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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and the Nigerian Institute of Petroleum and Gas Engineers have advocated increased adoption of artificial intelligence and other digital technologies to improve operations in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. This was disclosed during a courtesy visit by the President-elect of NIPetGE, Prisca Kanebi, and her delegation to the Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPCL, Bayo Ojulari, represented by the Executive Vice President, Gas, Power and New Energy, Mr Olalekan Ogunleye, in Abuja. According to a statement made available on Sunday, discussions at the meeting focused on the future of Nigeria’s hydrocarbon industry amid global…
The Ogun State Police Command on Wednesday said its operatives recovered three stolen vehicles and arrested two suspected armed robbers during a special operation launched to combat rising cases of armed robbery in Ifo and Sango areas of the state. Recovered during the operation were two live cartridges, foreign currencies, one So-Safe Corps uniform, one MP3 sound system and one plasma television set. The Divisional Police Officers for Ifo and Sango divisions, CSP Kamorudeen Olabisi and CSP Idowu Olatunji, respectively, were said to have led the operations in their jurisdictions. The spokesperson for the state police command, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi,…
The National Chairman of the Peoples Redemption Party, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has explained why former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and ex-presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso, did not join the party ahead of the 2027 general elections. Speaking during a Hausa political programme on DITV Kaduna on Tuesday, Baba-Ahmed said talks between the PRP and both politicians collapsed after disagreements over conditions attached to their proposed entry into the party. He explained that although Obi and Kwankwaso had approached the PRP for possible collaboration, the negotiations later stalled after both sides failed to reach…
The Managing Director of the Bank of Agriculture, Mr Ayo Sotinrin, has assured pensioners of the bank that he would ensure payment of their pension arrears. The MD expressed confidence that he would facilitate the payment under the Defined Pension Scheme of the bank by the end of this year. This was contained in a statement made available to our correspondent on Wednesday by the acting Head of Human Resource Development Department of the bank, Bella Samson. According to the statement, Sotinrin gave the assurance during a joint physical meeting between the bank’s management and representatives of the Federal Parastatals…
Blackburn Rovers defender Ryan Alebiosu is back on the radar of Serie A side Genoa CFC after the Italian club failed in an attempt to sign him in January, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Barely a year after the 24-year-old right-back arrived at Blackburn Rovers from Belgian side K.V. Kortrijk, Alebiosu has grown into one of Blackburn’s most dependable players under manager Michael O’Neill. He also made the Nigeria national football team squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, making an impressive debut against Uganda in the final group game on December 30. Genoa showed concrete interest in…
In the ongoing fight for content and talent, YouTube is pitching itself as the connector between the creators and advertisers — and marketing its creators not just as the future of social media, but also of advertising, TV, streaming, and entertainment more broadly.At the company’s annual advertiser event in New York on Wednesday, YouTube introduced a new slate of exclusive shows coming to the platform, hosted by some big names: a travel show with Trevor Noah, a Met Gala documentary series from podcaster Alex Cooper, a new series from Kareem Rahma, the host of the popular show Subway Takes, and…
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is supporting the latest version of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY) ahead of the US Senate’s markup of the crypto market structure bill on Thursday. “I don’t think it’s ever been in a stronger or more bipartisan position,” he said about the latest iteration of the market structure bill.Armstrong said that the banking and crypto industry lobbies have reached a “healthy compromise” on stablecoin yield, which was one of the main issues that stalled the market structure bill in January. He added:“I think there was a healthy compromise there, brokered by Senators Tillis and Alsobrooks.…
Former OnlyFans creator Bonnie Blue has thoughts on her next stunt. “Get ready with me. And I realized, I’m not setting women back, I’m just setting myself back,” Blue began in a Tuesday, May 12, TikTok video. Blue went on to note that the event she is currently planning for in June is “going to set me back a couple of years,” noting that “it’s pretty disgusting.” “And if I’m saying it’s disgusting then… It’s taking something very wholesome, like the pregnancy, and mixing it with something which is very much out there, even for the industry I’m in,” she…
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has said that he is still a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) amid speculation that he resigned from the party. Mr Fubara spoke on Wednesday in Rumuigbo Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state after inspecting the reconstructed Rivers State Psychiatric Hospital, which was remodelled into a general hospital. Speculation has been rife recently that Mr Fubara resigned from the APC and was also considering a switch to the National Democratic Congress. The speculation began after Mr Fubara appeared to have been rejected by the APC Screening Committee for the governorship ticket.…
Femi Otedola, the chair of the financial services group First HoldCo Plc, has purchased new shares valued at N43.4 billion in the banking group, according to a regulatory filing at the Nigerian Exchange on Wednesday. He acquired 549.5 million shares at N79 per unit on Wednesday through Calvados Global Services Limited, his special purpose acquisition, the document showed. Mr Otedola, who is the biggest shareholder in the First HoldCo, itself the parent company of Nigeria’s oldest bank (First Bank), held a combined stake of 18.1 per cent in the group as of December 2025, according to First HoldCo’s latest audited…
