archive2023

 ...ALSO 81 DIVISION CHIEF OF STAFF, BRIG GEN WABILI The Army Council has approved the promotion of 47 Brigadier Generals to Major Generals and 75 Colonels to Brigadier Generals respectively in the Nigerian Army. The promotion list was released on Thursday, December 21, 2023. Among those promoted to the rank of a Major General (a two-star General) are the Director of Army Public Relations (DAPR), Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachuku and the Chief of Staff, 81 Division, Brig. Gen. Mohammed Bello Wabili, who are now Major Generals. According to a press...

...100 Nigerians to be rewarded Polaris Bank, Nigeria’s Leading Digital retail will hold a festive Save and Win draw that promises to add a dash of holiday cheer to its valued customers. The draw, which would be conducted at the Bank’s Lagos headquarters, and broadcast live on all the Bank’s social media channels would see winners emerge, contacted and rewarded instantly. The first draw that was held in September, had a total of 50 winners in a transparent selection witnessed by the lottery and other relevant regulatory authorities. The Bank...

…AS NNPC LTD., UTM OFFSHORE, DELTA STATE SIGN SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT ON FLOATING LNG The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd., Mr. Mele Kyari, has said that the company will utilise Nigeria’s abundant gas resources to revolutionize the nation’s power and industrial sectors. Kyari disclosed this during a signing ceremony of a Shareholders Agreement (SHA) between the NNPC Ltd., UTM Offshore (an indigenous company), and the Delta State Government on the development of the first Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility in Nigeria, held at...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPC Ltd.) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with TotalEnergies for the adoption and deployment of a methane detection technology known as Airborne Ultralight Spectrometer for Environmental Application (AUSEA) in all its upstream operations. With the agreement, which is a direct benefit from the Company’s participation at the recently concluded United Nations Climate Change Conference (also known as COP28) in Dubai, UAE, NNPC Ltd. will be able to deploy the TotalEnergies AUSEA technology on its upstream operations sites to ascertain the level of...

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Lateef Fagbemi SAN, has expressed support for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in its crusade against economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption, stressing that the Commission is pivotal to President Bola Tinubu’s plan to entrench a culture of accountability in governance. He stated this in Ilorin, Kwara State on Thursday, December 21, 2023, at the commissioning of the new office complex of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC.  Fagbemi stated that Tinubu was determined to free...

In a continuous bid to achieve a hitch-free celebration during the yuletide season within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the Commissioner of Police, FCT Police Command, CP Haruna G. Garba on Wednesday, December 20, 2023, met with Area Commanders, DPOs, and Tactical Commanders at the Command's conference hall. In a statement by the Command Spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, the Commissioner of Police charged the various Heads of Formations to ensure adequate deployment of men to places of social convergence like churches, mosques, and recreational centers. While banking on the sophistication...

The Spokesperson for the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Anambra State Command, DSC Okadigbo Edwin has been promoted to the next rank of Superintendent of Corps (SC). Okadigbo was decorated with his new rank alongside 200 other newly- promoted officers of the command who benefitted from the 2023 promotion recently released by the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB). Performing the decorating ceremony at the State Command Headquarters, Awka, on behalf of the Commandant General of NSCDC, Dr. Abubakar Ahmed Audi, the NSCDC State Commandant,...

The All-Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) has identified with the Tingo Group, a pivotal figure in Nigeria's agricultural sector. AFAN states their unwavering support for Tingo, acknowledging the critical role its ecosystem of products and services plays in the daily lives of millions of Nigerian farmers, adding that they are unperturbed by the report in some sections of the media on accusations leveled against the Tingo Group by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In a press statement on Wednesday made available to the media, AFAN said it...

 Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),  Ola Olukoyede, has called on internal auditors across the country to always consider Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), of corporate organisations, in addition to their professional codes, as potent guides in tackling financial malpractices. He made the call in Lagos on Saturday, December 16, 2023 at the Annual Induction and Fellowship Award of the Society for West African Audit Practitioners (SWAIAP). Speaking on the theme, “Internal Auditing, Tool for Preventive-Anti-Corruption & Anti-Fraud Strategies & Code of Ethics Agent”, Olukoyede said that, though internal auditors in corporate organizations had their professional guides through which they could...

Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede has charged Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), in the South East on proper collaboration with the Commission especially in spreading anti-corruption messages at the grassroots. He gave this charge on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, at the Enugu Zonal Command of the EFCC in a brief interactive session with CSOs, immediately after the commissioning of the new structure of the Command. The Chairman, who spoke through the Secretary to the Commission, Muhammad Hammajoda said “The EFCC cannot achieve its mandate...