The Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), an Exploration and Production subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), is looking at boosting its gas supply to the domestic market by 600million standard cubic feet per day (mmscf/d) in the next three to five years. The Managing Director of NPDC, Engr. Mansur Sambo, disclosed this during a facility tour of the company’s Oredo Gas Handling plant by the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari, in Benin City, Edo State. Speaking on the medium term projection of the company which is currently the highest supplier of natural gas to the…
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Borno on Friday destroyed drugs and psychotropic substances weighing over 19 tonnes. Speaking during the exercise in Maiduguri, the Chief Executive of NDLEA, Col. Muhammad Mustapha (Rtd), said the quantity was unacceptably high considering the link between drug abuse and violent crimes in the state. Mustapha said that the drug situation of the state was compounded by its proximity to the neighbouring countries of Sahel comprising of Niger, Chad and Cameroon, due to its porous borders. He said that the symbolic event was significant to ensure that all seized drugs are permanently…
The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN) on Friday said it had lost over N6billion in the course of the lockdown caused by the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic. Mr Patrick Lee, the Chairman of the Assocation, disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. He said that since the lockdown in March, the industry kept losing N1billion on a monthly basis rendering most of the staff jobless. “We are appealing to the state and Federal Government to work together and allow us open our businesses, we have lost over N1billion every month that we have…
A counsellor, Mrs Ibidun Adewale, on Friday identified third party influence and lack of trust among couples as factors responsible for the collapse of marriages. Adewale, a counsellor at Moba Local Government Education Authority, Otun-Ekiti, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday. She said that couples needed to seek amicable settlement of their differences for peace to reign. “Not all issues should be thrown at the doorsteps of friends, families and other external influences. “Marriage life should be with mercy, compassion and tranquility. But if the reverse is the case, couples should pursue…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday said it would work with all capital market stakeholders to tackle the issue of unclaimed dividends, valued at N158.44 billion as at December 2019.Dr Lamido Yuguda, SEC Director-General, disclosed this at the post-Capital Market Committee news briefing organised by the commission virtually.Yuguda said the commission would work with the registrars, stockbrokers as well as the Central Securities Clearing System to resolve the issue of unclaimed dividends in the market.He noted that SEC would work with the registrars to make it easier for shareholders to be unbundled into e-dividend system.Yuguda said that the…
The new Comptroller, Nigeria Immigration Service, Oyo State Command, Mr Usman Babangida, said the command was committed to arresting and prosecuting anyone caught violating the ban on land border closure. Babangida said this on Friday during the send-off party organised for the outgoing Comptroller, Mr Saley Abdullahi, who was promoted to Assistant Comptroller-General (ACG) in charge of procurement at the service Headquarters, Abuja. The new comptroller said that land borders were not yet open for anyone going or coming into the country. ‘If by any way we intercept the people coming into Nigeria or going out, we will arrest and…
The National Population Commission (NPC) on Friday reiterated its readiness to conduct a reliable and accurate census. Dr Eyitayo Oyetunji, Acting Chairman, NPC, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. Oyetunji asserted that the Commission had been ready with qualified personnel and facilities for census since 2016. “We have the census strategic document as well as accurate budget and timeline for census if government makes proclamation. “We have also covered 228 local governments in our Enumeration Area Demarcation (E.A.D) out of the 774 local governments in the country,” he said. Oyetunji, who canvassed…
Youths in Jakande Low Cost Housing Estate, Oke-Afa in Isolo area of Lagos, on Friday urged Lagos State Government to save the primary schools in the estate from collapse. Mr Adeyemi Yusuf, President, Estate Youth Parliament (EYP), made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. According to him, the Low Cost Housing Estate Primary School One and Two were built by Alhaji Lateef Jakande, as governor, to serve children in the estate. ”The primary school has now become a ghost of itself, and is yearning for renovation, refurbishment and reconstruction. ”The school was…
The Ekiti State House of Assembly has suspended Mr Femi Ayodele, the Chairman of Ikere Local Government over alleged unauthorised presidential campaign publication for Gov. Kayode Fayemi. The suspension was through unanimous votes by the lawmakers during the Assembly’s sitting in Ado-Ekiti on Friday. The members voted following a motion by the the Majority Leader, Chief Gboyega Aribisogan, which was supported by Mr Tajudeen Akingbolu, representing Ekiti West Constituency I. The two legislators urged the house to investigate the chairman’s alleged involvement in the unauthorised presidential campaign posters of the governor. They held that the chairman should be suspended and…
The Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LASUBEB), in collaboration with the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) on Friday rounded up a 5-day capacity training programme. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that no fewer than 90 officers working in the Basic Education Quality Assurance (BEQA) were retrained in evaluating techniques that would enhance learning. The training programme which kicked off on Aug. 17, closed on Friday at the Oshodi Local Government Area Office and Methodist Primary School Oshodi. Mr Wahab Alawiye-King, Executive Chairman of LASUBEB, said that BEQA officers in the state were equipped with modern techniques of…