Leading energy solutions provider Oando Plc has won the ‘Deal of the Year’ award at Africa Energy Week (AEW) 2024. The Africa Energy Chamber (AEC), the annual week-long oil and gas conference organisers, hosted and recognised different stakeholders at a Gala and Award night held at the Cape Town International Conference Centre (CITCC) on Tuesday. Receiving the award was the Company’s Group Chief Executive, Wale Tinubu, remarked, “We are delighted and honoured to receive the ‘Deal of the Year’ award from Africa Energy Week. It’s been a remarkable year on many fronts. First, we marked our 30th anniversary as a...
NIGERIA FORMER PRESIDENT BUHARI’S DAUGHTER DECLARED AS ANAN AMBASSADOR
The Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN) has appointed Fatima Buhari, daughter of former Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari, as its first ambassador. Speaking at a dinner organised for the officials, the ANAN’s National President, James Neminebor, confirmed Buhari’s appointment and urged the executives to prioritise service and commitment to the association in their respective states. He expressed appreciation to the Katsina State Government for its support for ANAN, emphasising the importance of embracing professional accounting services for effective financial management across sectors. Fatima’s appointment followed her recent inauguration as the Katsina State chapter Coordinator, Professional Women Accountants in Nigeria...
Galatasaray’s Nigerian Star Osimhen Shut Down Critics with Tottenham Double
Victor Osimhen’s brilliance propelled Galatasaray to a crucial victory over English side Tottenham Hotspur. The match began with a quick strike from Yunus Akgün, who unleashed a stunning volley from outside the box that left Tottenham goalkeeper Fraser Forster helpless. Tottenham found an equalizer in the 18th minute through the young 2005-born Welsh talent Will Lankshear, who showcased his potential with a well-taken finish. In the 31st minute, Galatasaray reclaimed the lead, thanks to their relentless pressing. Dries Mertens capitalized on a defensive error by Dragusin, intercepting the ball and setting up Osimhen, who calmly slotted it home. Just eight...
US PRESIDENT-ELECT NAMES SUSAN WILES, AS WHITE HOUSE FIRST FEMALE CHIEF OF STAFF
US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday announced his campaign manager, Susan Summerall Wiles, as White House chief of staff on Thursday. Commending her effort during the campaign, Trump stated: “just helped me achieve one of the greatest political victories in American history” and “is tough, smart, innovative, and is universally admired and respected”. “It is a well-deserved honour to have Susie as the first-ever female chief of staff in United States history,” he continued. “I have no doubt that she will make our country proud.” In his victory speech this week, Trump referred to Wiles as “the ice maiden” as...
NEW TERROR GROUP INFILTRATE NORTH-WEST NIGERIA, MILITARY TO ELIMINATE THREAT.
The Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba confirmed this in a news conference on Thursday in Abuja. He revealed that the new terror group is exacerbating insecurity in the North-West region but the Armed Forces of Nigeria are already containing them. “Troops are confronted with a new terrorist sect in the North-West. This sect is known as Lukawaras, the Lukawaras are affiliated to terrorists in the Sahel particularly from Mali and Niger Republic. “They began incursion into Northern part of Nigeria, mainly Sokoto and Kebbi states, and like I mentioned, they came in from Niger and Mali axis,”...
DEMOCRATS EXPRESSES ANGER OVER HARRIS DEFEAT TO TRUMP, HEAPS BLAME ON BIDEN, CAMPAIGN STRATEGY.
As shock gives way to anger and recrimination in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s victory at the election, Democrats are facing a painful reckoning over Kamala Harris’s loss. Lawmakers and strategists looking for someone to blame for Tuesday’s wipeout have so far been more likely to target President Joe Biden than Harris, who is regarded as having done a decent job with the short time she had to campaign. The election night disaster — Trump’s triumph was accompanied by a Republican “red wave” in the Senate — has proved to be a Rorschach test, with rival factions each offering reasons...
RUSSIAN PRESIDENTCLAIMS WESTERN LIBERALISM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MASS GENOCIDE OF CIVILIAN POPULATIONS.
“Western liberalism has degenerated into extreme intolerance and aggression towards any alternative, towards any sovereign and independent thought. And today, it justifies neo-Nazism, terrorism, racism, and even the mass genocide of civilian populations.”
PUTIN DECLARE PRESIDENT TRUMP “COURAGEOUS”, EXPRESSES DESIRE TO END WAR, READY TO BUILD RELATIONSHIP WITH JAPAN.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated US President-elect Donald Trump on his election victory calling him a “courageous man.” Putin spoke at a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in the southern Russian city of Sochi on Thursday. During his address, which lasted several hours and covered a wide range of topics, he also spoke of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump in July, saying it “made an impression” on him. After being shot, Trump punched his fist into the air and mouthed the words “fight, fight, fight”, before being hauled away by Secret Service agents. “He behaved, in my...