Author: Dan Dippi

Living in Abuja, Nigeria.

JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ojerinde Arrested Over N900m Fraud

Professor Dibu Ojerinde, a former registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has been arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC for allegedly misappropriating N900 million. According to the commission, Ojerinde was arrested on 15 March in Abuja, for allegedly committing multiple frauds while heading JAMB and the National Examination Council (NECO).…

JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ojerinde Arrested Over N900m Fraud

Thomas Tuchel singles out one Chelsea star after they beat Atletico Madrid 2-0

Chelsea manager, Thomas Tuchel has insisted that his side played against Atletico Madrid with ‘half a man more’ due to N’Golo Kante’s presence on the pitch. It was goals from Hakim Ziyech and Emerson Palmieri that secured a 3-0 aggregate win for the Blues over the La Liga leaders at Stamford Bridge. However, Kante turned…

Thomas Tuchel singles out one Chelsea star after they beat Atletico Madrid 2-0

Tanzanian President John Magufuli is dead –

<!–Tanzanian President John Magufuli is dead – Tanzanian President, John Pombe Magufuli, has died, Vice President Samia Suluhu announced in a televised address on Wednesday. The Tanzanian President was pronounced dead at 6pm East African time after days of absence from the public limelight. “It is with great shock that we announce to you that…

Tanzanian President John Magufuli is dead –

Depot charge pushes up pump price of petrol in Taraba – IPMAN

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Jalingo Chapter has attributed the increase in the pump price of petrol in the state to an increase in depot charge. IPMAN Chairman in the state, Alhaji Lukman Mohammed said this on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Mohammed said that the…

Depot charge pushes up pump price of petrol in Taraba – IPMAN

Prepare to own, run modular refineries ― PAP to ex-agitators

By Ike Uchechukwu The Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, has called on its beneficiaries to get ready to learn the periquisites of owning and running modular refineries following ongoing measures by the Federal Government to integrate artisanal refiners into the oil and gas sector. The Sole Administrator, PAP, Col. Milland Dixon Dikio, said the scheme was…

Prepare to own, run modular refineries ― PAP to ex-agitators

Reps summon Sirika over insecurity around airports

The House of Representatives has invited the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, to appear before its Committee on Aviation to explain how bandits gained entrance to the Kaduna airport and kidnapped 11 persons. At the plenary on Wednesday, the House unanimously adopted a motion moved by Mr Musa Pali, who prayed the House to ‘invite…The…

Reps summon Sirika over insecurity around airports

Bed occupancy in Lagos COVID-19 care centres reduces

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, has said bed occupancy in the state’s public and private COVID-19 care centres has reduced from 60 per cent to eight per cent. Mr Abayomi made this known through his verified Twitter account @ProfAkinAbayomi on Thursday while giving the state’s COVID-19 update for March 15. The commissioner…

Bed occupancy in Lagos COVID-19 care centres reduces

UPDATE: Court orders INEC to declare Araraume winner of Imo Senatorial election, gives it 72 hours to issue him certificate

Tribune Online UPDATE: Court orders INEC to declare Araraume winner of Imo Senatorial election, gives it 72 hours to issue him certificate A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare Senator Ifeanyi Araraume as the winner of the December 5, 2020 bye-election for the Imo…

UPDATE: Court orders INEC to declare Araraume winner of Imo Senatorial election, gives it 72 hours to issue him certificate

DPR sealed 86 illegal gas plants in Lagos in 2020 – Official

By Solomon Asowata The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says it shutdown 86 Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plants in Lagos State in 2020 for operating illegally. Mr Paul Osu, Head, Public Affairs, DPR made this known in a statement issued on Wednesday in Lagos. Osu said LPG ( cooking gas ) plants were shutdown for…

DPR sealed 86 illegal gas plants in Lagos in 2020 – Official