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By Kamil Opeyemi Troops of Operation Delta Safe, have uncovered and destroyed 34 illegal refining sites and apprehended 59 suspected oil thieves, among other criminal elements in two weeks. Director, Defence Media Operations, Military headquarters, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known while briefing newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. Buba said the troops also destroyed 38 dugout pits, 21 boats, 57 storage tanks, 10 vehicles, three tapping hoses, four drum receivers, 89 cooking ovens, six pumping machines and three outboard engines. He said the troops also recovered 696,250 litres of stolen crude oil, 54,400 litres of illegally refined AGO and 1,200…

By Kamil Opeyemi Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has accepted the apology issued by his deputy, Philip Shaibu, saying to err is human but forgiving is divine. Recall that the two leaders have been at loggerheads over Shaibu’s ambition to govern the oil-rich state. Last week, the deputy governor begged his principal for forgiveness over their political differences. ‘I use this medium to appeal to Mr Governor, if there is anything that I don’t know that I have done, please forgive me so that we can develop our state together,” he said in Benin while addressing journalists. Accepting the…

By Kamil Opeyemi Angry workers of the Ministry of Works on Thursday locked their Minister, Engr Dave Umahi, in his office as their response to his order that those who came late to work should be locked out. There was tension in the Ministry complex located in the Mabushi area of the Federal Capital Territory as the workers said the Minister as well would not come out of his office accusing him of highhandedness since he assumed office. NPO Reported earlier that the Minister had ordered that all the gates leading into the complex be locked while over 100…

By Halimah Olamide The Kaduna State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday ruled that the governorship election held in state this was inconclusive. It therefore ruled against the Governor Uba Sanni was not the winner of the election as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The petition was filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Isah Mohammed Ashiru. The judgement was delivered by the court via zoom on Thursday. In a split decision of a ratio of 2:1, the three-man tribunal panel led by Justice Victor Oviawe declared that the election was inconclusive and thus directed…

By Kamil Opeyemi The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers on Thursday said it was backing the nationwide strike called by the Nigerian Labour Congress. The NLC has slated October 3 for the commencement of its nationwide strike citing Federal Government’s alleged failure to address hardship imposed on Nigerians by the removal of the fuel subsidy. In a statement released on Thursday by the President Comrade Williams Akporeha and General Secretary, Comrade Afolabi Olawale, the union said the government has demonstrated high insensitivity and lack of regards for the Nigerian masses. The union said that it found it…

Google on Thursday called for applications for the Hustle Academy SMB Fund, a N75 million equity-free fund dedicated to the Nigerian Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs). Head, Brand and Reputation, Sub Saharan Africa, Google, Mojolaoluwa Aderemi-Makinde, said in a statement that the initiative would offer N5,000,000 to 15 Nigerian small business owners. Aderemi-Makinde said that this initiative cemented Google’s unwavering commitment to cultivating entrepreneurial growth in Nigeria. She said that SMBs formed the backbone of Nigeria’s economy but consistently grapple with challenges, notably the perennial obstacle of securing vital funding. Aderemi-Makinde said that according to the World Bank, African SMBs…

Burkina Faso’s security and intelligence services foiled a coup attempt on Tuesday, according to the country’s military government. It alleged that officers and others had planned to destabilise the country and throw it into chaos. It has been almost a year since the interim President Capt Ibrahim Traoré seized power. That was the country’s second coup of 2022, which took place amid a growing Islamist insurgency. In a statement read out on television on Wednesday evening, the authorities said some arrests had been made and they were actively pursuing other suspects, without giving specific details. The military prosecutor has since…

A lecturer at the Department of Guidance and Counselling of the University of Ibadan, Dr. Jimoh Audu, has died in his office. Jimoh, according to a source in the university had arrived in his office on Tuesday after dropping his children in their school and died shortly after arriving. A lecturer in the institution, who tried to establish the fact that the late don did not show signs of any illness, said his voice was heard as he arrived in the Faculty chatting lively with other people as he made for his office on the day. However, the lecturer was…

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said that it is addressing plights of some Nigerian lecturers studying in foreign institutions under the TETfund Scholarship for Academic Staff (TSAS) programmes. The assurance was given in statement by the Acting Director, Public Affairs of TETFund, Abdulmumin Oniyangi, in Abuja on Thursday. Oniyangi said the lecturers were requesting for bailout to cater for shortfalls in their living expenses occasioned by fluctuations in Foreign Exchange. He said the TETfund specifically noted appeals from scholars in Malaysia, India and Kenya, some of who had written to the Minister of Education and the fund, requesting…

The Federal Government has declared Monday, Oct. 2 as public holiday in commemoration of the nation’s 63rd independence celebration. This is contained in a statement by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Dr Oluwatoyin Akinlade, on Thursday in Abuja. According to her, the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated all Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora. Tunj-Ojo assured Nigerians of Government continued commitment to tackling challenges facing the country. “It is today a known fact that difficult socio-economic and security challenges are global, and Nigeria is…