Source: Reuters Nigerian presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar visited Washington two weeks ago to meet with top U.S. diplomats and lawmakers thanks to a temporary suspension of a travel ban linked to decade-old bribery scandals, according to people familiar with the matte. The U.S. administration has not commented on Atiku’s status or his travel, but several U.S. diplomats and others familiar with the visit told Reuters the former vice president has been banned from entering the United States for the past several years after he figured prominently in two corruption cases. For Atiku’s supporters, the fact he was able to visit…
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Hyacinth Chinweuba The newly promoted Deputy Inspectors General of Police have been decorated at a colourful ceremony at the Force Headquarters, Abuja formally decorated with their new ranks. Thereafter, the seven (7) DIGs were immediately inducted into the Force Management Team during the maiden meeting of the FMT held in the office of Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu. Meanwhile, the new DIGs have been posted to their new departments and directorates as follows: DIG Usman Tilli Abubakar – Department of Finance and Administration DIG Abdulmajid Ali – Department of Operation DIG Frederick Taiwo Lakanu – Department of Logistics and…
Yemisi Izuora The Global Process and Pipeline Services Limited (GPPSL) bagged the Foreign Investment Network (FIN) Pipeline Service Company of the year at the 2019 Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS) which held recently in Abuja. The award is an acknowledgement of GPPSL’s significant contribution to oil and gas development through its excellence track record in process and pipeline services in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. Engr Obi Uzu, chief executive, GPPSL received the award on behalf of the company at a dinner at Transcorp Hilton Hotel Abuja, and witnessed by Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, energy…
Yemisi Izuora The process of shortlisting the entries submitted to the 2018-2019 Startupper of the Year by Total Challenge in Nigeria has been completed. The 15 candidates shortlisted by Total for the final include Amoo Rebecca with Eliminating Post-Harvest Waste project; Ayegba Victor, Unique Multiaxial Enterprise project; Ezenwere Emmanuel Arone, Aerial logistics project; Hanson Anietie, Saint Hanson HealthCare project; Ijir Aondosoo, My Waste, My Energy project among others. Their projects were selected out of more than 5,212 entries, through a questionnaire and a “Share for Likes” voting phase, before being reviewed by social business professionals. The 15 finalists…
Yemisi Izuora The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Nigeria Police have pledged to work together in a renewed drive to combat the perennial menace of oil theft and pipeline vandalism across the country. Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the NNPC, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, stated in a release yesterday in Abuja that the decision to reinvigorate the push against oil pipeline marauders was reached at the meeting between the Group Managing Director of the corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru and the Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Abubakar Mohammed Adamu at the NNPC Towers. The release said…
Yemisi Izuora The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has announced a trading surplus of ₦2.06billion for the month of November 2018. The figure represented an improvement of 116 per cent in over October’s deficit of ₦12.66billion. The increase in performance month-on-month was primarily attributable to improved efficiency of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company’s (NPDC) operations. The NNPC also posted a total crude oil and gas sale of $668.57 the same period which is 26.13 per cent higher than the previous month. Crude oil export sales contributed $574.95 million 86.00 per cent of the dollar transactions compared with $425.00million contribution in the…
Yemisi Izuora Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc, has disclosed the settlement of claims totaling N4,243,642,157.36 to various insured spread across the country in 2018. A statement by the company’s Spokesperson and Head of Corporate Communications & Brand Management, Segun Bankole, posited that the underwriting firm is not about paying lips service to settlement of genuine claims when they occur. He however, stated that the claims experience in 2018 was quite humungous which he attributed to the downturn in the economy. According to him, “every insured wants to claim at every given opportunity which really escalated the claims figure for the year. …
Yemisi Izuora United Bank for Africa (UBA Group) kicked off the first session of the week-long Social Media Week Lagos 2019 with the announcement that its chatbot Leo now covers 17 African countries and has one million subscribers. Leo was launched in January 2018 to enable customers of the bank have access to select banking services including account opening, loan applications, account balance checking, cheque confirmations, bill payment, account freezing and instant notifications. Described as an “alpha version” by digital enthusiasts, Leo has surpassed one million users on the bank’s mobile app, in just 12 months because of its numerous…
Yemisi Izuora The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG Limited, has denied endorsing an oil and gas training programme organised by Almond Technical Career Development, in partnership with Deopel Engineering and School of Professional Mentoring and Capacity building, allegedly for NLNG’s Train 7 Project. The organisers, in the publicity material, allege that NLNG mandated consultants to organise training sessions for those interested in participating in the project. They also claimed that attendees of these training shall be enlisted for employment in the database of the main Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor. However, the NLNG expressly disassociated itself from the said…
Yemisi Izuora Minister of information Lai Mohammed has restated government’s determination to flush out criminal elements who are planning to disrupt peaceful conduct of the upcoming elections in Kwara state. The minister said, “There is indeed every reason for thugs and other criminals in Kwara to worry, because they will not be allowed to cause violence or disrupt the conduct of the forthcoming elections. Definitely, the clampdown on criminals in Kwara State has unsettled those whose modus operandi is to use thugs and hooligans to snatch ballot papers, disenfranchise voters and generally terrorize the citizenry during elections. We have no…
