February 13, 2020 – Newsbits NG

N132billion AMCON Debt: Senator Ifeanyi Ubah For Arraignment April 2

February 13, 2020 AlienMedia

*AMCON Managing Director/CEO, Mr Ahmed Kuru This is not the best time for the Anambra State born Senator, Ifeanyi Ubah and his Capital Oil and Gas Limited. Following what transpired in court today (Thursday), Ubah will now be arraigned on April 2, 2020 over fraudulent value of assets tendered to offset a whopping N132billion owed Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). The government debt recovery agency led by Mr Ahmed Kuru an experienced banker and strategist, has been in a protracted legal battle with the serving Senator who is one…

Post Brexit: Boris Johnson Initiates Cabinet Shake-up

February 13, 2020 AlienMedia

*Mr Boris Johnson, the British PM The British Prime Minister, Mr Boris Johnson on Thursday said he is reshuffling his cabinet and would only appoint a team he hopes would deliver his vision for Britain and British people beyond Brexit. The government reshuffle is not expected to be as explosive as could be expected, however. However, his senior adviser, Dominic Cummings’ has a well-publicised desire to see a radical reorganisation of government to fit Boris Johnson’s agenda. The UK officially left the European Union on Jan. 31, completing a three-and-a-half-year…

Abuja Power Plant To Gulp $1.1million, Will Add 1,350 Megawatts To Grid

February 13, 2020 AlienMedia

*Library photo of a plant The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) have signed a $1.1 million grant for the NNPC Abuja Independent Power Project. The signing of the agreement took place Tuesday morning at the ongoing Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS) in Abuja. The plant is designed to generate 1,350 megawatts of electricity to alleviate the power challenge in the country. According to Mr Mele Kyari, the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, the plan by the corporation to build the…

Coronavirus Scare: Nigeria’s Ighalo Not Training With Man United Team Mates

February 13, 2020 AlienMedia

*Manchester United new boy, Jude Odion Ighalo sported training alone in a gym without his teammates Information has it that Manchester United have ‘banned’ their new signing and Nigeria football international, Odion Ighalo from the club’s training ground due to fears over Coronavirus. The striker, on loan from the Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenua is being made to train away from the AON Complex at Carrington while he is in the 14-day incubation period, according to the Mirror. Ighalo joined the club in the last January transfer window. It is understood…

2020 Pitcher Awards Jury Members Announced

February 13, 2020 AlienMedia

*Mr Ndu, Managing Director of CHINI Africa By Andrew Onyejuruuwa The Pitcher Awards, described as the new Pan-African benchmark for creative excellence, has announced the jurors for the 2020 edition. The Pitcher Awards, which was formerly restricted to creative works within West and Central Africa, recently broadened its scope to include all work created, released or implemented anywhere on the African continent. Nnamdi Ndu, Managing Director of CHINI Africa, Cannes Lions official festival representatives in Nigeria and organisers of the Pitcher Awards, in a statement said: “Pitcher Awards is our…