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NNPC signs MoU with Daewoo on rehabilitation of Kaduna Refinery
Lawrence Olaoye, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has in Seoul, South Korea, expressed delight as he witnessed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd and Daewoo Group of South Korea for the rehabilitation of the Kaduna refinery. According to a release by his spokesman, Femi Adesina,
Ayade, Umahi visit Wike in Rivers
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Wednesday night played host to his counterparts from Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade and Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi. The two governors met Wike in his country home in Rumueprikon, Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of the state. Umahi and Ayade are members of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
Samsung appoints convicted heir to top job
South Korean electronics giant Samsung has named convicted heir and de facto boss Lee Jae-yong as its Executive Chairman. The symbolic move means the world’s biggest smartphone maker will now be officially run by the third generation of its founding family, reports the BBC. Lee, who was convicted of bribery and embezzlement in 2017,
Russian tactics in east Ukraine ‘crazy’ – Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russian commanders of “craziness” in their efforts to capture the eastern town of Bakhmut. The town – which sits in the Donetsk region and had a pre-war population of 70,000 – has been the centre of Russian attacks for months, reports the BBC. Despite a looming Ukrainian advance
Australian parliament rape trial aborted
The case of a former political adviser accused of raping a colleague inside Australia’s Parliament House has been aborted after juror “misconduct”. Bruce Lehrmann, 27, denies sexually assaulting Brittany Higgins on a government minister’s sofa after a night out in March 2019, reports the BBC. He says they did not have s** at all.
FG, states & LGs share N700bn revenue as Sept allocation
Abdulwahab Isa, Abuja The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), at its meeting late Wednesday night, approved for sharing a total sum of N700.235 billion to the three tiers of government, as the federation allocation for the month of September, 2022. The amount comprised gross statutory revenue, Value Added Tax (VAT), and Electonic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL).
Terror Attack: We can’t secure you in Abuja, US Embassy tells citizens
Adeyinka Adeniji In what is now the third security advisory in less than a week, with the last two coming at the pace of 24 hours, the US Mission in Nigeria has instructed a voluntary departure for embassy staff and members of their families to seek safety outside of Abuja, the nation’s capital.
Court orders FG: Return Nnamdi Kanu to Kenya
A Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, yesterday ordered the Federal Government to pay the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, the sum of N500 million as damages following his illegal abduction and human rights abuse from Kenya. The Court also ordered the Federal Government to return him
Strike: We have 3 academic sessions running presently –JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has advised parents to interface with the various managements of their children’s universities’, regarding the status of their wards academic programmes, pointing out that three different sessions are being run by various universities concurrently and must be concluded within their own stipulated time frame. The advice had become
2023: More trouble for PDP as Mimiko rejects nomination as ‘Leader of Campaign’
There seems to be no end in sight in the crisis rocking the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), aheadof the2023generalelection, following the rejection by former governor of Ondo State, Oluwasegun Mimiko, of his inclusion in the Ondo State PDP Presidential Campaign Council list. While rejecting his inclusion on the list as Leader of Campaign ahead of
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