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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...

Benzema emerges winner of Ballon d' Or


Benzema

Favour Ajibade

France International and Real Madrid Superstar, Karim Benzema, has won the Ballon d’Or for 2022. He was awarded the prestigious prize for the best male player in the world after helping Carlo Ancelloti’s side to a memorable La Liga and Champions League double.

The Laliga Pichichi winner for 2022 amassed a whopping 44 goals in a stellar season which saw him scoop the prize from fellow contenders such as Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe and Mohammed Salah.

This year’s event took place on Monday night at the elegant Théâtre du Chatelet in Paris with pomp and pageantry. 

In attendance were the crème de la crème of the footballing society; from Christano Ronaldo, Robert Lewandoski, Alexia Putellas, Son and Kane of Tottenham Hotspur among others.

With this victory, the Real Madrid marksman becomes the 66th winner of football’s most coveted individual prize honour, also making him the eighth player from football’s most decorated club to win the Ballon d’Or.

He follows Luka Modric, Christiano Ronaldo, Ronaldo Delima, and Zinedine Yazid Zidane to win the prize.

Pundits had earlier tipped him to land his first Ballon d’Or ahead of the likes of Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe and Mohammed Salah.

Meanwhile, the winner of the women’s version of the Ballon d’Or went to the Spaniard, Alexia Putellas. She is the first woman to win the award twice.

 

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