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… Firm Begins Probe Of Explosion A Trinity Spirit Floating Production, Storage and Offloading Vessel on Wednesday exploded causing raging fire within Nigeria’s coast. The Trinity Spirit Vessel is an Offshore Support Vessel built 46 years ago. The FPSO serves as the primary production facility for OML 108 and it …

 Film star Abdulateef Adedimeji is 36 on Tuesday. The ‘Ayinla’ star took to his social media accounts to celebrate his first birthday as a married man. Abdulateef exchanged marital vows with his hearthtrob, Adebimpe Oyebade in 2021. The actor and singer said prayers for himself as he turned a year …

 The matriarch of the Murray-Bruce family, Margaret is dead. Margaret, mother of Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, passed on around 4:40am on Tuesday. The senator announced her passage in posts on his Facebook and Twitter handles. He said: “Life. Indeed, like sand in the wind, today it’s here, tomorrow it’s gone. My …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained the Managing Director of Medview Airline, Mr. Muneer Bankole. Bankole is expected to account for over $900,000 in connection with Hajj operations. The transactions between Bankole and the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) took place in 2019. According to a …

KENI AKINTOYE One of the greatest successes of any leader is their ability to find a good successor. Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari is not an exception to this “rule” and he must be thinking in this direction already. The problem is that there seems to be a host of contenders …

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) of the Nigeria Police Force, ACP Amabua Ashe Mohammed has been appointed the Police Adviser for the Multinational Joint Task Force in N’Djamena, Chad. With this appointment, ACP Amabua becomes the first female Police Officer in history to hold the tasking position of coordinating policing …

WACOT Rice Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of Tropical General Investments (TGI) Group, has disclosed that the ongoing expansion of its 120,000-ton rice mill in Argungu, Kebbi State, would be completed in the next 15 months. Chairman of WACOT Rice, Alhaji Farouk Gumel, disclosed this on Monday during a visit to …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday detained the Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON) Osita Okechukwu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, was reportedly detained over a case of conspiracy, abuse of office and misappropriation of public funds to the tune of ₦1.3 billion. The VON D-G …

 A United States court will, on February 14  sentence social media influencer Ramon Abbas Olorunwa (aka Hushpuppi) for allegedly laundering $24 million. Court documents unsealed in July last year indicated that Hushpuppi could face up to 20 years in prison, and will need to “pay full restitution to the victim(s).” …