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NNPC SIGNS MoU WITH RUSSIAN OIL COMPANY, LUKEOIL Nigeria and Russia Thursday in Sochi, Russia, signed an important Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will enable both countries’ oil giants, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Russia’s Lukeoil to elevate  commercial relationship to a government-to-government backed partnership. According to Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, with signing of the MoU, NNPC and Lukeoil will work together in upstream operations and revamp Nigeria’s refineries. Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mele Kyari and  Vagit Alekperov, President of  leading Russian oil company, Lukeoil, signed the MoU, which entails cooperation in deep offshore exploration of oil in Nigeria, production, trading and refining. The signing ceremony, which took place on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa Summit, was witnessed by the Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva. Earlier in his remark...

AGAIN, THUNDER STRUCK IN ONDO, KILLED 8 COWS  By Ayodele Oni, Akure Barely a month after 40 cows were struck by lightening in Ondo state, another set of eight cows were again killed on Tuesday evening. The incident, this time, was reported in Ikare Akoko area and had put health officials at alert as owners of the cows were trying to push them into the market for consumption. This, according to investigation, has made the state government to ban sales of cow meat especially in Akoko area of the state in the open market. It was gathered that health officials, while on routine checks in Ikare identified some of the dead cows being displayed for sale. Unlike the earlier ones killed in similar circumstances that were buried, owners allegedly roasted them and started selling them to unsuspecting butchers in Akoko area. The Director of Environmental Health Services in Akoko Northeast local government, Mrs Yemisi Adeniyi and her counterpart from Akoko Northwest, Mr Ojo Anthon...

N46M FRAUD: OSHIOMHOLE`S LGA CHAIRMAN REMOVED, VICE CHAIRMAN SWORN-IN.     The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has sworn-in Alhaji Imonofi Osumah Inusa as the Chairman of Etsako West Local Government, after Hon. Yakubu Musa, the erstwhile chairman was removed over his involvement in a N46 million fraud in the council. Obaseki, while swearing-in Alhaji Osumah at Government House, in Benin City, said investigations by a panel constituted by the state government revealed that the former LG boss, Musa, was engaged in fraudulent activities and lacked ability to supervise the staff of the Council. The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, hails from Etsako West LGA. It will be recalled that three council Chairmen were before now removed as a result of one allegation or the other. Meanwhile, some persons are begining to wonder why in spite of the fact that, the council Chairman of Esan North East local government area,...

NORTHERN NIGERIA LEACHING ON THE SOUTH (PART 1) By Peter Omonua I was talking with a family friend recently. His relative, who is from one of the South-South states, works with a major federal government agency. The person has worked with this organization for about 30 years, during which period, he rose to the position of a Deputy General Manager (DGM). About 4 years ago, the person received instructions, from “above” to employ a certain young graduate, and was mandated to bring the new hire in at the position of an Assistant Manager. Officially, the expected level for a new graduate should be entry level position. Within four short years, this new hire was promoted so rapidly that he attained the same level of DGM, that which took my friend’s relation 30 years to attain. As we speak, I learnt there is a new position that has just opened up for a General Manager within the organization. This young, 4-years experience employee is being considered for the General Manager...

EDO 2020: THE NEED FOR CAUTION By: Francis Akhigbe It is said that "those who make peaceful change impossible make violent change inevitable. The year 2020 is a few months away and Edo people will go to the Poll to elect their own choice of governor that will take over from the incumbent governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki whose tenure expires on November 12, 2020. That person is  expected to come from either  of the two dominant Political Parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People's Democratic Party (PDP). It will not be surprising if relatively an unknown political party altered the equation. The purpose of this write up is to sound a note of caution to all the political parties in Edo State that politics is not do or die affair and any attempt by the political gladiators to overheat the polity will not be in the interest of Edo people. Edo people are peace loving, civilized, educated and politically cautious. They know what they want and they know how to go f...

Planned Demolition Of Property of Political Opponents, group warns Obaseki against tyranny. A social political pressure group Edo Peoples Movement has warned the Governor of Edo State to stop his planned demolition of properties belonging to members of his party APC on account of their withdrawal of support for his( Obaseki's) second term ambition. This warning is coming on the heels of the planned demolition notice served on two of the members of the Edo Peoples Movement Barrister Henry Idahagbon, former Attorney General of Edo State and Co -Covener of the group and Comrade Tony Kabaka. The group which has been in the forefront of opposing Obaseki's second term aspiration has been a target of several attacks and intimidation by the Governor Obaseki administration which many believed lacks tolerance of opposing views of his administration. In a statement issued by one of the Co -Covener Hon Samson Osagie, former Minority Whip of the house of Representatives, the group...

Busted! Plot To Smuggle Maina Out Of Custody Foiled By Yusuf Alli, Abuja  Seven operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been arrested in connection with a plot to smuggle former Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) chairman AbdulRasheed Maina out of the anti-graft agency’s custody. They are undergoing investigation along with a woman, Zainab Abbas, to determine their involvement in the plot. Maina is being detained by the anti-graft agency which is probing him for alleged N2.1 billion fraud. An official of the agency alleged on Monday that Zainab Abbas, who visited Maina, coordinated the failed attempt to spirit Maina out of custody. According to the source, the seven EFCC men were on duty when the plot was to be carried out. The source added: “Intelligence was received about the plot on October 17. “That night, one Zainab Abbas was smuggled into the visitors’ area to meet with Maina. She was with her telephone. “She was alleged to be mak...