TotalEnergies on Wednesday said the commencement of production from its Ikike field would help to bridge Nigeria’s oil production gap which had declined in recent times. Mr Mike Sangster, the Managing Director, TotalEnergies E&P Nigeria, made this known at the 2022 Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition (NAICE) in Lagos. The Ikike project is a Joint Venture between TotalEnergies (40 per cent) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (60 per cent). Located 20 kilometers off the coast, at a depth of about 20 meters, the Ikike platform is tied back to the existing Amenam…
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Rísé.ng, an innovative blue-collar online market source, has unveiled plans to empower 36 million Nigerian youths with capacity building certifications to provide employment and stem brain drain tide. Mrs Olawunmi Akalusi, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Rísé.ng, made this known at the official launch of the Rísé.ng Application, on Wednesday, in Lagos. Akalusi said Rísé.ng was created to bridge the supply gap for blue-collar jobs and introduce professionalism to the informal sector. She said that Rísé.ng empowerment initiative tagged “Project Empower” was aimed at addressing the increasing youth unemployment and lack of startup capital. Akalusi said the initiative would also…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has deployed adequate operational equipment and personnel to effectively control the traffic in crash prone areas nationwide. The Acting Corps Marshal, FRSC, Mr Dauda Biu, said this in a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) Mr Bisi Kazeem, on Wednesday in Abuja. Biu said that the Corps was currently restrategising to boost its operational activities through the deployment of more operating tools. This, he said was in a quest to make the highways safer for all road users. According to him, the deployment will include injecting new fleet of vehicles into the…
The leadership of the Senate is meeting behind closed-doors with service chiefs over the lingering security situation in the country. Present at the meeting are the Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Lucky Irabor; Chief of Army Staff, Lt.- Gen. Faruk Yahaya; Chief of Naval Staff; Vice Adm. Awwal Gambo, and Chief Air Staff; Air Marshal Oladayo Amao. Others are the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba; the Director-General of State Security Services (SSS) Yusuf Bichi; the Commandant General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps Dr Ahmed Audi and the Director General National Intelligence Agency (NIA); Ahmed Abubakar. The…
The federal government of Nigeria on Wednesday, imposed a N5 million fine on Trust Television Network (TrustTV) over a broadcast of a documentary titled, “Nigeria’s Banditry: The Inside Story”, which was aired by the station on March 5th , 2022. A statement by the management of the TV station on Wednesday, said the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) in a letter dated August 3, 2022 and signed by its Director-General, Balarabe Shehu Illela said the fine was imposed on TrustTV because its broadcast of the said documentary contravened sections of the National Broadcasting Code. “While we are currently studying the Commission’s…
The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, has urged the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) operational Commanders in the various theatres of operation to ensure they deploy maximum firepower against insurgents. This is contained in a statement by the Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet. Amao made the call when he with frontline Air Officer Commanding (AOC) and Air Component Commanding (ACCs) at the NAF base in Kaduna. The CAS commended them for their efforts and the improved synergy with sister services and other security agencies. He lso underscored the need for…
Adamawa state governor, Ahmadu Fintiri has named Prof. Kaletapwa Farauta as his running mate for the 2023 governorship election on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Fintiri said this at the unveiling ceremony in Yola on Wednesday. According to him, Farauta, currently Vice-Chancellor of the Adamawa State University Mubi was selected based on her honesty, integrity, transparency and hard work. He said that she was expected to discharge her responsibilities with due diligence and fear of God, in addition to her motherly role of keeping the home. “Her choice was a result of painstaking and strategic calculations especially the…
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent his condolences to those who lost their loved ones in the recent barbaric terrorist attacks in Sokoto, Kaduna and Plateau states. A statement by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity) on Tuesday, also said security forces were given “full freedom” to deal with what it described as “madness”. According to the statement, the President had reviewed the situation following reports on the loss of several lives in the attacks, and assured all possible support from the federal government to the states, adding that “we have given security forces full freedom…
By Fadhlillah Abdallah “State government has paid all its marching grants, counterpart fund to UBEC and other stakeholders” – SUBEB Chairman Sokoto state governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has declared that his administration will soon send an executive bill to the State House of Assembly for the extension of service years of teachers from 60 to 65 years. The governor stated this while distributing instructional materials to the 23 local government education authorities in the state at the headquarters of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) on Wednesday. According to Tambuwal, his administration is also committed to increasing the salaries…
The Sokoto branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has requested its national body to refund its members’ registration fees paid for the NBA-SPIDEL conference scheduled to hold in Sokoto but canceled. In a letter to the NBA President and signed by the branch chairman, Muhammad Nuhu, the Sokoto NBA expressed disappointment at the postponement and eventual cancellation of the conference for reasons of insecurity. The letter also stressed that members of the branch would not risk attending the conference in Abuja where it is now scheduled in view of recent terrorists attacks within the FCT. “In view of the…