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Agip, Shell to fabricate 50% of FPSO topsides in Nigeria

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Two multinational operating companies, Nigerian Agip Exploration Limited (NAE) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO) have set plans for in-country fabrication and integration of over 50 per cent of the topsides of their projects’ floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels. The projects are the Zabazaba deepwater project being executed by NAE in partnership with SNEPCO on Oil Prospecting License (OPL) 245 and the Bonga South West Aparo (BSWA) deepwater project being developed by SNEPCO. Indications emerged on Friday that major contractors bidding for Zabazaba submitted competitive costs…

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Pope Francis injured while riding in popemobile in Colombia

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Pope Francis, his eye bandaged and blackened after an accident in the popemobile, wrapped up his trip to Colombia on Sunday appealing to the country to “untie the knots of violence” after a 50-year civil war. His last day in the country got off to a rocky start when he lost his balance and bumped his head while riding in the popemobile. He bruised his cheekbone and cut his left eyebrow, blood staining his white cassock. The Vatican said he received ice treatment and was fine. A smiling pope continued…

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Military denies invading Kanu’s home

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The military has denied the trending report that it invaded the home of Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), killing three people. A statement denying the story was issued on Sunday by Maj. Oyegoke Gbadamosi, Assistant Director Army Public Relations, 14 Brigade Nigerian Army. The Army said its attention has been drawn to “fictitious news’’ going round especially on the social media that troops have invaded the home of IPOB leader, Kanu and also killed three persons. “This is far from the truth. “Rather, it was…

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Janet Jackson in tears

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Hip-Pop singer Janet Jackson broke down into tears while performing onstage Saturday night, hours after she visited people affected by Hurricane Harvey. The singer, who is on her “State of the World” tour, which stopped by Houston’s Toyota Center Saturday night, was singing her hit song “What About” from her 1997 album, “The Velvet Rope.” As dancers behind her had just re-enacted a couple fighting, a fan’s Periscope video shows Jackson’s pausing and shielding her eyes as she breaks down into tears, later clutching her knees. “This is me,” she…

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Nigeria bags serial AFRIMA hosting right

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The African Union (AU) has awarded the hosting right for the Pan African Music Initiative, All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), to Nigeria for another three years (2017-2019). This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Segun Adeyemi, Special Adviser to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in Lagos on Sunday. The minister said the hosting right was given to the country following its successful hosting of the 2014-2016 editions. He said that the award of the hosting right was conveyed in a letter written ton him…

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MSF moves to curtail spread of cholera in Borno

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Following the outbreak of cholera in the camps of displaced persons in Borno state, Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF), a medical humanitarian organisation, has scaled up activities to control the disease. The MSF said it is working in with the state Ministry of Health and other organizations to curtail the spread of the disease which had already killd 23 persons. Anna Cilliers, MSF’s Medical Coordinator, said in Maiduguri that the organization had set up two Cholera Treatment Units (CTU), and an Oral Dehydration Point (ODP) in Maiduguri and Monguno local government…

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5m Nigerians benefit from amnesty programme

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Retired Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh, the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, says no fewer than five million people in the Niger Delta region have benefited from the initiative since 2009. Boroh, who is also the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, disclosed this in Akure shortly after receiving an award as Niger Delta Peace Ambassador from the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ondo State Council. He said that the amnesty programme was initiated in 2009 due to the conflict in the Niger delta region. Boroh said that it was…

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Buhari more corrupt than Jonathan – Adeyeye

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National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Adedayo Adeyeye, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari, and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) government of being “more corrupt than the previous,” PDP-led government of Goodluck Jonathan. Speaking recently at the Hackney Borough’s Speaker’s Parlour, at Hackney Town Hall, where he unveiled his ambition to govern Ekiti State in 2018 before well-wishers and supporters, Adeyeye said unlike Buhari’s two predecessors, Olusegun Obasanjo and Jonathan, who prosecuted and jailed members of their ruling party, Buhari’s anti-corruption campaign has become “a political…

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Plateau United crowned Nigerian league champions

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Plateau United have won the 2017 Nigerian Professional League championship, beating defending champions Rangers International 2-0 on the last day, to clinch the coveted  trophy and cash of N50million. The 2017 championship in the last few weeks was  a cheek and jowl affair between United and Lagos based MFM FC, with just one point separating them going to Day 38. Champions Plateau United But while United earned the maximum three points to hit 66 points, MFM faded out, losing to El-Kanemi Warriors in Maiduguri 1-2  and ending the race with…

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Russian MP’s son pleads guilty to cybercrimes

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The son of a Russian MP has pleaded guilty in the US to being part of a $50m cybercrime racket. Roman Seleznev, 33, admitted to being part of an online criminal marketplace called Carder.su, which specialised in selling stolen credit card details and identity theft. Seleznev has already been sentenced to 27 years in prison by a federal court in Washington for breaking into US businesses to steal credit card information, which he subsequently sold on to others to commit frauds. He was also ordered to pay $170m in damages.…

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