The EBUS system will enable doctors to perform real-time guided biopsies and accurately stage lung cancer—an essential step in determining treatment options and timelines.

The Body Plethysmograph facilitates better diagnosis of asthma, restrictive lung diseases and related ailments.

“This is more than a donation—it is a shift,” said SNEPCo Managing Director, Ronald Adams, at the ceremony, in a speech read by Abubakar Ahmed, General Manager, Communications.

“It is a shift from constrained diagnostics to evidence-based, technology-enabled respiratory care. It empowers clinicians to practice medicine at the full height of their training and builds institutional capacity that will shape Nigeria’s healthcare landscape for generations.”

In a speech, Chief Upstream Investment Officer, NNPC Upstream Investment Management Services, NUIMS, Olanrewaju Igandan, represented by Deputy Manager, External Relations, Edith Bunmi-Lawson, said: “This initiative reflects our belief that sustainable national development goes beyond energy production. It is about improving lives, building resilient institutions and investing in systems that endure.”

The Chief Medical Director, Professor Wasiu Lanre Adeyemo, who was represented by Deputy Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee of LUTH, Prof. Babawale described the donation “as a landmark event that provides access to highly specialised Pulmonology care in the public healthcare sector in Nigeria.”

He added: “This donation not only makes advanced Pulmonology care available but also makes it more affordable and convenient to access for Nigerians. We are extremely grateful for your generosity, foresightedness, commitment and trust in our hospital and its Management.”

In addition to boosting respiratory care, the donation will also enable LUTH to become a Pulmonology centre of excellence where patients can access world-class care and trainees in the field can acquire skills, even as the hospital actively participates in Pulmonology research.

The donation is part of a wide range of social investments by SNEPCo/NNPC and co-venturers in education, health and human capital development.

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A statement issued by the Ghanaian Presidency on Saturday in Accra, explained that Ahmed, an aspirant, was recalled due to his alleged role in election malpractice as a serving public officer.

According to the statement, the recall takes effect immediately, and the decision is intended to avoid any perception of impropriety or conflict with the government’s Code of Conduct for Political Appointees.

It stressed that his continued stay in office was no longer tenable under the circumstances, although allegations of vote buying were levelled against multiple aspirants who participated in the primaries.

The decision follows allegations of voter inducement during the National Democratic Congress, NDC, parliamentary primaries held on Saturday in the constituency.

The statement said the president directed the Minister for Foreign Affairs to recall the High Commissioner following an announcement by NDC’s General Secretary that the party had already commenced investigation into the incident.

“The President has also noted the public statement by the General Secretary of the NDC indicating that the party has commenced investigations into the allegations arising from the primaries.

“Without prejudice to the ongoing internal party processes, and strictly in view of the standards of conduct expected of public officers, the President considers it necessary to act decisively to preserve the integrity of public office.

“The recall takes effect immediately, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs has been directed to take the necessary administrative and diplomatic steps to give effect to this directive,” the statement added.

Source: NAN

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Picture shows at the first day of the event some of the personalities at the event: (L-R) the Deputy Director, Huawei Business Environment/Affairs Nigeria, Dr. Nihinlola  Fafore; Head, Spectrum Administration Department, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Engr. Atiku Lawal; Head, Fixed Networks and Converged Services (NCC), Engr. Gidado Maigana Ahmed; Head Spectrum Assignment (NCC), Mr. Abubakar Hammanyaji; Country Lead, Digital Access Program, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), Mr. Idongesit Udo, and Head, Spectrum Planning, (NCC), Dr. Joseph Emeshili.

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But who could have imagined that the 2024 Gen Zs’ “no gree for anybody” slogan would get a lease of life from the least likely quarter? Dangote volunteered. He tore through the muscles of powerful oil sectors’ big men. Only one was in sight but big ones fell! And even a third. Dangote no gree for anybody.   He has come to reaffirm his conquest of the sector. May the conquest signal better future for citizens.

Yeah, unlike POTUS Trump, Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote, ran an unusual race and breasted the tape. By all means, Trump, strangely, sought the Nobel Peace Prize this year, 2025 but it all ended in praise.  For the judges, as you know, who reaffirmed their consistency by giving it to the deserving, a Venezuelan, Maria Corina Machado. May Venezuela survive the raging oil-induced envy.

Aliko Dangote, serial winner on all choice business fronts, renowned for his relentlessly expansionist business drive was about being stopped from clinching my nomination by some feeble appointee like that, Farouk Ahmed. Comparatively feeble, yes. Engineer Ahmed, long sworn against the welfare of the multitude was up to some vicious machination he planned to inflict on Nigerians again, this Yuletide season. But God had a better plan for Nigerians. Far, from Ahmed’s. Indeed, superior. Until recently, he was the Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA.

To the extreme delight of many Nigerians, Dangote announced a slashed price for fuel by as much as almost #200. Ahmed and company wanted a different, constraining deal for Nigerians and even started cooking some sentiments.  There was no stopping daring Dangote. He had tolerated Ahmed and company enough.

In the heat of the moment, Dangote alerted Nigerians to the fact that Engineer Ahmed as the head of NMDPRA preferred the regime of continued importation of fuel which impliedly would mean prolonged era of high price of fuel at possibly #1000 per litre very soon. Meanwhile, Dangote is here with the offer of #739 pump-head price deriving from #699 gantry price from which #300 accrues to the government on every litre.

Without mincing words, Dangote said the otherwise unprintable, alleging Engineer Ahmed’s overindulgence in messy corruption but Dangote would not play ball to sustain and would rather spill all beans. After what looked like the initial threats by Dangote, and Ahmed did not seem to be ruffled, Dangote got his lawyer, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, to file a formal complaint against the stubborn perpetrator of the anti-people officialdom. It finally became public knowledge that this character had been living beyond his means at the expense of what he could hardly defend. The onus is now on the Independent Corrupt Practice Commission, ICPC, to do all verification for the world to know the villain further.

Few months back, Ahmed and company had played a fast one on the entire nation claiming the Port Harcourt refinery  long abandoned and declared a ne’er do well by the legendary Obasanjo, was back in good shape. Nah!

They conjured it all and made it look real, televising all the falsehoods for the world to lap up. Only for them to recoil after giving so much life to sheer deceit. But who knows how much would have been gulped by the show of shame mounted by Engineer Ahmed and fellow swindlers of taxpayers’ sweats?

Even now that Ahmed has been compelled to hand in his resignation letter, his taciturnity has continued.  But a certain Engineer Kailani that Dangote never mentioned plunged into the dark alley of Ahmed’s fight.  According to him, on Trust TV, he knew how Dangote made his money from Port Harcourt but that some of them just chose to keep quiet.

Really? Again, Dangote no gree for anybody! He slammed an ultimatum of seven days on the self-appointed advocate of Ahmed to do full throttle disclosure of all he knew about how Dangote made his money in Port Harcourt failing which he ran the risk of a #100 billion suit. But guy was a mere mouth-maker. He hurried back to Trust TV to swallow his words. He went on to apologise and in his characteristic sweeping sobbing muttered that his north had ways with Allah knows what.

The good thing for now however is that Dangote has crashed the pump-head price of fuel from over #900 or so to #739 in Lagos, at least at MRS stations. This writer bought from Palmgrove station Monday December 22, 2025. The price crasher went further to enjoin members of the public to report stations declining to dispense at the stated price.

This Dangote’s new found love for activism came on the heel of the recent inspiring action of an activist, or better still, a renewed hope compliant government commission, in Lagos. The said commission, Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, defying possible blackmail,  in the spirit of no gree for anybody  descended on the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, IKEDC, on account of  protracted infractions including deprivation of certain subscribers of services for as long as one year and some months. After serial warnings which IKEDC deliberately ignored, it took a powerful team of FCCPC led by its Surveillance team to seal up the premises of the erring Ikeja zonal office of IKEDC.

IKEDC has the notoriety of being insensitive to customers’ complaints but interestingly has always been stopped by FCCPC whose slogan of Demand and Insist is echoed by “no gree for anybody”. Early this year, yours sincerely had the existing electricity meter for my apartment  within government quarters in Ikeja GRA disconnected by operatives of IKEDC, even when they were not ready to replace immediately.

The simplistic argument from IKEDC operatives was that it was an old meter even as it was also a prepaid meter which FCCPC had argued was upgradeable by merely installing some software on that particular version. The Federal Government’s directive was that if they chose to remove any such meter, they must replace for  subscribers in Band A at no cost. But IKEDC had always stated that free meter would take eternity and therefore advising subscribers to pay for meters so they could have a replacement.

Almost everyone in my vicinity had been successfully cajoled and made to pay for their meters, but heeding the slogan of FCCPC, I demanded for my entitlement and insisted too by notifying FCCPC. Promptly, FCCPC intervened and advised IKEDC to ensure they supply my meter without delay.  FCCPC added further that in the event that it would take a while to get me a meter, they must not slap any outrageous bill on me, insisting specifically, that subsequent bills for me must be relative to my billing history. My meter was installed within one month! Within the said month, my bill was based on the average cost of my consumption over time. Just imagine life without FCCPC.

Today’s Nigeria with prevalent multidimensional reforms, at the centre, clearly inspires citizens’ activist posturing as demonstrated by Dangote, no matter what the trajectory of the “no gree for anybody” campaign is.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is even in the forefront of all these, afterall.  He leaves no one in doubt about his deep conviction for the good governance need for the fiscal autonomy of local governments in line with the verdict of the Supreme Court. The height of it all was his recent public declaration of the likelihood of executing the statutory provision for the executive order to compel compliance for State Governments.  This was actually in addition to repeated calls earlier by the President to citizens to call out the governors and other relevant elected officials to work with the substantially increased revenue.

Follow who know road like Dangote. Demand for your rights and Insist, shikena.

*Professor Akanni, Pioneer Fellow of the Responsible Governance Programme of the Michigan State University and LASU based Development Communications Expert, is currently on sabbatical tenure at the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC.

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Like a man ready for war, Dangote provided the names of Ahmed’s children, the school they are attending in Switzerland, and the fees paid on each of them. Not done with just being a whistle-blower, Dangote followed up with a formal petition to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). In the petition, Dangote, through his lawyer, Ogwu Onoja (SAN), called on the anti-corruption agency to arrest, investigate, and prosecute the NMDPRA boss for allegedly living far beyond his legitimate means as a public servant.

Ahmed, while responding to the allegations from the richest man in Africa, said that he has chosen not to engage in public brickbats with Dangote despite being aware of the allegations against him and his family. He expressed satisfaction that the businessman turned whistle-blower took the matter to the ICPC, adding that he would clear his name with the anti-graft agency.

However, the whole sordid drama reached a crescendo when Ahmed was summoned to the Aso Villa for a meeting with President Bola Tinubu but emerged from the meeting looking grim. Bayo Onanuga, media aide to the President, told a shocked nation that Farouk Ahmed had tendered his resignation letter to the President, a replacement appointed, and the name sent to the National Assembly for screening and confirmation.

Gbenga Komolafe, the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), became another casualty of the petroleum industry war, as he was also sacked by Tinubu, who named Oritsemeyiwa Eyasan, former Executive Vice President, Upstream, of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited as his replacement. Saidu Mohammed was nominated to take over from Ahmed as the CEO of the NMDPRA. Both of them have been confirmed by the Senate.

Farouk and Komolafe were appointed in 2021 by the late President Muhammadu Buhari to lead the twin regulatory agencies established under the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA).

Farouk Ahmed and Dangote have, in recent months, been locked in a public dispute over Nigeria’s downstream petroleum regulation and the future of domestic refining. While Farouk is of the view that Dangote refinery does not have the capacity to meet local demand for petroleum supply and that there would be healthy competition when other marketers are allowed to import fuel into the country, Dangote believes that continued fuel importation should be jettisoned, as his 650,000-capacity refinery could easily meet local demand. He is of the view that those who are importing fuel into the country should pool resources together to establish a refinery so that they can compete favorably with the Dangote refinery on the same template.  Again, he also believes that the federal government can fix the nation’s four local refineries to make fuel available to Nigerians at a more reasonable price.

That Dangote has faced serious challenges since the onboarding of his $20 billion refinery would be an understatement. He has had to fight virtually everybody in the downstream sector of the petroleum industry. He has been quoted as saying that he would never have dabbled into the oil business if he knew that the mafia in the sector was that powerful, with tentacles everywhere. His war started with tanker drivers soon after the completion of the refinery. To ensure that his products get to all nooks and crannies of the country, Dangote had to work with petroleum tanker drivers -a group that has become law unto itself in Nigeria. Fearing that he may not get a favourable deal from them, Dangote decided to invest a tidy sum of N720 billion to acquire 4,000 compressed natural gas (CNG) powered trucks for direct distribution of fuel to retailers. There was immediate backlash from the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, (NUPENG), which went on strike, arguing that the scheme would displace thousands of its members and make them redundant. When the issue was eventually resolved with Dangote agreeing to employ some of the NUPENG’s members in the scheme, another trouble broke out about whether Dangote refinery would allow its staff to join the oil workers’ unions. NUPENG alleged that the refinery’s management and MRS, a fuel retail outlet owned by Dantata, Dangote’s cousin, had compelled drivers to sign undertakings not to join oil and gas unions.

The situation escalated into a strike on September 8, which effectively shut down depots and filling stations across the country. After government’s intervention, both sides signed an MoU prompting NUPENG to suspend the strike.

It is shameful enough that we have four refineries that could not refine a single drop of petrol in spite of the huge investments on yearly turn-around maintenance.

However, another round of war soon ensued between Dangote and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASAN) when about 800 senior staff of the Dangote refinery showed their willingness to join the union. They were summarily sacked in what Dangote described as a measure to protect the company’s facility and ensure its long-term stability.

Again, the PENGASSAN declared a nationwide strike which grounded operations at key oil and gas regulatory facilities, including the NNPC Limited, the NUPRC, and the NMDPRA. The strike triggered a drop in power generation, while queues returned to petrol stations in the Federal Capital Territory. PENGASSAN accused the refinery’s management of violating Nigerian labour laws and ILO conventions, alleging that dismissed staff were replaced with Indians. The strike was felt much in the homes of most Nigerians, as the price of cooking gas went haywire. The crisis was nipped in the bud after Tinubu directed the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi, to intervene.

Dangote’s public spat with NMDPRA is not new, but this time, the industrialist has stepped a notch higher, accusing its chief executive of monumental corruption, which has eventually cost him his job. Dangote appears not only to be fighting the oil mafia; he is up against the President’s family. Wale Tinubu, President Tinubu’s cousin, is one of Nigeria’s major fuel importers. His company, Oando Plc, posted a 44% increase in revenue to N4.1 trillion and N220 billion profit after tax in 2024. Although Oando reported that its refined product volumes had declined by 64% to 599 KMT due to ‘’shifts in Nigeria’s domestic supply framework’’, the company may not be willing to abandon that line of business just yet. Oando is not the only fuel importer. Others are NIPCO, Bovas Oil, Eterna Oil, A.A Rano, NNPC Limited amongst a host of others.

These importers have already received import licenses covering about 7.5 billion litres of petrol for the first quarter of 2026, according to Dangote. The country consumes about 20 billion litres per year. Dangote does not find this funny. To beat the importers, Dangote has slashed his petrol prices to N740 per litre at the pump. This is to undermine marketers who have already placed order for imported fuel far above the price.  In doing so, he is going to lose billions of naira while the marketers are also set to incur debts in the region of N75 billion.

The irony of our moment is noteworthy. For decades, we have been exporting crude oil while incurring substantial costs to import petrol and petrochemicals. This heavy dependence on imports has led to a host of economic and social issues, including the closure of numerous local industries, job losses, and a strain on the national currency and foreign reserves. While Nigeria debates whether to support its own industrial champion, the same America that has spent decades lecturing the developing world about free markets, now openly prioritizes domestic production, imposes tariffs to protect local industries, and makes no apology for these policies.

In Nigeria, we also need to get our priorities right. Do we want to create jobs for our teeming youth population or are we content to remain a consumption economy? Should we protect and nurture local investors or conspire to run them out of business?

Whether Farouk Ahmed jumped or he was pushed is irrelevant. The fact remains that he is now out, but there must still be an investigation to clear the air and restore confidence in our institutions. And I am talking about regulatory oversight and not the charge of scandalous school fees for some privileged children, which anti-corruption agencies can easily handle. This should not be swept under any carpet. However, if there is merit to Dangote’s claims of sabotage, vested interests, or regulatory capture, Nigerians deserve to know, too. The Chinese did not build their industrial might by undermining their own manufacturers. The Americans didn’t become an economic superpower by frustrating domestic production.

Every serious nation makes a choice: build your productive capacity or remain forever dependent. Even if there are differences between Dangote and the petroleum industry regulators, efforts should be made to resolve them. No responsible government should work for the failure of a $20 billion project that adds considerable value to the economy in countless ways. If the fear is that Dangote could become a monopoly in the downstream oil sector, those currently importing fuel should team up and set up another refinery here. This would lead to job creation and also save the nation much needed foreign exchange.

While I am not a fan of Dangote and his business style, no right-thinking government or any of its agencies should do anything that could cripple the project. The downstream sector of the oil industry is so strategic to the country’s growth and development. It should not be toyed with or left in the hands of an individual. Now is the time for the federal government to dismantle the mafia in that sector and allow Nigerians to breath.

It is shameful enough that we have four refineries that could not refine a single drop of petrol in spite of the huge investments on yearly turn-around maintenance. A private refinery has come on stream and everything should be done to protect it in the interest of Nigerians.

See you next week.

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​The recent turmoil within Nigeria’s energy regulatory space is not merely a clash between Farouk Ahmed and Aliko Dangote. To view it through the lens of a personal feud is to miss the far-reaching implications for the Nigerian state. This is, in reality, a defining moment for the Presidency—a test of whether the “Renewed Hope” agenda prioritizes the whims of power or the permanence of process.

​In the theatre of governance, silence is often read as hesitation, and ambiguity as surrender. As the dust settles on recent resignations and petitions, three vital points emerge that will determine if Nigeria is a serious state or merely a collection of interests.

​1. The Peril of Conditional Institutions

​The primary risk of the current optics is the message sent to the global investment community. If a regulator can be sidelined or pressured without a concluded, evidence-based investigation, it signals that Nigerian institutions are “conditional.” It suggests they are strong only until they encounter an object of greater political or economic mass. For the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) to mean anything, the regulator must be shielded from the “leverage” of innuendo and judged solely on the merits of statutory compliance.

​2. Process as the Sole Source of Legitimacy

​The responsible course for the Presidency is not to mediate a peace treaty between individuals, but to defend the sanctity of the process. This requires:

​The absolute transparency of regulatory benchmarks.

​The public affirmation of the independence of statutory authorities.

​A commitment to allow the ICPC or relevant bodies to conclude their findings without prejudice. Governments that defend the integrity of the process ultimately defend their own legitimacy. To do otherwise is to govern by exception, which is the antithesis of reform.

​3. Precedent Over Power

​Farouk Ahmed’s defense—anchored in statute and documented facts—represented a rare moment where a state actor invited scrutiny rather than shunning it. The allegations against him, while heavy on public sentiment, must be weighed against the cold requirements of the law. If Nigeria is to build a state where rules outlive personalities, this episode must conclude with the institution of the NMDPRA intact.

​The Verdict

​This is not a corruption scandal; it is a governance referendum. We are deciding, in real-time, whether we are building a nation of men or a nation of laws.

​Integrity, once tested and upheld through the fire of controversy, becomes a precedent. In the history of nation-building, precedent is the only foundation that lasts. Power is fleeting, but the rules we defend today will be the only thing standing when the personalities of the day have moved on.

*Ogundipe is former president of Nigeria and Africa Union of Journalists

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Similarly, the chief executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC, Gbenga Komolafe, has resigned.

The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, made the resignations known in a statement he issued on Wednesday.

Ahmed’s resignation came amid corruption allegations made against him by the chairman of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote.

In a swift reaction to the resignations, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve the nominations of two new chief executives for the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC.

Ahmed and Komolafe were appointed in 2021 by former President Buhari to lead the two regulatory agencies created by the Petroleum Industry Act, PIA.

To fill their positions, President Tinubu has written to the Senate, requesting expedited confirmation of Oritsemeyiwa Amanorisewo Eyesan as CEO of NUPRC and Engineer Saidu Aliyu Mohammed as CEO of NMDPRA.

The two nominees are seasoned professionals in the oil and gas industry.

Eyesan, a graduate of Economics from the University of Benin, spent nearly 33 years with the NNPC and its subsidiaries.

She retired as Executive Vice President, Upstream (2023–2024), and previously served as Group General Manager, Corporate Planning and Strategy at NNPC from 2019 to 2023.

Engineer Saidu Aliyu Mohammed, born in 1957 in Gombe, graduated from Ahmadu Bello University in 1981 with a Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering.

He was announced today as an independent non-executive director at Seplat Energy.

His prior roles include Managing Director of Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company and Nigerian Gas Company, as well as Chair of the boards of West African Gas Pipeline Company, Nigeria LNG subsidiaries, and NNPC Retail.

He also served as Group Executive Director/Chief Operating Officer, Gas & Power Directorate, where he provided strategic leadership for major gas projects and policy frameworks, including the Gas Masterplan, Gas Network Code, and contributions to the Petroleum Industry Act, PIA.

Engineer Mohammed played a pivotal role in delivering key projects such as the Escravos–Lagos Pipeline Expansion, the Ajaokuta–Kaduna–Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline, and Nigeria LNG Train.

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The defectors are Rep. Abdulkarim Ahmed (Kaduna South Federal Constituency), Rep. Aliyu Abdullahi (Ikara/Kubau Federal Constituency) and Rep. Sadiq Abdullahi (Sabon Gari federal constituency).

Reading their defection letters respectively, the Speaker, House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, during plenary said their defection was due to an internal crisis within the PDP.

“They also highlighted the need to align forces with President Bola Tinubu to deliver the dividends of democracy to their respective constituents.

“The defectors pledged their full commitment to supporting President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope agenda.

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“They also pledged to promote unity and sustainable development in Kaduna State under the leadership of the Governo Uba Sani,” Abbas said.

The highlight of the defection was the presence of Kaduna State governor at the plenary.

Source: NAN

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Justice Emeka Nwite handed down the verdict, following Mide’s guilty plea to a one-count charge of impersonation and fraud.

Consequently, Nwite found Mide guilty as charged and convicted him.

He sentenced Mide to six months’ imprisonment with an option of a N200,000 fine.

The judge had convicted and sentenced Mide after listening to both counsel.

The prosecution counsel, Maryam Ahmed, had told the court that the defendant committed the offence sometime in 2025 in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of the court.

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According to the charge, Mide fraudulently impersonated one Crystal via www.tiktok.com and in that assumed character, obtained the sum of 500 dollars from the victim through Opay Digital Services Ltd.

“You thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 22 (2)(b) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015, as amended,” the charge stated.

Prosecution counsel urged the court to convict and sentence the defendant accordingly.

Mide’s counsel, Mr KUN Osemeha, pleaded for leniency, describing him as a first-time offender who had shown genuine remorse for his actions.

He urged the court to temper justice with mercy and to grant the defendant an option of fine.

Source: NAN

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The miners were abandoned by their employer in the remote town of Bambari, after a distress video pleading for help went viral on social media.

A Sky Airlines Boeing 747-200 aircraft, registration number ET-AXO, conveying the returnees landed in Abuja at exactly 4:45 p.m. on Thursday.

From the international wing, they were moved to the Hajj Terminal for formal reception, immigration clearance, and screening by relevant security agencies.

In the viral video, the miners alleged abandonment and maltreatment by a Chinese mining company that recruited them for work in the French-speaking African nation.

The footage showed six men appealing to Nigerians to help spread their message and draw the federal government’s attention to their plight.

Their location was later identified as Senye, a village in the Bambari region of CAR.

They were accompanied to Nigeria by the Nigerian Ambassador to CAR, Mr Babagana Ahmed.

Welcoming them at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, NEMA Director-General, Mrs Zubaida Umar, commended the swift inter-agency response to the miners’ distress call.

Represented by Air Commodore Kenneth Oyong, Director of Search and Rescue, she said security agencies, including the Office of the National Security Adviser and the National Intelligence Agency, played key roles.

She noted the miners, who endured months of hardship without pay, were first relocated to the Nigerian ambassador’s residence in Bangui, where they received care before arrangements for return.

On arrival in Nigeria, the miners were given meals, overnight accommodation, and money to assist in reconnecting with their families.

She reaffirmed the federal government’s commitment to protecting Nigerians abroad, in line with President Bola Tinubu’s vision for prompt attention to citizens in distress overseas.

Ambassador Ahmed confirmed the successful rescue and evacuation of 11 Nigerians stranded for eight months in a remote forest village under the Bambari region, 850 kilometres from Bangui.

He recalled a viral video of July 24, 2025, in which the stranded Nigerians pleaded for urgent evacuation from Senye Village.

They had been recruited to work at mining sites but were later abandoned by their employer in the isolated forest area.

Following swift intervention by the Nigerian Embassy, relevant CAR authorities, and the employer, the nationals were rescued and evacuated to Bangui on July 28.

Since then, the embassy has provided them with accommodation, food, medical care, and other essential welfare support.

The mission thanked the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Office of the National Security Adviser, NEMA, embassy staff, and all stakeholders for their commitment to the evacuation process.

“This rescue demonstrates the power of timely intervention and collaboration to safeguard Nigerians in distress,” Ahmed said.

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One of the repatriated miners, Oluremi Peters, recounted being stranded in CAR with colleagues.

Peters said they were invited to CAR by a Nigerian associate and a Chinese national, who promised lucrative mining work.

He said they arrived in September 2024 but were left idle for four months, with assurances that equipment would arrive soon.

During the period, they were arrested by CAR police, suspected of printing money or being bandits, and detained for 16 days.

After release, they worked on a road project and later at a mining site, facing payment disputes with the employer.

“We were promised 450,000 CFA francs monthly, but received only 300,000 CFA for the first month and partial pay for the second,” he said.

Frustrated, they made a video appeal to the Nigerian government, which he believes prompted swift intervention and repatriation.

Peters thanked the Nigerian government and the CAR embassy for their support.

He advised young Nigerians to research thoroughly and secure concrete offers before accepting overseas work.

Peters said the government’s swift action was commended as proof of its commitment to citizens’ safety and welfare abroad.

Source: NAN

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