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Shell Plc is attempting to shield itself from scrutiny over pollution in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta, lawyers representing more than 13,000 Nigerians have argued at a London’s High Court, allegations which the company strongly denied. Thousands of members of the Bille and Ogale communities are suing Shell and its Nigerian subsidiary, the Shell Development Petroleum Development (SPDC) over oil spills, Reuters reported. Shell denies any liability and argues that parts of the cases were brought too late. It also says the majority of the spills were caused by illegal third-party interference, such as pipeline sabotage and oil theft. The company is…

•Declares campaign promises remain his bond •Osinbajo, APC govs, party leaders, others felicitate president-elect on 71st anniversary President-elect Bola Tinubu, yesterday, described his election as the incoming president of Nigeria as the greatest gift to him by the Nigerian people, and could therefore not request for anything else. He, however, declared that his campaign promises were not mere words professed glibly or cynically to win support, but that they represented his bond that binds him to the task of creating a better Nigeria for the benefit of every Nigerian. This is as the Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, governors of the ruling…

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has stressed that every attempt by his traducers to ascribe religious or ethnic colouration to the ‘Obidient’ movement would not see the light of the day. Obi, in series of tweets on his verified Twitter handle, yesterday, said there was no going back on the movement’s goal of repositioning Nigeria. He wrote: “In the life of every nation, there is a turning point. For Nigeria, that time is now; a time to save Nigeria, save our democracy, and give the Nigerian youths hope. “The OBIdient Movement has been the arrowhead…

The Department of State Security (DSS), yesterday, raised the alarm about some entrenched interests it claimed were pushing to foist an interim government on the nation and by implication, undermine civil rule. This is coming a few weeks after the presidential, national, governorship and state houses of assembly elections that led to the emergence of elected representatives while litigations instituted by candidates, who were not satisfied with the outcomes, were still ongoing in the courts. DSS, however, warned those involved in the alleged plot to desist from doing so or face the full wrath of the law, because it would…

With less than three months to the end of the Buhari’s administration, Raheem Akingbolu writes that the inability of the administration to constitute the governing council for the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (APCON), remains a major failure Perhaps because of his perceived zero tolerance for corruption and weak institutions, players in the nation’s marketing communications industry had a strong hope in President Muhammadu Buhari when he was inaugurated in 2015. Top among their expectations was that his administration would promote professionalism and protect local businesses through a viable regulatory body. Few weeks after the Buhari/Osinbajo administration came on board; it dissolved the…

Inundated with complaints about fast depletion of data after the daily, weekly and monthly subscriptions of data bundles from telecom service providers, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has traced such fast data depletion to the advancement and explosion of new technologies across the globe. The NCC, which exonerated telecoms subscribers from being responsible for fast data depletion, blamed the situation on the advancement of new technologies that have high rates of data consumption due to its increased download speed and connectivity speed at very low latency. Telecoms consumers have continually complained to the NCC about the high rate at which…

•Banks’ staff culpability rises, threatens entire ecosystem•FITC recommends increased sensitisation of bank workers About N3.62 billion fraud have been perpetrated through the Automated Teller Machines (ATMs); Point of Sales (PoS) machines, mobile and other electronic channels and cash as of third quarter of 2022. The FITC, which disclosed this in its ‘Report on Frauds and Forgeries in Nigerian Banks’ Q3, 2022, said bank personnel carried out all cash theft cases reported within the period. Specifically, the 18-page document revealed that in the third quarter of 2022, 19, 314 cases were reported, compared to 20, 195 witnessed in the same period…

• TB kills 4,400, infects 30,000 people daily, says WHO• 10.6m persons fell ill in 2021, 1.6m died• FG says diagnosis, treatment available, free nationwide, ailment can be totally cured On the occasion of World TB Day (WTD), today, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that plans to end tuberculosis by 2030 are under threat, as disease remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers. The WHO, in a statement, said: “Each day, close to 4400 people lose their lives to TB and close to 30,000 people fall ill with this preventable and curable disease. Global efforts to combat…

In a bid to reduce the incidence of child abuse in the country, federal government and United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) are partnering to improve on techniques of communicating children’s rights issues, including various violations and sanctions against them. The initiative is to develop university curriculum that helps to broaden the scope of knowledge and exposure of the communication students and practitioners of Mass Communication by infusing child rights concerns. Speaking at the two-day training of trainers on the presentation of this new curriculum for Child Rights Reporting for Universities and Polytechnics in Nigeria in collaboration with UNICEF in…

The Court of Appeal in Abuja, has nullified the judgment of the election tribunal which voided the election of Ademola Adeleke as governor of Osun State. A three member panel of the appellate court led by Justice Mohammed Shuaibu held that the tribunal erred in law in arriving that Adeleke was not lawfully elected as governor in the July 16 governorship election. According to the ruling, the lower tribunal was wrong when it held that there was over voting in some polling units when such allegations were not proved. The tribunal in a unanimous judgment stated that over voting can…