A year ago, Mele Kolo Kyari was named as the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). He succeeded Maikanti Baru, now of blessed memory. On July 8, 2019, the then incoming GMD made the following promises: (i) There will be no corruption without discretion. We will work with all shareholders within the NNPC group to ensure there is no discretion in the system; (ii) We will build this company to enable it to compete with its global peers. We are not saying we will not make mistakes along the way, but we will not make…
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The US Federal Bureau of Prison (BOP) has revealed prison details of cyber-crime suspect, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas also known as, Ray Hushpuppi. The US BOP published Hushpuppi’s registration number in the US prison system on its website. The prison details include: his name, age, race, and the location where he’s being held. The US BOP however did not reveal his release date, as “unknown” was indicated in the data given. Recall the popular Instagram socialite who has over 2.4 million followers, was arrested, alongside his associate, by Police in Dubai and extradited to the US for fraud allegations. The 37-year-old…
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has advised Nigerians to disregard the proposed timetable for the 2020/2021 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) timetable circulating online. The Head of Public Affairs, WAEC, Nigeria, Mr Demianus Ojijeogu, told The PUNCH on Sunday that the timetable circulating online was not from the examination body. “The timetable in circulation did not emanate from WAEC, Nigeria. Please, disregard,” said Ojijeogu. The body had initially scheduled to hold the exam between April 6 and June 5 but postponed it because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A man named Edet Okon Asim, who was alleged to have raped a 12-year-old-girl, has been appointed by Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade as his Special Adviser on Biodiversity. In 2019, Asim was said to have been arrested by police for raping and impregnating the 12-year old girl leading to the damage of her womb after series of abortions. It was learnt that he warned and threatened the girl not to reveal the crime until she started developing repeated belly aches. A source told Sahara Reporters, Asim was supposed to have been jailed for the said offence but manipulated the…
Except something else occurs that grabs the headlines and dominates Nigerian social media, the big news of the past week would probably be the death of Senator Abiola Ajimobi and the political drama that it has generated. Senator Ajimobi served as a Senator between 2003 -2007. He was Governor of Oyo State between 2011 – 2015, 2015- 2019. He achieved the distinction of being the first Governor in that state to be elected for a second term in office. He broke the jinx. His tenure as Governor was quite controversial with mixed results and divided opinions. He was a very…
Former Oyo State governor, Abiola Ajimobi has passed away at age 70. Ajimobi, who was recently named as the Acting Chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), died of undisclosed illness. More details soon.
History repeats itself because man in his usual frailty learns the stories but never the salient lessons. This weakness of man ensures that events are perpetually recycled when such needless rigmarole could have been nipped in the bud. In the build-up to the 2015 governorship election in Lagos State, the question on the lips of most Lagosians was, Ambode who? Akinwunmi Ambode had no political antecedent after leaving the state civil service. The then incumbent governor and current Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, had his preferred candidate in the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Supo Shasore. At…
As the Nigerian Army troops continue its offensive against insurgents in the North East, more Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) elements are either being arrested or neutralized and their equipment captured or destroyed while others continue to surrender amidst sustained artillery bombardments and offensive onslaught against their enclaves and hideouts by the gallant troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE. John Enenche, Coordinator of the Defence Media Operations, confirmed, in a statement on Monday, the surrender of a 19-year-old boko haram fighter, Muhammadu Abubakar, also known as, Babagana. Abubakar “surrendered to troops of 242 Battalion deployed at Charlie…
Across the world, as countries and economies slowly reopen, Africa lags behind. We were last to experience the coronavirus—and we expect to be the final continent to flatten the curve. Some may say it is too early, that the crisis still too deep and the recovery too distant to dwell upon the future. But that is wrong. In times of global crisis it is critical to think of the life after, and how—through adversity—we can refashion the world around us. In this new, post-coronavirus age, Nigeria—and Africa, more broadly—wish to benefit the world, not be a drag on its resources…
Tope Akinyode, a human rights lawyer, is set to drag the Nigerian Army to court on behalf of Emmanuel Madubuezi, a polytechnic student in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, who was shot by personnel of the Nigerian Army. On September 14, 2017, stray bullets from operatives of the Nigerian Army hit Madubuezi, who sat in a commercial tricycle on his way to school at the time. According to Sahara Reporters, the bullet pierced through his body and hit an elderly woman sitting next to him, who was thrown out of the tricycle due to the impact of the bullet. The young…
English Premier League clubs have unanimously agreed to stage 1 of ‘Project Restart’ and will return to the first phase of training this week. Following cordial talks among the 20 clubs, a path was cleared for players to return to training on Tuesday, ahead of a possible return of matches on June 19. According to Mirror Football, players will now be able to train in groups of no more than five as clubs look to rebuild the fitness of their squads after football’s enforced hiatus. The Premier League were able to flesh out much more detail at their latest meeting,…
If the gods want to punish a people, they either invoke plagues on the land or deploy agents of slaughter as leaders. The gods are not happy with Rivers state, obviously, hence the affliction by Nyesom Wike. The state had a chance of averting this ruination in 2019, but it did not take it. The recent brutish actions of Wike in Rivers really knock me into wondering whether the governor superintends over a parallel country. Wike has taken deeper gulps from the chalice of malice, absolutism and despotism. He is now running wild and untamed. In April, the governor ordered…