Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company will run at 100 percent capacity by 2015, Managing Director, Saidu Mohammed said on Friday. The MD made the assertion at a two-day workshop themed: “Managing Information in the Oil and Gas Industry”, organised by the company for energy correspondents in Kano on Friday. The plant currently operates at 60 percent capacity due to the improved operational efficiency of the company, according to Mohammed. “Major units of the fuel section of the refinery, including the crude, fluid catalytic cracking unit has been re-streamed to provide the desired output,” he said, adding that one of the…
Author: Wale Adebayo
In what could pass as a scene from a Nigerian home video, a young man in his early 20s, Uzoma Anyanwu, has allegedly hacked his mother to death for cautioning him against smoking ‘Indian hemp’ or cannabis sativa. The incident, which occurred at Amagbor Ihittte, in Ezinihitte Mbaise council area of Imo State, has left the entire community deserted for fear of being arrested for questioning by the police. LEADERSHIP Sunday reports that trouble started when the mother, who was said to be tired of the smoking habit of her son, advised him to quit smoking the banned substance. But…
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwwal on Saturday again launched a passionate plea to members of the Boko Haram sect to sheath their sword and embrace peace, even as he called on the federal government to also follow the path of meaningful dialogue that would bring an end to the insurgency. The speaker also urged the federal government not to shut its doors against dialogue with the terrorist group, assuring that the House of Representatives was ready to support any effort geared towards bringing about peace in the country and put a permanent end to killings…
Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (retd) has stated that the reason the June 12, 1993, presidential election was widely regarded as the freest and fairest in the country’s political history was simply because comprehensive civic responsibility education of potential voters was carried out. The former ruler, who made this known in an exclusive interview with LEADERSHIP Sunday at his hilltop mansion in Minna, Niger State, at the weekend, further explained that people were motivated to perform their duty to their country by giving them the assurance that their votes would count during the June election. “I think we…
here were strong indications, yesterday, that the Security services have commenced a high-level investigation of a monarch in northern Nigeria, suspected to have links with the members of Islamist sect Boko Haram, indications have emerged. The investigation followed the intelligence gathered from Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, regarding difficulties being faced by Nigeria in extraditing Aminu-Sadiq Ogwuche, the alleged mastermind of the April 14, 2014, bombing of Nyanya motor-park, near Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, where over 100 lives were lost. “Situation was so embarrassing that the jet, provided by the Nigerian government to convey the suspect from the Sudanese…
We know the HKN gang and its leader — Davido are always balling hard but we never knew how hard till now. Davido’s elder brother, who also happens to be HKN Group Chairman has revealed Davido makes N8.5m per show. He revealed this on Twitter page hours ago. BALLING!
It’s pretty obvious now that K-Solo isn’t going to let Timaya rest and plans on frustrating him till he goes crazy. After the sad demise of Kefee, her music colleague Timaya, who featured on her popular Kokoroko song went online to say how much he would miss her and how sad it is to lose a friend. But K-solo felt Timaya was not in a position to do that and lashed out at him saying, when she marked her birthday, Timaya did not use her picture on IG, BBM or anywhere and so on. Don ‘t forget that, Kefee and…
President of the National Industrial Court (NIC), Justice Babatunde Adejumo yesterday advised President Goodluck Jonathan, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi to explore an amicable settlement of the dispute over Sanusi’s suspension from office. Justice Adejumo gave the advice at the resumed hearing of the suit filed by Sanusi challenging his suspension from office by President Jonathan prior to the expiration of his tenure. It will be recalled that Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja had…
An upper Sharia Court judge in Borno State, Justice Alkali Goni Mukhtar has been retired by the state Judicial Service Commission (JSC), after he was found guilty of aiding in the criminal sale of a land in his court. One Buji Mustapha Magumeri had filed a petition against the judge over what he called Mukhtar’s unbecoming conduct on June 2, 2010. The petition, addressed to the office of the state Chief Judge, Justice Kashim Zanna, accused Justice Mukhtar of involving in illicit acts that short-changed the real owner of the land in dispute when it was brought to his court.…
Ending insurgency in Nigeria is everybody’s business and not the Federal Government’s alone, Niger State Governor Babangida Aliyu has said. The governor also contended that insecurity was self-inflicted in the country, according to a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Israel Ebije. “Security challenge does not happen just like that. It takes the indulgence of some elites who are desperate to gain political advantage. It is the thugs they engage that are causing the nation serious security challenge”, he said. Aliyu therefore urged Nigerian leaders to imbibe the culture of practicing true democracy devoid of engaging thugs. “A…
Member representing Jos South/Jos East constituency in the House of Representatives, Honourable Bitrus Kaze has faulted the position of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, where he seemed to be sympathetic to the cause of terror group, Boko Haram. The Lawmaker in a press statement yesterday described the Sultan’s position, especially at a time “that the war against terror is gaining global momentum following the abduction of nearly 300 school girls in Chibok”, as “depressing, counter-productive and very dangerous.” The Sultan had reportedly called on the federal government to negotiate with members of the Boko Haram sect, warning…
It seems the latest thing now is for fans to excuse celebrities of bleaching immediately their skin get a little lighter. This time, the attack is on the Aneke twins. The twins released pictures like the one above last week and they were accused of bleaching because the appeared lighter than they looked in previous photos. However, they claim they don’t bleach but the background made them appear lighter…They told Punch “I can’t bleach. There was a white background where we took the pictures. Apparently, they reflected on the pictures and sort of lightened our skin. Black is a beautiful…
Singer Etcetera is really beginning to annoy me now. He has written another article and this one is titled ‘We entertainers are prostitutes to telecoms giants’………what bothers me is the word “WE”, Etcetera, you have no endorsements neither have you been approached by any one so what are you talking about??? Anyways, read the article below: – It all started around 2000 AD, just right after the millennium bug had been crushed. A new era had just begun. With it came the beginning of what is known today as corporate prostitution. The telcos had just landed with their base stations…
A lot of people have been complaining that Star-Boy Wizkid has stop making good music but i guess this changes everything now. yesterday, Wizkid shared a photo of himself with Chris Brown and Tyga in the studio and now he drops another. Wizkid posted another picture of him with Justin Bieber together at a show, saying he is full of talent. It’s obvious Wizkid isn’t in L.A to waste his time after all. Wizkid was with Chris Brown and Tyga to work on their collaborative album Fan of a Fan. They were joined by Lil Boosie, who was in L.A.…
It always clear that it’s the poor people that like to live like they own the world American rapper Drake said in one of his songs, “I like when money makes a difference but don’t make you different,” he must have been talking about billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola. Femi Otedola was spotted holding some very cheap Nokia phones while attending the funeral of his late father; Sir Michael Otedola, Encomium reports. The phones were a Nokia 6230 which is reportedly about N5,000 and the other, a Nokia E50, which is said to be around N7,000.
A lot of my esteem readers were complaining that they hadn’t seen the photo of Wizkid hanging with Chris Brown & Tyga so i decided to show it. Fans have been complaining that other than a couple tracks & features, Wizkid has remained relatively quiet so far in 2014, but by the looks of things, it’s for a good reason. Wizzy is busy working on his next album, and took to Instagram to posted a picture that have left fans anxiously awaiting the outcome. If the time he spent with Chris Brown means a collabo, then i bet fans can’t…
The reported abduction of 30 Fulani women by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect has been debunked by the Borno State chapter of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria. The Cable News Network (CNN) had during the week reported that 30 Fulani women were abducted near Chibok, the scene of abduction of over 200 school girls two months ago and the report was reproduced in some national dailies. The same foreign media subsequently reported that the terrorist group, realizing the value Fulani herdsmen place on their cattle, demanded 20 cows for each of the abducted women. But in…
Edo House OF Assembly COMPLEX GUARDED BY SECURITY OPERATIVES The Edo State police command on Friday raised alarm over a plot by politicians to unleash mayhem on the state during resumption of plenary on Monday at the state House of Assembly, warning that it will not hesitate to deal with anybody that attempts to plunge the state into crisis. The state assembly was during the week thrown into a leadership crisis following the suspension and counter suspension of the deputy speaker, Hon Festus Ebea, and the Speaker, Hon Uyi Igbe and others. The assembly has further been divided into pro…
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three men for allegedly kidnapping and hacking an 18-year-old boy, Paulinus Nweke, with machete. In the incident which occurred around 3:30 pm on Monday in Itele, Ado-Odo/Ota area of Ogun State, Nweke’s attackers were said to have locked him up in a toilet after macheting him severally. An eyewitness, Mr. Muideen Adetunji, told newsmen that the incident happened at Olugbode, Lafenwa area of Itele. According to him, Nweke’s brother, who was hawking belts and underwear, told some passers-by that he heard his brother calling for help from one of the nearby…
A member representing Jos South and Jos East Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Bitrus Kaze, has faulted a statement credited to the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar that military strike was not a panacea to the Boko Haram insurgency. The revered monarch, who spoke at the 7th Annual National Conference of Muslim Lawyers Association of Nigeria (MULAN) on Thursday, called for continuous dialogue with the insurgents as the war against terrorism cannot be won with force, citing the case of the US Government’s swap deal with the Taliban, which saw an American soldier released…