Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

The Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited, Mele Kyari, has announced that Nigeria will begin exporting petroleum products to other countries in 2024. Kyari stated this on Monday at the opening of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) Energy and Labour Summit 2023 with the theme, “Petroleum Downstream Deregulation and Gas Utilisation” which took place in Abuja. He, however, explained that for this to happen, the country must focus on achieving gas as a transportation fuel. Kyari insisted that the only sustainable source of energy for Nigeria is to build the country’s …

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has disqualified the Bayelsa State All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the November 11 governorship election, Timipre Sylva. Justice Donatus Okorowo ruled that Chief Sylva, having been sworn in twice and ruled for five years as governor of Bayelsa would breach the 1999 constitution as amended if allowed to contest again. This was sequel to the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/821/2023 filed on June 13, 2023 by Deme Kolomo, a member of the APC seeking disqualification of Sylvia, who was Minister of State for Petroleum Resources in the administration of Muhammadu Buhari. The judge also…

Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike has flayed the report of the European Union Election Observation Mission EU-EOM to the 2023 general election in Nigeria, describing it as an inaccurate reflection of what transpired. According to him, the report did not give the true position of the last election, especially as it concerned his state, Rivers. The minister expressed his dissatisfaction on Monday in Abuja when he received in audience, the EU Ambassador to Nigeria, Samuela Isopi. He said the EU was supposed to serve as an impartial observer during the polls and not to present an inaccurate report of…

Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, on Monday, said the administration of President Bola Tinubu has not reinstated fuel subsidy. This is despite the confirmation of oil marketers that the federal government has restored subsidy for premium motor spirit (PMS), also known as petrol. Tinubu had announced the removal of fuel subsidy on his first day in office, leading to increase in fuel price from N197 to between N480 and N570, the pump price was subsequently reviewed upward to N620. However, there were reports that the price would go up as…

Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon has denied rumours making the rounds that he died on Monday. The death rumour is currently trending on all social media platforms. But his Personal Media Aide, Adeyeye E. Ajayi said in a terse statement on Monday night that the former military leader is not dead. According to the Ajayi, Gowon said “I am still around and well. I am not in a hurry”. Also reacting to the rumours, the Delta State Governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), during the 2023 election, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi who is said to have close…

Arsenal forward Bukayo Saka has been ruled out of England’s games against Australia and Italy because of injury. Saka missed his side’s 1-0 Premier League win over champions Manchester City on Sunday with a hamstring injury. The FA confirmed he has withdrawn after being assessed by England’s medical team and would not be replaced in the squad, which now has 25 players. England face Australia on 13 October, before taking on Italy in a European Championship qualifier four days later. “No, he will not make it,” said Gunners boss Arteta after Sunday’s game. “He has not trained for a single session.”…

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has warned organisations in the manufacturing sector against compromising the standard of products being churned out to Nigerians for consumption. In a bid to rid the country of substandard products across all sectors, SON noted that the warning was inevitable, assuring that it would ensure mandatory compliance for the purpose of safeguarding the lives, and health of Nigerians. Dr Ayuba Samuel, the head of Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme (MANCAP), gave the warning in Abuja while presenting the MANCAP certificates to NASENI Solar Energy Limited and 30 other companies in the country. MANCAP, a regulation…

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new aides in his media unit. Ajuri Ngelale, Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, announced this in a statement on Monday. The new appointees are: (1) Mr. Fela Durotoye (Senior Special Assistant to the President — National Values & Social Justice) (2) Mr. Fredrick Nwabufo (Senior Special Assistant to the President — Public Engagement) (3) Mrs. Linda Nwabuwa Akhigbe (Senior Special Assistant to the President — Strategic Communications) (4) Mr. Aliyu Audu (Special Assistant to the President — Public Affairs) (5) Mr. Francis Adah Abah (Personal Assistant to…

This year’s Nobel economics prize has been awarded to Claudia Goldin, an American economic historian, for her work on women’s employment and pay. Prof Goldin’s research uncovered key drivers behind the gender pay gap, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said. She is only the third woman to receive the prize, and the first to not share the award with male colleagues. Prof Goldin currently teaches labour market history at Harvard University in the US. She had “advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes”, the Swedish Academy of Sciences said, pointing to her work examining 200 years of data…

Justice Ibironke Harrison of a Lagos High Court has sentenced a police officer, Darambi Vandi, to death by hanging for shooting a Lagos-based lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem to death last Christmas. Recall that the defendant shot Raheem in the chest on Dec. 25, 2022, at Ajah Roundabout, on Lekki- Expressway, Lagos State. The prosecution team led by the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo, called 11 witnesses, including eight police officers. The other prosecution witnesses include two eyewitnesses and a pathologist.

Stephanie Frappart will referee Friday’s international friendly between England and Australia, becoming the first female official to oversee a men’s international match at Wembley. Frenchwoman Frappart became the first woman to referee a men’s World Cup fixture during Qatar 2022 when she took charge of Germany’s 4-2 victory over Costa Rica. Peter Elsworth, the FA’s head of refereeing operations, said: “Stephanie is an outstanding referee. “We’re delighted she and her team will take charge of our upcoming fixture against Australia in front of a sold-out crowd at Wembley Stadium and we’re looking forward to welcoming them to the home of English…

Lagos State University of Education (LASUED) has integrated the Yoruba Language into its General Nigeria Studies (GNS) curriculum as a means of fostering the language’s preservation and encouraging its use among students. The Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Bidemi Lafiaji-Okuneye, shared this information in an interview. This comes on the heels of the enactment of a law by the Lagos State Government on August 8, 2018, to safeguard and promote Yoruba Language within its tertiary institutions. The law mandates the inclusion of Yoruba Language in the GNS program of all tertiary institutions owned by the Lagos State government. “It is…