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Royal Dutch Shell has commenced talks with the Nigerian government to sell the Anglo-Dutch company’s stake in onshore oilfields, Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden, said on Tuesday. Shell, the operator of the West African country’s onshore oil and gas joint venture SPDC, has struggled for years with spills in the Niger Delta as a result of pipeline theft and sabotage as well as operational issues. The spills have led to costly repair operations and high-profile lawsuits. Speaking at the company’s annual general meeting, CEO Beurden said that Shell can no longer be exposed to the risk of theft and…

Deontay Wilder, boxer, could be in for a £5.65 million pay day from Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury after a US court ruled in his favour. Fury and Wilder were to fight last summer for the third time as stipulated in their contract but Coronavirus restrictions plus Wilder’s claim of injury stopped the match from going through. After Fury began negotiations to fight Joshua, Wilder came back asking that his fight contract with Fury be respected and carried out but Fury rejected his proposal saying the contract timing has already expired. Now a court has ruled that the trilogy fight…

Despite the ongoing five-day warning strike in Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has fought back by ordering mass sack of nurses. El-rufai on Tuesday announced the dismissal of all nurses below level 14 in the state. This was as the governor had vowed not to back down in his decision by recalling more than 4,000 local government employees recently sacked by his administration. The governor’s action is linked to a tweet he made earlier when he stated that Barau Dikko Teaching hospital had reported that nurses disconnected oxygen from a two-day old baby in an incubator on Monday, May…

The United Kingdom government has repatriated £4.2 million to Nigeria looted by the associates and family members of a convicted former governor of Delta State, James Ibori. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, confirmed receipt of the looted fund, in a statement he made available to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday. Malami, in the statement that was signed by his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr. Umar Gwandu, stated that the money was credited into the designated Federal Government account, with the naira equivalent value of the amount as of May…

The House of Representatives is set to legalise the use of Indian Hemp in Nigeria for economic benefit. The spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Okezie Kalu, announced this at a press conference on the benefits and opportunities of Cannabis in Akure, Ondo state. The House, according to him, has concluded an arrangement to organize a two-day stakeholders roundtable on the benefits of the weed that will be attended by scientists, medical and pharmaceutical professionals, farmers, insurance companies, executives, and private sector investors, He said the roundtable is scheduled to hold between June 7 and 8. Kalu explained that countries such as…

All is now set for the hosting of a one-day Economic Summit by the Ukanafun Economic Development Committee (UKEDC). The summit which is jointly organised with the Ukanafun Local Government Council of Akwa Ibom State, will be held on June 1, 2021 with the theme: Repositioning Ukanafun for Sustainable Development. The 24-member Economic Development Committee which is headed by Elder, (Dr.) Idongesit D. Udom and which was inaugurated on February 4, 2021 by the Local Government Chairman, Pastor Godwin Inyieng, is a Pan-Ukanafun Eminent Citizens Group, established to partner the Council’s administration in forging a new template for sustainable development…

Heavy downpour could not deter thousands of sympathisers and friends from witnessing the funeral ceremony of the late Iniubong Umoren in Nung Ita, Ikot Essien, Oruk Anam Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The sympathisers and friends of the murdered Iniubong, the Philosophy graduate of University of Uyo, wept uncontrollably and rained curses on the alleged perpetrator of the heinous crime at the funeral on Friday. The 26-year-old was lured, abducted and later murdered by one Uduak Akpan who later buried her in a shallow grave in his father’s compound at Nung Ikono Ufok in Uruan Local Government Area.…

The prime suspect in the murder of Miss Iniubong Umoren, the 26-year-old University of Uyo (UNIUYO), graduate of Philosophy, says if found guilty, he was ready to also die. Uduak Frank Akpan, the supposed employer of Iniubong, is said to have lured, raped and eventually killed Iniubong over a phony job offer in Uruan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Akpan, 20, who was paraded along with his father by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Amiengheme Andrew, at the state headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia, near Uyo, the state capital on Friday,  confessed to killing her, saying he was ready…

A student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, has committed suicide.  The student, Feranmi Fasunle, died after she allegedly drank a pesticide popularly known as sniper Wednesday night. It was gathered that the 200-level student of the Department of Political Science at the varsity drank the pesticide in her room and was later rushed to the school’s health centre, but she was later referred to the Federal Medical Center, Owo where she gave up the ghost early Thursday.   The administration of the University in Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, says it will investigate the reason behind the death.  The…

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the demise of a former Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Joshua Dogonyaro. In a statement on Thursday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari described the death of the general as a great loss to the Nigerian military and the nation. He explained that this was so because of the patriotic sacrifices of late Dogonyaro in the defence of the country’s unity and territorial integrity. “The death of Dogonyaro comes as a great shock to me because as a soldier, I know what it means to lose…