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A former Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Prof Tam David-West, is dead. Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed deep sorrow at the passage of his ally and friend, a man he usually calls “the indomitable Tam David-West.” Professor Tamunoemi Sokari David-West, 83, was a consultant virologist of national and international standing. He served as Commissioner of Education in the old Rivers State, Minister of Petroleum and Energy under the Muhammadu Buhari military regime, and Minister of Mines, Power, and Steel under Gen. Ibrahim Babangida regime. “He had an indomitable spirit, stood resolutely by whatever he believed in, and was in…
Opera, Norwegian internet browser developer has announced the launch of Opera News Hub, a new online media platform for Nigerian authors and bloggers. At a ceremony in Lagos, the AI-driven digital content creator announced that the online media hub was launched to help authors and bloggers produce their original online content and share it. The new platform provides access to over 350 million users worldwide, 120 million of the users being in African countries. The browser developer is in the lead of the digital transformation of Africa and had committed to launching all its new products and services in Africa before…
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Local Content, Senator Teslim Folarin, says the Senate will invite the Nigeria LNG Limited to ensure compliance with local content laws in its 10 billion dollars Train 7 project. The senate disclosed this in a statement by Bamidele Ajibola, while hosting the Managing Director of NLNG, Mr Tony Attah. He said the NLNG should expect further invitations from the Senate once the Final Investment Decision on the TRAIN 7 project was signed because the National Assembly was determined to ensure that the project complied with local content laws. The lawmaker urged Nigerians to participate in…
The annual e-Nigeria International Conference, slated from Nov. 28 to Nov.30 in Abuja will leverage on advancing technology, indigenous innovation and ensure Nigeria attains the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda of 2030.Mrs Hadiza Umar, Head Cooperate Affairs and External Relations of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), said this in a statement she signed and issued on Monday in Abuja. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the conference, which will be the 12th edition, has as theme, ‘Leveraging Technology and Indigenous Innovation to Attain the Sustainable Development Goals.’Umar said the conference, initially fixed for Nov.12 to Nov .14…
The First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has challenged parents to take charge of their families by ensuring a good moral upbringing of children so as to minimize crime in society. Mrs. Buhari gave the counseling on Monday when she hosted a special prayer session for the nation at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The prayer session had the theme: ”The importance of supplication for the nation’s guidance”. The First Lady said that the lack of moral upbringing of children and the total collapse of family values was largely responsible for the social crises facing Nigeria. ”Today, many of…
The Shehu of Bama in Borno, Kyari Ibn Umar El-Kanemi, has declared commercial sex workers unwelcome in his domain in order to eliminate vices and enhance peace in the area. Mr Abba Shehu-Umar, the Personal Secretary to the emir, in a statement issued on Monday in Maiduguri, said the traditional rulers made the declaration in a message on Sunday to mark the 2019 Eid-el-Maulud celebrations. He said that the emir expressed displeasure at the increase in the number of commercial sex workers in the area the following clamp down on illegal brothels and commercial sex workers at Galadima Area of…
The first edition of the Governor Abdulraman Abdulrazak National Cycling Championship has been scheduled to hold in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital from December 3 to 8, 2019. Disclosing this at the weekend, Secretary-General of the Cycling Federation of Nigeria, CFN, Dayo Abolude said that the cycling championship would hold alongside a Cycling Commissaires (Referee Course) to update the officials with the rules of the sports. He said about 50 officials drawn from states across the country are expected to participate in the Commissaires Course as well as the cycling tournament. “The referees’ course will usher in a one-day cycling…
Sen. Rochas Okorocha, the former Governor of Imo and Chairman Senate Committee on Culture and Tourism, on Monday congratulated Muslims across the country on the occasion of this year’s Eid-el-Maulud celebrations. Okorocha urged Muslims to draw lessons and edifying virtues from the life of Prophet Muhammad by being ambassadors of peace and progress. “There are key lessons to be learned from the life and teachings of the Prophet Muhammad. He was a symbol of peace and unity. “As we celebrate him, we must display the same qualities that he lived for and taught throughout his life,’’ the former governor said…
A petroleum tanker loaded with 33,000 litres Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, is currently burning at the entrance of Gowon Estate, Ipaja Road, Alimosho, Lagos. Motorists are advised to make use of alternative routes as traffic gridlock is building up Men of the Lagos State Fire Service and the State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA who raced to scene are battling to put out the fire. At press time, there was no casualty recorded.
Five suspects including a staff of Usmanu Danfodio University Teaching Hospital Sokoto (UDUTH) have been arrested by the Department of State Security (DSS) over the alleged sale of three children abducted from Zuru in Kebbi. Gov. Atiku Bagudu, who handed over the three children to their parents on Sunday in Birnin Kebbi, named the suspects as Comfort Nwanko of UDUTH, Dorothy Okonkwo, Uchenna Benedict, Helen Samuel and one Moses who lives in Zuru. He said that the three children, including a set of twins, were sold in Anambra in connivance with Nwankwo and Moses. Bagudu commended the security operatives for…