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STUDENT MOTHER HELD AFTER DUMPING BABY IN AKWANGA BUSH

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By Ono Yima The police in Nasarawa State have arrested a final-year student of the College of Education, Akwanga, for allegedly abandoning her newborn in a bush near a primary school on AA Koto Street, Akwanga.The baby, wrapped in cloth, was discovered alive by residents who quickly alerted the police. Confirming the arrest on Thursday in Lafia, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ramhan Nansel, said the suspect is now in custody while the case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for thorough investigation and prosecution.“The mother of the baby has been identified and arrested. The Commissioner of Police has ordered the transfer of the case to the State CID, Lafia, for thorough investigation and prosecution,” Nansel said.The incident has triggered ou...

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NNPC RETAIL SLUMPS TO N395.5BN LOSS IN WAKE OF TROUBLED OVH ACQUISITION

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By Ali Elias NNPC Retail Limited has reported a staggering N395.5 billion loss for the 2024 financial year, its first full-year result since the controversial acquisition of OVH Energy Marketing Limited.The loss stands in sharp contrast to the N20.18 billion profit the downstream subsidiary of NNPC Limited posted in 2022, before the deal that saw management of NNPC Retail effectively handed over to OVH.According to the company’s audited financials, NNPC Retail’s net liability position grew to N278.8 billion in 2024, up from N79.5 billion in the previous year. Its net current liability rose to N423.6 billion, reversing from a positive position of N29.6 billion in 2023.The report attributed the losses to non-recurring items, including a N117 billion impairment of receivables and reconcili...

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NCDMB TO HOST TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION WORKSHOP

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By PR As part of its mandate to drive research and development in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) will be hosting a 2025 Technology Innovation Challenge Workshop. The workshop, themed “Stimulating Industry and Economic Growth through Indigenous Technology Innovation,” will take place on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at the Pavilion by Golden Tulip, G.R.A, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, starting at 10:00 a.m. WAT. The event will run in a hybrid format, with physical attendance strictly by invitation and virtual participation open to the public through Zoom. Organised through NCDMB’s Technology Innovation and Incubation Centre (TIIC), the workshop will guide innovators, researchers, and academia on the Board’s expectations for...

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EX-MINISTER, KACHIKWU ADVOCATES RAISE OF NCI FUND TO US$1BN, TIMELINE FOR DEVELOPING OIL BLOCKS

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By PR The former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Prof. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu has canvassed that the $450m Nigerian Content Intervention Fund (NCI Fund) be increased to US$1bn, to cater for the funding of mega of oil and gas projects, setting up of pipe mills and manufacturing of other critical equipment needed in the oil and gas sector. He also recommended that oil and gas producing companies should provide timelines for developing oil and gas blocks, same condition for firms that win industry contracts based on commitments of investments. He made these recommendations and dwelt on similar issues on Monday at the Business Mentorship Lecture Series organised virtually by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). The webinar drew nearly 500 participants ...

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NCDMB, ITF, PLEDGE TO DEEPEN COLLABORATION, AS BOARD RECEIVES BEST-IN-TRAINING CONTRIBUTION AWARD

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By PR The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Bayelsa State Office, on Wednesday in Yenagoa, pledged to deepen collaboration in human capacity Development (HCD), just as the Board was proclaimed Best-in-Training Contribution by the Fund. The Executive Secretary of the Board, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, speaking through the General Manager, Human Capacity Development (HCD), Barr. Esueme Dan Kikile, welcomed the ITF Management team, led by the Area Manager, Mrs. Oluwatosin Akingbola, to the Nigerian Content Tower (NCT), noting that the similarities in their respective mandates was a compelling ground for close collaboration. He recalled that the Board has had collaboration with the ITF at the national level, with the corpo...

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NNPC FOUNDATION EXTENDS FARMERS’ EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME TO NORTHERN NIGERIA

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By PR In continuation of its drive to strengthen Nigeria’s food security, stimulate economic empowerment, and promote national development, NNPC Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of NNPC Ltd. has extended its Vulnerable Farmers Training Programme to Northern Nigeria, marking the second phase of the initiative. The programme is designed to equip farmers with modern agricultural techniques, covering areas such as climate-smart farming, organic fertilization, post-harvest loss reduction, and enhanced market access strategies. It would be recalled that the first phase of the programme, held across the Southern region (South-East, South-South, and South-West), empowered over 4,000 farmers with modern agricultural practices and market-access strategies, recording...

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NNPC LTD WOOS INVESTORS AT GASTECH, SAYS HUGE OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND IN NIGERIA’S ENERGY SECTOR

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By PR The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has called on international investors to direct their attention to Nigeria and tap into the huge opportunities in the nation’s energy sector. Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Ltd., Engr. Bashir Bayo Ojulari made the call while fielding questions from NBC’s Hala Gorani during the Energy Talk segment of the 2025 Gastech Exhibition & Conference, currently taking place in Milan, Italy. The GCEO, who commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for improving Nigeria’s investment climate and positioning the country as the preferred investment destination for the energy sector in Africa, stressed that the new NNPC Ltd. Management is keen on attaining its set targets towards delivering value to its shareholders. Accord...

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ENUGU GOVT ACCUSES OLASIJIBOMI OGUNDELE, SUJIMOTO CEO OF N5.7BN FRAUD, HANDS CASE TO EFCC

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Photo credit: Realnews. (From Right) Olasijibomi Ogundele and Enugu State Governor, Bar. Peter Mba By Ali Elias The Enugu State Government has accused the Chief Executive Officer of Sujimoto Luxury Construction Limited, Mr. Olasijibomi Ogundele, of defrauding the state of N5.7 billion meant for the construction of 22 Smart Green Schools across the state. In a statement on Friday, the Commissioner for Information and Communication, Dr. Malachy Agbo, alleged that Ogundele received half of the contract sum of N11.4 billion but failed to deliver on the project. Instead, the state claims, he executed substandard work at some sites and eventually abandoned the projects. The contract, awarded on July 2, 2024, was part of Governor Peter Mbah’s flagship Smart Green Schools initiative, a...

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FG to Implement New Curriculum in 2025/26 Academic Session

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Picture credit: Punch. Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suwaiba Ahmad Ono Yima The Federal Government has announced that the new curriculum for basic, secondary, and technical education will take effect from the 2025/2026 academic session.The Director of Press at the Ministry of Education, Folasade Boriowo, confirmed the development at the weekend, saying that all necessary arrangements had been made for its smooth rollout. Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suwaiba Ahmad, had earlier explained that the curriculum review was undertaken to reduce content overload, improve learning outcomes, and prepare Nigerian learners with skills needed to thrive in a changing world.Under the revised structure, pupils in Primary 1 to 3 will study between nine and ten subjects, while those...

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INC Faults Disparities in Oil, Solid Minerals Laws, Demands Legislative Review

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By Ono Yima The Ijaw National Congress (INC) has raised concerns over what it describes as systemic injustice in the application of Nigeria’s resource laws, citing glaring disparities between the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021 and the Nigerian Minerals and Mining Act 2007.Addressing journalists in Abuja on Saturday, Prof. Benjamin Okaba, President of INC worldwide, said the inconsistencies portray Nigeria as operating a “two-tiered system of resource justice” that unfairly marginalises the Niger Delta.According to him, while the Mining Act makes room for host community agreements, scholarships, jobs, and infrastructure development, the PIA offers oil-producing communities just three per cent of annual operational expenditure — a provision widely rejected in the Niger Delta as inadeq...