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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...

NTA's Former Broadcaster, Bello Is Dead


Late Bello 


By Favour Ifeoluwa & Akinola Ajibade


A popular broadcaster with the Nigerian Television Authority, Aisha Bello Mustapha, is dead.

Bello, who was well known on the Network News at 9pm, passed on in the early hours of yesterday, Monday.

She was said to have served as a General Manager of the NTA Parliament before she retired in May 2022. Details about her death are still sketch at the time of writing this report.

It was gathered that funeral prayer would be held for her at the National Mosque in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, today.

The late Bello was known to have worked alongside veterans like Cyril Stober, Eugenia Abu, among others.

She was most recognized for her critical role as one of the top newsreaders on NTA Network News at 9 PM in the 1990s and early 20s.

In a statement, the family broke the devastating news, saying, “Innalilahi wa inna Alaihin Rajiun. May Allah forgive Hajia Aishat Bello Mustapha, our mother. You really are a very kind person, Mama, indeed, you are a very kind-hearted person. We will miss you and hope you are enjoying Rahma.”

The funeral is scheduled to take place at the central mosque in Abuja at 1 pm on Monday, 11th December 2023. May her soul rest in peace.

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