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A Magistrate’s court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has sentenced a former sales representative with Hyde Energy Limited, Kehinde Ajani, to four years and six months imprisonment with hard labour for diverting 30,000 litres of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), also known as diesel, valued N4,590,000.00 belonging to the company. According to court documents, the convict was employed by Hyde Energy Limited as a sale representative in 2008 to oversee about eight stations across the country. However, after loading the product at Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) depot in May 2017, he diverted and sold it for personal use. It…

Senate president, Ahmed Lawan has warned security agencies and the judiciary that captured terrorists and persons suspected of illegal oil bunkering must not escape justice. Lawan gave the charge when the leadership of the upper chamber hosted service chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police and heads of other security agencies. The meeting was a follow up to a similar one held early in August, 2022. While insisting that captured terrorists and oil thieves must not escape justice, Senator Lawan, who argued that the prevailing security situation does not augur well for the country, also stated that security agencies must ensure that…

The Federal Government has dragged the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to the National Industrial Court, NIC, over the protracted strike by members of ASUU that has shut the nation’s university system since February.Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige referred the protracted dispute between the Federal Government and ASUU to the industrial court following the inability of both parties to reach an agreement. The Federal Government is, among others, praying the court to the court to order ASUU to resume academic activities.The court in a letter of summon dated September 9, sign the Chief Registrar, said among others,…

The Delta state government has sounded a note of warning to principals, headmasters and teachers against lateness and absenteeism for 2022/2023 academic session. Delta Commissioner for Primary Education, Sunny Onoriode, who gave the warning in Asaba urged them to always be upright in schools at all times as government would not hesitate to sanction the deviant ones among them. He said, “Government noted with concern the situations where teachers, and in some cases pupils and students resume late at school. Such attitudes impact negatively on the school system and therefore should be discouraged.” Education commissioner while advising teachers to turn…

Operatives of the Nigeria Police attached to the IGP Special Task Force on Petroleum and Illegal Bunkering (IGP-STFPIB) have arrested two oil bunkering syndicates operating adjacent to Agbor Junction, Benin City in Edo State. Spokesperson of the Force, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said this in a statement made available to newsmen at the weekend disclosing that the suspects were arrested late September 7th, 2022 when they successfully busted an illegal petroleum refining operation in the state. This, he said followed the interception of intelligence on activities of an alleged illicit petroleum products refining syndicate operating adjacent to Agbor Junction, Benin City,…

Barring last-minute change, President Muhammadu Buhari is set to forward the list of Governing Board nominees of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the Senate for confirmation when it reconvenes on September 20. In arriving at the final list of nominees, the presidency reportedly ignored the recommendations put forward by Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva and Ondo State governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu in respect of who should become the Managing Director of NDDC. A top presidency source said Edo State had been pencilled in for the position of the NDDC’s managing director. This development, it was revealed, was…

Popular Nigerian comedienne and on-air personality, Real Warri Pikin has been unveiled as a brand ambassador for Nigeria’s fintech service provider, MoMo Payment Service Bank (MoMo PSB). The artist, whose full name is Anita Alaire Afoke Asuoha, was unveiled as brand ambassador at a ceremony held at the MoMo PSB office in Lagos. This makes her the first brand ambassador signed by the brand. Acknowledging her new status as a member of the MoMo PSB family, she said: “I am very happy to be part of this great development. The brand’s emphasis on financial inclusivity and assisting Nigerians motivates me…

A massive gas leak has been detected in Sangama Community in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State from a facility recently divested by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company Limited (NPDC). Residents said they first noticed the leakage a week ago lamenting that the NPDC had made no effort to contain it. Youth Leader of Sangama Community, Mr. Iyalla John-Jumbo, said the community contacted Shell but no intervention was made by the company. Jumbo regretted that the community had been deserted because of fears that there could be a repeat of the 2020 gas…

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has advocated for a reform in the assessment of students in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions. The governor made a case for the introduction of a seminar system for academic performance evaluation and award of degrees in tertiary institutions while speaking as the visitor to the state-owned International Institute of Tourism and Hospitality during its maiden matriculation ceremony in Yenagoa at the weekend. Diri, who was represented by his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, said that no educational system could produce thorough-bred and knowledgeable graduates by solely depending on the results of periodic examinations to award degrees and…

Barely 12 hours after proposing to his fiance, Nigerian comedian Emmanuel Chukuwemeka has been involved in a motor accident. The comedian who took to his Instagram live to make the announcement said he and the other driver were on separate lanes and he was shocked that they could have collided. He said: “For the people calling, I am receiving messages, I am okay. Don’t be afraid. The only thing I keep saying is people should avoid drinking before driving. It is the first time I will be seeing a car driving in one lane, and another car in another lane…