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Oando Acquires Oil Block In Angola

Oando Plc  Favour Ifeoluwa & Akinola Ajibade  Oando Plc  says it has completed and won the bid for the operatorship of oil block KON 13 in Angola. The firm which recently acquired Eni of Italy’s oil assets in Nigeria, said that the award of the oil block located in Angola’s onshore Kwanza Basin followed a competitive bidding process by the country’s oil and gas sector regulator. It further said hat the asset in which it owns 45 per cent participating interest, has estimated prospective resources of 770 to 1,100 million barrels of oil. Oando is handling its operations relating to the asset through its upstream subsidiary, Oando Energy Resources (OER). “Oando Plc,  Africa’s leading indigenous energy solutions provider listed on both the Nigerian Exchange Limited and Johannesburg Stock Exchange is pleased to announce that its upstream subsidiary, Oando Energy Resources (OER), has been awarded operatorship of Block KON 13 in Angola’s Onshore Kwanza Basin, following a...

Ogun: Movement rallies supports for Tinubu


By Akinola Ajibade

A group, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Movement  in  Nigeria and the Diaspora, has congratulated Tinubu for his deserved victory at the All Progressives Congress ( APC) presidential primary.
The group( Ogun state chapter) said that the emergence of Tinubu as the the party's flag bearer in the 2023 Presidential election, serves as a triumph of democracy in Nigeria, which has in recent times, has witnessed the entrance of new and old politicians in the government.
In a congratulatory statement jointly  signed by the group's Director -General in the state  and Chairman,Otunba Femi Soluade and Cardinal James Omolaja Odunmbaku respectively and made available to the News Mirror, it said the huge support given Asiwaju Tinubu during the primary election was a right step in the right direction.
The  group said:"We are very happy and proud of you that we made a right choice, when we resolved to vote and make you our principal and preffered candidate for the number one job, thus putting all our arsenal into use in the state to project you and canvass for people's support for you, which was widely acknowledged throughout the nooks and crannies of the gateway state. 
Adding that: " Of a fact, we commend your doggedness, resilience and mastery of the political terrain of Lagos State, the South West and by extension, the entire Nigeria nation as obviously demonstrated in the APC presidential primaries, which further proclaim you as the "Generalissimo of the Nigeria's politics'.
It expressed optimism that Nigeria would witness unprecedented growth if Tinubu wins the presidential race next year.
" We are confident that going by your glittering antecedents, unparalleled achievements and track records as a one time governor of Lagos State, which undoubtedly makes her the most viable in Nigeria and the 5th largest economy in Africa. We have no iota of doubt that you will make the same to bear in the entire Nigeria," It said

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