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The Ministry of Petroleum Resources said that the memo from the office of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources to President Muhammadu Buhari is a normal procedural correspondence relating to developments in parastatals under his supervision. Idang Alibi, Director of Press Ministry of Petroleum Resources disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. “The attention of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources has been drawn to a publication on a memo emanating from the HMSPR to the President. “The communication under reference is a normal procedural correspondence by the Minister to the President relating to developments in parastatals…

…N/Assembly move to add Environment to Concurrent Legistive List The increasing spate of environmental and natural disasters across the world is a proof that climate change is not a hoax, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has said. Delivering a remarks at the opening of a national stakeholders summit on legislative framework for environmental law and policy in Abuja Tuesday, Hon. Dogara, argued that the Nigerian environment currently presents the picture of a threatened heritage. He said environmental change is expected to increase the likelihood and impact of extreme weather variability while the parallel and paradox of…

Ecobank has partnered with Visa to launch Ecobank Scan+Pay with mVisa solutions to their consumers. The strategic tie-up signals interoperability on a cross border level – and potentially huge gains – as it affords consumers with the ability to use their mobile phone to directly access the funds in their bank accounts to pay person-to-merchant (P2M) or person-to-person (P2P). Ecobank Scan+Pay with mVisa delivers instant, secure cashless payment for goods and services by allowing customers to scan a QR code on a smartphone or enter a unique merchant identifying code into either a feature phone or smartphone. The payment goes…

The board of ntel, Nigeria’s first 4G/LTE-Advanced network, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ernest Akinlola, as its substantive Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer. Ernest is a senior executive with 20+ years extensive experience in Telecoms Media & Technology. He joined the fledgling One 2 One telecoms operator in the UK and was instrumental in establishing a world class internal audit and compliance department. As Head of Department he led the assessment and subsequent launch of Virgin Mobile UK on the One 2 One network which proved to be the pioneering MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) at the time. READ:…

Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata could be out for more than a month after injuring his hamstring during Saturday’s defeat by Manchester City. The 24-year-old, who joined Chelsea for a club record £60m from Real Madrid, is the club’s top scorer with seven goals. Read Also Gareth Bale ruled out of Wales world cup qualifier Spanish team doctors diagnosed the grade two myofascial injury and he will miss this week’s World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Israel. Muscle injuries such as this can take four to eight weeks to recover from. Spain are top of group G, three points clear of…

Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale has been ruled out of Wales’ crucial World Cup qualifiers against Georgia and the Republic of Ireland with a calf strain. Real manager Zinedine Zidane had played down concerns about Bale’s fitness, saying he rested him for Sunday’s win over Espanyol as a precaution. Bale joined the Wales squad on Monday and, despite sitting out training, it had been hoped he would be fit. But the 28-year-old’s injury means he will not travel to Georgia. Barnsley striker Tom Bradshaw has been called up to Wales the squad in his place. Read Also Chinese scientists replace…

Chinese scientists have developed a faster way of transmitting data via LiFi putting WiFi in danger of been obsolete in a few years. The Chinese news agency Xinhua reported the breakthrough by the scientists in creating full-color emissive carbon dots (F-CDs), which brings them one step closer to developing a faster wireless communication channel that could be available in just six years. Light Fidelity, known as LiFi, uses visible light from LED bulbs to transfer data much faster than radio wave-based WiFi. READ: Obasanjo to make acting debut in comedy skit A 2015 test by a Chinese government ministry showed…

Nigeria’s Stanley “Edo Boy” Eribo, on Sunday, retained his African Boxing Union (ABU) welterweight title by defeating Tanzania’s Ramadhani Shauri via a unanimous decision at GOtv Boxing Night 12. A capacity crowd watched the event, which took place at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium Lagos. Eribo also won N2.5million attached to the Mojisola Ogunsanya Memorial Prize for the best boxer of the night. Read Also Obasanjo to make acting debut in comedy skit The seven-fight event also saw Nigeria’s Oto “Joe Boy” Joseph make history as he became the first ever winner of the Commonwealth Africa lightweight…

Nollywood star Samuel Ajibola has unveiled a behind-the-scenes photo from the widely anticipated episode of ‘Dele Issues’, starring former President Olusegun Obasanjo and is scheduled for release on October 14. Ajibola, who is popularly known as Spiff in the sitcom ‘The Johnsons’, made the announcement on Instagram. He said: “I’ve had this picture for months, but I’ve been looking at this picture for the past 3 days, knowing I was going to post it up this morning but not knowing what to write under it as a caption. Then I woke up this morning and the first song that came…

• US president Donald Trump calls shooting ‘act of pure evil’, other world leaders react At least 58 people have been confirmed dead and over 500 wounded in what has been described as the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. A gunman identified as 64-year-old Nevada resident, Stephen Paddock, opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel towards an open-air music festival attended by 22,000 in Las Vegas. The shooting, said the local police, started at 22.08 local time on Sunday (05:08 GMT on Monday). Paddock, a native of Mesquite, some 60 miles (100 km) north-east…