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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...

Mbadinuji, ex-Anambra State Governor dies at 78

Late Mbadinuji 


By Akinola Ajibade


Former Governor of Anambra State Dr. Chinwoke Mbadinuju, yesterday is dead. 

He died,in the early hours of yesterday (Tuesday) at the National Hospital, Abuja. Age 78.

In a statement signed by his son, Cheta Chineoke Mbadinuji, the late statesman was said to have  lived a good life. 

He said: ”With heavy hearts but utmost gratitude to God for a life well spent, we announce the passing of our father, grand father, uncle, friend and associate, Dr. Chinwoke Mbadinuju, a former governor of Anambra State and elder statesman.

“Odera as he was fondly called, passed peacefully at the age of 78 years on the morning of the 11th of April, 2023 at the National Hospital Abuja after a brief illness, surrounded by his family and loved ones.

“At this trying time, we pray for God’s grace and mercy upon him and those left behind to mourn him. His funeral arrangements will be announced in due course by the family”.

The Igbo sociocultural organisation
Ohanaeze Ndigbo,expressed grief over the death.

Its acting President General, Chief Damian Okeke Ogene, described the former governor as good man.

He added: “Mbadinuju played significant role in the social and economic development of the state..Well, death is a due everybody must pay and you don’t know when. It is sad that Mbadinuju is dead, but I must say that he was a good man and he did a lot for the socioeconomic development of Anambra State.

“We pray God to give him eternal rest and we console his family members to bear the lost with fortitude” .

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