: APC Stuck Over Amosun, Okorocha, Others

October 12, 2019 4:04 am

The All Progressives Congress (APC) seems to be in a fix over the membership status of the immediate past governors of Ogun and Imo states, Ibikunle Amosun and Owelle Rochas Okorocha respectively and two others, seven months after their suspension by the National Working Committee (NWC).

The national leadership of the party, had on March 1, few days after President Muhammadu Buhari was declared winner of the 2019 presidential election, clamped an indefinite suspension on the elected and appointed officers of the party, leveling allegations of anti-party activities against them.

The NWC had while announcing the suspension order, disclosed further …

Okonjo-Iweala, others in TICAD7, fake Buhari still missing

Okonjo-Iweala, others in TICAD7, fake Buhari still missing

August 30, 2019 9:39 am

The former Nigeria’s coordinating minister for the economy, Dr Okonjo-Iweala, in company of  other African leaders at the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7) were treated to a special business launch after today’s session at the conference by Gavi Vaccine Alliance, but Jubril Al-Sudani, late President Muhammadu Buhari‘s impostor was not among the dignitaries in attendance, Africa Daily News, New York reliably, gathered.

It is getting obvious to the world that Nigeria’s president is a Sudanese impostor, and the deliberate exclusion of the purported Nigeria’s president in the business launch was well understood by the Nigerian …

Nigeria, others, to attract $103b gas investment in 2019

Nigeria, others, to attract $103b gas investment in 2019

August 22, 2019 9:51 pm

Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Mozambique, Senegal, and Mauritania have been identified as African countries that will spur investment in Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) on the continent to about $103 billion this year.

Holding about 7.1 per cent of proven global gas reserves, a report yesterday, from the 5th Gas Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, said the continent will contribute nearly 10 per cent of global LNG production growth through to 2024.

It added that on the demand side, Africa’s large, urbanised and industrialised societies of the future would require reliable and sustainable power generation.Citing greenfield investments in Nigeria, Egypt, Mozambique, …

Soyinka, others protest as DSS moves Sowore to Abuja

Soyinka, others protest as DSS moves Sowore to Abuja

August 5, 2019 7:06 am
The condemnation of the arrest of Omoyele Sowore continued yesterday with the Noble laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, lamenting that the country had been thrown into a cycle of suppression of citizens’ rights.

The police, at the weekend, accused Sowore, the convener of #RevolutionNow protests and the Global Coalition for Security and Democracy in Nigeria of trying to force a regime change in the country. They alleged that the move by the pro-democracy activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the last general elections amounted to treasonable felony and an act of terrorism. Consequently, Sowore was arrested

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Police commissioner, others killed in Shiites protest

Police commissioner, others killed in Shiites protest

July 23, 2019 1:18 am

A fresh protest against the continued detention of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, yesterday claimed the life of a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Umar Usman. Usman was struck with a sharp object while trying to pacify the protesters. The police chief who was in charge of operations at the Federal Territory Police Command was taken to a hospital where he eventually died.

The protest by members of IMN, also known as Shiites, which began at the NITEL Junction at Wuse 2, Abuja was disrupted by armed policemen who had cordoned off the road …

Nigerian troops lose ₦15 million to Boko Haram in ambush

Army colonel, captain, others killed in Boko Haram clash

July 19, 2019 8:27 am
A colonel, captain and three other soldiers of the Nigeria Army were kiled Wednesday in a clash with Boko Haram in Maiduguri, Borno State.

“A Colonel and a Captain, as well as 3 soldiers on transit from Maiduguri to Damaturu, run into an ambush staged by the routed/fleeing terrorists from the Jakana axis which led to their unfortunate death,” an army spokesman Ado Isa said.

Isa said that the troops of 212 Battalion at Forward Operating Base (FOB), Jakana, neutralised an unconfirmed number of Boko Haram, ISWAP terrorist who attempted to infiltrate the army base in need of logistics.

He

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Thugs beat up Oshiomhole, 14 others

Thugs beat up Oshiomhole, 14 others

June 19, 2019 2:34 am

Suspected thugs have beaten up Seidu Oshiomhole, the younger brother of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress and lawmaker-elect (Etsako West 11) of the Edo State House of Assembly, Tribune Online is reporting.

The attack on Oshiomhole and 14 other lawmakers of the Edo State House of Assembly is the latest in the crisis between the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, and the National Chairman of the APC.

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According to Tribune Online, the 15 lawmakers, who were absent at midnight on Monday when the other nine members …

Nigeria, others lose $1tr yearly to untidy firms’ ownership

Nigeria, others lose $1tr yearly to untidy firms’ ownership

June 12, 2019 12:46 am

The Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) yesterday said secret ownership of companies, especially in the oil, gas and mining sectors, was costing Nigeria and other developing countries about $1 trillion yearly. The revelation comes as the December 31, 2019 deadline for the most populous black nation to implement the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) beneficial ownership standard approaches.

Though it was acknowledged that efforts were being made by the Department of Petroleum (DPR), NEITI, Mining Cadastre Office as well as other key ministries and government agencies to sanitise the industry, stakeholders, at a workshop in Port Harcourt, have, however, …

Boycott S'African businesses, Oshiomhole urges Nigerians

APC commends Lawan, Femi Gbajabiamila, others over victory

June 12, 2019 12:03 am

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has applauded the emergence of a new leadership of the National Assembly led by Ahmed Lawan. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa Onilu, it congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari; National Chairman of the Party, Adams Oshiomhole; governors; National Executive Committee (NEC); the National Working Committee (NWC) and other supporters on the party’s victory in clinching principal officer positions in the ninth National Assembly.

Specifically, the APC is celebrating the emergence of its anointed candidates: Lawan …

Police nab soldier, others for alleged kidnapping

Police nab soldier, others for alleged kidnapping

May 27, 2019 9:56 pm

The police in Anambra State have arrested members of a four-man gang for alleged kidnapping.

The suspects allegedly wore military uniforms to deceive and kidnap people.

Three of them, including a lance corporal in the Army, were wearing military uniforms and vests when they were nabbed by the police last Friday after allegedly abducting Uchenna Ezeonu in Ekwulobia, Anambra State, the police said.

Read Also: Breaking: Two arrested for selling three siblings for ₦.5m

The suspects, Obasi Peter, Benjamin Nicholas and Ojiegbe Obinna, were arrested alongside three suspected accomplices.

Confirming the arrest, police spokesperson Haruna Mohammed said the victim was
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