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Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) The Ondo State House of Assembly has directed the Chevron Nigeria Limited to come and address the house on its inability to quench the fire incident raging at the Ojumole Oil Well in Ugbo llaje. The Speaker of the House, Bamidele Oleyelogun, who gave the directive, said the company should appear before the house on May 14. The fire incident occurred on April 18, 2019 at the Ojumole Oil Well in Ugbo, llaje Local Government area of the state. The House had set up a-Six man Ad-hoc Committee on Tuesday during its plenary, directing all stakeholders in the affected communities to appear before it on Thursday. This is to address the main cause of the fire incident at the Oil Well, its security implications, economic effects and lasting solutions to the incident. Oleyelogun said the directive followed the outcome of the committee meeting with the stakeholders at the conference room of the State House of Assembly on Thursday. He said since Chevron...

ABUJA – THE Organized Labour on Thursday declared total war against the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige over the attack by suspected thugs on union members that protested in his private residence in Abuja on Wednesday. Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige Labour in its resolution read by the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC Ayuba Wabba directed workers to attack the Labour Minister and any member of his family anywhere they were sighted. Briefing journalists at the Labour House, the organized said that instruction had been given to workers at airports to attack Ngige and members of his family when sighted, adding that the Minister had been reported to national and international Labour organizations. Wabba said that Labour was mobilized for a national protest that will take place in Abuja on Monday next week, “We are coming prepared for him. The fundamental right of people to protest and assemble is sacrosanct. The Minister trie...

Nigerian Senate The Senate on Thursday rejected a bill proposing the establishment of Maritime University of Nigeria, Lokoja in Kogi. The rejection followed presentation of the bill by the sponsor, Sen. Isaac Alfa (PDP-Kogi). The bill, which was listed for second reading, was rejected by the lawmakers through voice vote. While making their contributions, the lawmakers had advised the sponsor of the bill to withdraw it following several reasons including the need for more work to be done. Alfa however, refused to withdraw the bill, saying he had done a lot of work on it. He urged the lawmakers not to attach geographical location and other sentiments to the bill. Sen Barau Jibrin (Kano North) noted that there was a new federal university in Lokoja while suggesting that the proposed maritime university should be sited in another riverine community of the same state. Sen. Olusola Adeyeye (APC-Osun), said there was no need for the university, adding t...

Prince Bisi Ashade (middle), Secretary, Ashade Family while addressing newsmen, earlier today. Photo: Ayodele Efunla By Kazeem Ugbodaga New twist has been added to the disputed Agidingbi land which the Akinole-Oshiun family claimed ownership, relying on a court judgment, but another claimant, Ashade Royal Family is laying claim to ownership of the land. A court judgement, according to the Akinole-Oshiun family, had awarded ownership of 398 acres of landed property in the community to them and had gone to take possession. At a news conference on Thursday, Prince Bisi Ashade, the Ashade Royal Family Secretary, said that the disputed land actually belonged to Ashade Family, saying that large portions of the land at Agindingbi was owned from time immemorial by the family. “The general public is hereby informed that that known to everyone, including Akinola-Oshiun Family, the land at Agididingbi forms portion of large expanse of the land owned from time immemorial , indeed befo...

President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Godwin Emefiele for a second term as governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), TheCable understands. Emefiele was first appointed in 2014 by former president Goodluck Jonathan and was retained when Buhari came to office in 2015. TheCable understands that the letter for the tenure renewal was signed by Buhari on Wednesday and has now been sent to the senate. By the CBN Act, the senate must confirm the nomination before it can take effect. This is the first time since 1999, when Nigeria returned to democracy, that anyone would be nominated to serve two terms as CBN governor. Before assuming the office of the CBN governor, the 57-year-old banker was the group managing director of Zenith Bank Plc. Emefiele was at the helm of affairs when the country slipped into its worse recession in 29 years. In 2015 when global oil prices began to decline, there had been calls for the devaluation of the naira. However, Buhari opposed the ...

Court gavel A 27-year-old applicant, Irene Ayuba, who allegedly sent fake bank alerts of N463, 350 to a businesswoman, on Thursday appeared in a Wuse Zone 6, Chief Magistrates’ Court. The police charged Ayuba, 27, who resides in House 42, NNPC Quarters Utako, Thuja villie, Abuja, with cheating. The Prosecution Counsel, Mr Omeji Noel, told the court that Ms Chinda Tonia of 52 Lobito Crescent Wuse II Abuja, reported the matter at the Utako Police Station in May 1. Noel alleged that the defendant sent a fake bank alert text message for some items she purchased from the complainant. He said that the defendant ordered designer handbags and gold and silver accessories amounting to N217,800. The prosecutor said the defendant sent fake bank alert statement through an Instagram account to the complainant notifying her of the payment. He also said that on April 30, the defendant created another new Instagram account and requested to buy more items and sent another fake alert o...

one of Tonto Dikeh’s recent interviews, she alleged that her ex-husband, Olakunle Churchill, doesn’t last in bed more than 40 seconds. According to the controversial Nigerian actress, the only time Mr Olakunle lasted up to one minute in bed, was the time they conceived her son. Churchill has not entirely remained mute ever since Tonto’s explosive interview. He has been sending some subliminal shots to Tonto but this new one seems to be the most direct one. In flaunting a new car he purchased on Instagram, Mr Olankule wrote: “they can’t stop a moving train” and added the hashtags #thestruggleisrealtho #everything40 #makingmoneyin40secs. However, Tonto’s baby daddy later edited the caption to do away with the shade but not before the screenshot below was taken.

Middlesbrough fans have appealed to Nigeria international Mikel Obi to stay with the championship side at least for another season. The Super Eagles captain waited till the last day of the regular season before netting his maiden goal for Middlesbrough in their 2-1 win against Rotherham United at the New York Stadium on Sunday. The victory meant nothing to Boro and their fans as the 73 points they garnered in the Championship season could not guarantee them a place in the top six positions after Derby County defeated West Brom 3-1 in a simultaneous game. Speaking after the game, the former Chelsea stalwart strongly hinted that he was not extending his contract with Middlesbrough, stressing he has options elsewhere and wants to win trophies. Even though Boro were disappointing for most of the season, Mikel proved to be an inspired signing as his vast experience and calmness on the ball steadied the midfield. Middlesbrough fans may not want Tony Pulis to stay but they certainly...

The size of the emirate under Muhammadu Sanusi II, emir of Kano, has been reduced to 10 out of 44 local government areas (LGAs) in the state. Meanwhile, the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission is going ahead with the investigation of the emirate under him which can lead to his deposition. The commission had alleged the misappropriation of N6 billion by the Kano emirate council “without the approval of the state government”. The probe, which was halted in 2017, has now been revived. Isa Bayero, a former official of the Kano emirate council, has been directed to appear before the commission on Thursday to shed light on the payment vouchers from 2013 to 2017. On Wednesday, the Kano state house of assembly had passed a bill breaking up the emirate in the state and Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of the state, passed the bill into law a few hours later. This happened two days after TheCable reported that Ganduje was plotting to either remove Sanusi or wh...

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal has nullified the judgment of the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which had declared the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke, as the winner of the September 2018 poll. In a dissenting judgment of four-to-one, the five-man panel led by Justice Jummai Sankey, the Court of Appeal upheld the appeal filed by Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State challenging the verdict of the tribunal and affirmed him as duly elected Delivering the lead majority judgment of the four members of the panel, the court resolved 10 out of the 12 issues raised in favour of Oyetola and the two others in favour of Ademola and his PDP. The Court of Appeal’s majority judgment was primarily anchored on the alleged absence of a member of the tribunal, Justice Peter Obiorah, who read the lead majority verdict of the tribunal, during the February 6, 2018 proceedings of the tribunal. Justice Sankey held that abse...

Tottenham star, Lucas Moura, has revealed that the club’s boss, Mauricio Pochettino gave an inspirational speech at half-time to help inspire them to victory over Ajax. Tottenham defeated Ajax 3-2 after a superb hat-trick from Moura. Tottenham were beaten 1-0 from the first leg and Ajax’s captain Matthijs de Ligt scored after just five minutes in Amsterdam with Hakim Ziyech doubling the Dutch club’s lead to 3-0 on aggregate in the first half. However, Moura said that a rousing speech from Pochettino at break had an impact on him and his team-mates. They went on to win the clash on away goals as the tie finished 3-3 on aggregate. “In the changing room, the gaffer said we need to score one goal,” Moura said to Spurs TV. “If we score one goal we are in the game and when I scored the first, it gave us a lot of motivation to keep working and to keep fighting. “After the second one, that’s football, everything is possible and we needed to believe. “I always say that we need to be...

Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Gerard Pique have reportedly held secret meeting regarding Barcelona’s state after their Champions League exit last night, according to Diario Gol. The trio are the most senior players at Barcelona. Barca manager, Ernesto Valverde’s hopes of winning the UEFA Champions League came crashing last night for a second season on the bounce in similar fashion like the first. Barca surrendered a three goal lead from the first leg contested at their home ground only to be mauled in the second leg. In the 2017/18 season, it was an absolute debacle in Rome while this time out, Liverpool bullied the skin out of Ernesto Valverde’s man. Valverde has taken the full blame for the defeat and has said that he remains unsure of his future. His man management and tactics have been heavily criticized of late. Ernesto Valverde’s favouritism of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Ivan Rakitic has hampered the chances of several players at Catalonia and the better preferred p...

Lionel Messi left at Anfield Bara had just been beaten in the Champions League semi-final, and nobody seemed as dejected as Messi. The forward cut a forlorn figure, hurried through the mixed zone without speaking to the media, and had to submit a random urine test. But the Barcelona delegation left Messi there because it had a flight to catch, Business Insider has been told. A vehicle and an escort remained with Messi where he was then shuttled to the airport before everybody jetted back to Spain together. Visit Business Insider's home page for more stories  . The FC Barcelona team bus left Lionel Messi at Anfield after its  crushing 4-0 defeat to Liverpool FC  on Tuesday night because the player was taking too long to pee during a random doping test after the match. Bara had a 3-0 advantage from the first leg in Spain last week but was powerless to prevent a resurgent Reds team after two goals each from Divock Origi and Georginio Wijnaldum settled the mat...

Mauricio Pochettino, Spurs Lucas Moura's hat-trick cancelled out Matthijs de Ligt and Hakim Ziyech's two first half goals, and sends Spurs through to the final next month. Pochettino, fighting back tears and speaking with a voice that was failing him, thanked his family on the BT Sport broadcast after the match. Visit Business Insider's home page for more stories  . Mauricio Pochettino broke down in tears and said "thank you football" after watching Tottenham Hotspur valiantly come back from the brink of defeat to eliminate Ajax in the dying moments of Wednesday's UEFA Champions League semi-final in Amsterdam. Tottenham, already 1-0 down from the fixture's first leg last week, needed to score at least once to give themselves a shot at reaching the tournament final on June 1 in Madrid. But Ajax struck a morale-sapping blow in the fifth minute when the team's golden boy Matthijs de Ligt converted his header from Lasse Schone's corner...

Jose Mourinho has reacted to Barcelona 4-0 defeat against Liverpool in the Champions League semi-final at the Anfield on Tuesday evening. Barcelona blasted another three-goal lead to suffer an elimination for the second time in a row under Ernesto Valverde. The former Real Madrid boss told beIN Sports: “When you see a result like this, you have to also speak about collapse, and Barcelona totally collapsed. “The fourth goal, if you see that goal in an Under 14 or Under 15 match, you would say ‘the kids are sleeping, the kids have no mentality to play football, the kids have to learn the basic things of the game’. “But we are speaking about the best players in the world, and to concede that goal really shows you a state of mind. “Barcelona has some of the best players in the world. It is their natural habitat to play at that level.”It’s their natural habitat to play Barcelona-Real Madrid, Champions League finals, semi-finals, every season. “It’s something that is so difficult f...

Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool both completed remarkable comebacks in the last four to earn the right to contest the 2019 UEFA Champions League final at Atletico Madrid's Wanda Metropolitano Stadium on Saturday, June 1. Spurs went through on Wednesday by earning a 3-2 win away to Ajax thanks to a last-gap, hat-trick goal from Lucas Moura. His injury-time finish sent the Lilywhites through on away goals after Ajax had added to a 1-0 first-leg aggregate lead by going two goals in front by halftime in Amsterdam thanks to Matthijs de Ligt and Hakim Ziyech. B/R Football ✔ @brfootball Moura's three-goal star turn after the break came 24 hours after Liverpool overturned a 3-0 deficit against Barcelona by smashing 4-0 past the Blaugrana at Anfield on Tuesday. B/R Football ✔ @brfootball It really happened: Liverpool 4-0 Barcelona Liverpool are in the # UCL Final. 1,726 2:52 PM - May 8, 2019 399 people are ...