The (OTL) Africa Petroleum Downstream Week has inaugurated its new Advisory Board made up of eminent oil and gas industry professionals. Dr Emeka Akabogu, Chairman, OTL Downstream Development in Africa Ltd., inaugurated the new board members in a virtual meeting on Thursday. The board members are: Tunji Oyebanji (Chairman), Ian Brown, Sheila Abiemo, Mumuni Dagazau, Clement Isong and Reginald Stanley (Patron). Akabogu said the annual OTL Africa Downstream Week was the continent’s leading business forum for market insights, business development and policy analysis in the African downstream petroleum value-chain. He said it was organised in collaboration with key partners in…
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The Network of Civil Society Organisations – Borno (NESCOB), has called for justice for a teenage girl allegedly abused and killed by a rapist in Maiduguri metropolis. This is contained in a statement by the Executive Director of NESCOB, Bulama Abiso, on Thursday in Maiduguri. Abiso said the group was investigating the matter, adding that preliminary reports showed that the victim, a domestic help was raped and stabbed to death. “NECSOB is saddened by the news of rape, murder and abuse by a staff of the INTERSOS Humanitarian Organisation, who has been suspended after the incident. “The NECSOB through its…
The North East zone lawmakers of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have endorsed the 2023 presidential aspiration of Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello. The endorsement came on the heels of endorsement of Bello for president by North Central lawmakers at their one day extraordinary meeting in Abuja on January 13. In a communique issued on Thursday, after the extraordinary meeting of the forum of APC State Legislators of the North East Zone, held at Hazibal Suite, Yelwa Road, Bauchi, the legislators declared their total support for Bello’s presidency. They also urged the leadership of the APC to zone the presidency…
After the United States (U.S.) imposed new sanctions, North Korea has indirectly threatened to start testing nuclear bombs and intercontinental missiles again. North Korean state media, KCNA, reported Thursday that the country’s Workers’ Party Politburo had held a meeting and ordered a reconsideration of confidence-building measures taken by Pyongyang as well as considering resuming all temporarily suspended activities. Experts see this as an allusion to North Korea’s own 2018 test ban on long-range missiles and nuclear weapons. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un led the party meeting held Wednesday, which saw officials reportedly discuss how to target measures against the U.S.…
The Debt Management Office (DMO) says its just concluded Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) bond auction for January was oversubscribed. DMO, which made this known in a statement on Thursday, stated that the auction received a total of 160 bids. It revealed some minor adjustments in the bonds offer during the auction. “Our FGN bond auction for January 2022 concluded yesterday with a total of 160 successful bids. “The auction recorded an over-subscription of N111 billion and N214 billion for the January 2026 and January 2042 bond offers respectively. “Successful bids for 12.5 per cent FGN January 2026 and 13…
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been the target of a massive cyberattack this week, the Geneva-based organisation said on Thursday. A cyberattack is any offensive maneuver that targets computer information systems, computer networks, infrastructures, or personal computer devices. The ICRC said personal data and confidential information of more than 515,000 “highly vulnerable’’ people were compromised in the hack of data from at least 60 of the humanitarian agency’s national societies around the world. Those affected included missing people, people in detention and people separated from their families due to conflict, migration and disaster. The ICRC said…
The Sokoto Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has commiserated with the state governor, Aminu Tambuwal over the death of his brother, Muhammadu Tambuwal. The monarch who died Tuesday evening, had served as the Wazirin (the Vizier) of Tambuwal for 37 years. In a statement by the Secretary of the Council, Muhammad Nasir made available to ASHENEWS on Thursday, the Union expressed heart-felt grief over the loss and condoled governor Tambuwal, Sultan Saad Abubakar, the entire people of Tambuwal District and Sokoto state at large. “On behalf of all working Journalists in Sokoto state, the Sokoto State Council…
Kano state government has reached an agreement with tricycles operators in the state and reduced their operational permit from N8,000 to N5,000. This is contained in a statement by the spokesperson of the State Road Traffic Agency (KAROTA), Nabulusi Abubakar on Thursday. The tricycles operators had gone on strike from January 10 to January 12 to protest against the imposition of N8,000 operational permit levied on them. According to Abubakar, the meeting between the two parties was held at the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Farm Centre, Kano. “Those present at the meeting include the counsel to the tricycle operators, Abba…
Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal has appointed Prof. Malami Tambuwal as the first vice chancellor of the newly established Shehu Shagari University of Education, Sokoto. Prof. Tambuwal, an educationist of repute was a Registrar of the defunct College of Education now upgraded to a varsity. Prior to his appointment he was a Dean in the Faculty of Education at the Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto (UDUS). He hails from Tambuwal town in Tambuwal local government area of Sokoto state. Also appointed by the governor are Professor Muhammad Mode, vice chancellor (Academic); Prof. Nasiru Gatawa, vice chancellor (Administration). Both were also former…
A presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu has apologised over his statement that women should go and re-register because the currentPermanent Voters’ Card, PVCs, they were holding had expired. According to a statement by his Media Office signed by Tunde Rahman, the statement while addressing women in Abuja, was an error and he apologises. “On Tuesday night in Abuja, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu granted audience to a delegation of women from Lagos and across the country attending the All Progressives Congress Women Conference. “While charging the women to check the status of their voting cards and mobilise…