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Three Months after winning the coveted awards at the 2019 Society of Petroleum Engineers Conference, energy giant, Shell Companies in Nigeria have now won the most sought-after Best Exhibitor award at the National Association of Petroleum Exploration (NAPE) annual international conference and exhibition held in Lagos between November 19-22, 2019. Shell General Manager Development, Chibogwu Sam Ezugworie, was also honoured with the Fellowship of NAPE in a glittering ceremony that had industry top-notchers in attendance. To crown off a successful conference for the energy organisation, a team of Shell staff, (Ovwigho Irifeta, Bart Tichelaar , Pratap Nair, David Obiga, Sunday…
An epoch-making event will take place on Tuesday 3rd December, 2019 with the unveiling of the Maiden Edition of ARCAN Foreign Policy Journal by the Association of Retired Career Ambassadors of Nigeria (ARCAN). Ambassador Grant Ehiobuche, Publicity Secretary, ARCAN Journal Editorial Board, said in a statement on Monday. The Journal the first of its kind in the annals of Nigeria’s Foreign Policy published works is a compendium of rich scholarly and highly researched articles that tell the story of Nigeria’s Foreign Service from cradle before independence through the early stages of independent Nigeria, the First Republic, on to the Second…
Super Eagles Coach, Gernort Rohr has expressed satisfaction with the African Blind Football Championship which kicked off in Enugu on Monday. Rohr, who stated this in an interview with newsmen in Enugu on Monday, praised the organizer, Bina Foundation for staging a championship of such magnitude. ”I am satisfied with the organization and they are doing a great job and I already find possibility in the visually impaired. ”To host teams from all parts of Africa is not an easy thing coupled that Blind Football is a wonderful institution so I can see a great exhibition in the championship. ”…
Justin Bieber has been on the hunt for a new house in Los Angeles with wife Hailey and it appears that the planned new residence isn’t the only change the 10,000 Hours artist is embracing. He stepped out Sunday afternoon, revealing a fresh ‘do with a head of cotton candy pink hair. The 25-year-old hid the look for a moment under a green hoodie as he enjoyed a game of hoops outside his Beverly Hills home. Bieber appeared to be taking it easy while his ex Selena Gomez and nemesis Taylor Swift were performing at the American Music Awards. He…
The Ogun police command says it has arrested a 42-year-old woman, Temitope Akinola, for allegedly poisoning and killing her two-day-old granddaughter with a deadly insecticide, Sniper. The suspect, a resident of Isote area of Sagamu town, Sagamu Local Government Area of the state, was arrested on Nov. 21 by operatives of the command. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement, said the grandmother was arrested, following the information received by the police in Sagamu division that the baby left in care of the suspect by her mother had been found dead. Oyeyemi said that the…
Mr David Ringshum, the Comptroller, Imo Command of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has advised irregular migrants to register during the oncoming Migrant e-Registration scheduled to start in the state on Nov. 26. Ringshum gave the advice when the staff of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Owerri Office paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Owerri. He said that strict measures would be taken against defaulters after the deadline of the registration on Jan. 11, 2020. Ringshum said that the equipment for the programme had just been installed in Imo, while the exercise had been ongoing in…
By Sumaila Ogbaje/Modupe Oremule The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says the super camp concept adopted to tackle activities of insurgents and other criminal activities in the country has yielded the desired results. Buratai stated this in an interview with newsmen during an operational visit to Tarkwa Bay super camp on Sunday in Lagos. He said that the troops have had a better understanding of using the super camp approach to tackle the myriad of security challenges confronting the country. Buratai said that the decision to adopt the approach was based on the threat analysis and evaluation of…
Mr Abdul-Saheed Olaide , a reporter with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), and some of his neighbours lost their property in a fire that razed their residence in Gwalameji, a suburb of Bauchi, on Sunday afternoon. The other victims are David Adenuga , a reporter with The Nation Newspapers, and some students of the Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi. The victims said the source of the fire, which reportedly started at 1.30 p.m. from a bush behind the building was not known but that it destroyed nine rooms. Olaide said that the fire burnt his work tools and other valuables but expressed…
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday ordered the remand of a teenager, Biodun Ademoye, who admitted assaulting a policeman on duty. Magistrate B. O. Osunsanmi ordered that Ademoye , 18, should be kept at the Kirikiri Correctional Facility, Lagos, along with Abiodun Omotosho, 27, charged along with Ademoye. Omotosho also pleaded guilty to the four-count charge. Osunsanmi adjourned the case until Nov. 29 for review of the facts and sentencing. The defendants, who have no fixed address, were arraigned for alleged conspiracy, assault, extortion, and breach of the peace. The Prosecutor, ASP Ezekiel Ayorinde, said that the defendants…
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, admitted Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTM), to bail in the sum of N1 billion. Justice Okon Abang, who gave the ruling, also ordered that Maina must produce two sureties who must be serving senators. The two lawmakers, according to the judge, must not be standing any criminal trial in any court in the country. He also ruled that the two sureties, who must be prepared for a N500 million bond each, must always be in court with the defendant at each adjourned date. The ex-pension reform boss is…