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Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Dr Maikanti Baru, says the corporation is poised to go paperless in its operations soon, as part of efforts to ensure transformation of country’s oil sector. Baru said this while inaugurating two committees to achieve this purpose. A statement by the NNPC Spokesman, Mr Ndu Ughamadu, on Monday in Abuja, said the committees were: The Systems Applications and Products (SAP) steering committee and the Group Process Council (GPC). According to him, the committees will aid the corporation transform its operations from paperless to digital form. He said the committees would…

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba “can’t be happy” finding to be out of favour at Old Trafford, says France coach Didier Deschamps. Pogba, 25, is in the France squad for friendlies with Colombia and Russia, after being an unused substitute for United against Brighton on Saturday. “I’m sure I’ll hear more about it,” said Deschamps. “But of course it’s a situation he won’t be enjoying.” United return to Premier League action against Swansea on 31 March. READ: 10 Manchester United first-team players to leave end of season Pogba started United’s Champions League defeat against Sevilla last Tuesday, having missed the…

Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon has announced she is launching a bid for New York governor. Nixon, who played Miranda Hobbs on the HBO series, plans to challenge incumbent Governor Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic party nomination. The actress announced her plans to challenge the incumbent governor on Twitter on Monday. The 51-year-old liberal activist, who had long been tipped to run, has never held elected office. Who is Cynthia Nixon? Ms Nixon played a career-oriented lawyer from 1998-2004 on television show Sex and the City. She won an Emmy for her work in 2004. It was presented…

Uber said it is suspending self-driving car tests in all North American cities after a fatal accident. A 49-year-old woman was hit by a car and killed as she crossed the street in Tempe, Arizona. While self-driving cars have been involved in multiple accidents, it is thought to be the first time an autonomous car has been involved in a fatal collision. Uber chief Dara Khosrowshahi said the death was “incredibly sad news”. “We’re thinking of the victim’s family as we work with local law enforcement to understand what happened,” he said in a tweet. Some incredibly sad news out…

Toyin Saraki, wife of Nigeria’s senate presidentvhas been named as special adviser to the Independent Advisory Group (IAG) of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Regional Office for Africa (AFRO). The Media Office of Toyin Saraki, in a statement in Abuja on Monday, said the appointment was made earlier this month by WHO’s Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti. “This move is intended to bring Mrs Saraki’s considerable frontline experience to bear on WHO’s strategy and policy.” Toyin Ojora-Saraki had since accepted the appointment based on the Advisory Group’s focus on women and children’s health and in view of her…

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, on Monday declared that the forthcoming July 14, 2018 Ekiti governorship election is a litmus test for the party, ahead of the general election in 2019. He said the party must therefore work very hard to win the state. Oyegun made the remark in Ado-Ekiti during the kick-off of fresh membership registration drive of the APC in Ekiti. According to him, the party will deploy every available resources to win the election and promised all the 33 APC governorship aspirants that the party would conduct a free, fair…

Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi west has claimed that the move by the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris to withdraw policemen from VIPs is designed to have him killed. Melaye was reacting to a statement by the police boss that stated that policemen attached to public office holders and politicians will be withdrawn. On his official Twitter account, he suggested that he was the target of the decision. Withdrawal of police from VIP I am the target. IG want to expose me so I can be killed. Having survived Assassination attempt twice I deserve police protection in a country where…

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, on Monday injected 210 million dollars into the inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market, in its bid to sustain liquidity in the foreign exchange market. The acting director, Corporate Communications Department, CBN, Mr Isaac Okoroafor in a statement said that the move would ensure the continuous availability of foreign exchange to customers. Giving a breakdown, Okoroafor said that the bank offered 100 million dollars to authorised dealers in the wholesale segment of the market, while the Small and Medium Enterprises segment received 55 million dollars. He said also that customers requiring foreign exchange for invisibles such…

Women in Saudi Arabia do not need to wear traditional black abayas or headscarves, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has said as he tries to burnish his reformist credentials. He disclosed this ahead of his first trip to Washington as Saudi heir to the throne. The 32-year-old prince, who will meet Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, said that Saudis had “come a very long way and have a short way to go” to roll back laws which have restricted Saudi women for decades. “Saudi women still have not received their full rights. There are rights stipulated in…

Senator Dino Melaye who is challenging moves to recall him by his constituency is in fresh trouble, the police said they have filed a case in a Lokoja court accusing him and three other persons of illegal possession of firearms. Police spokesman Jimoh Moshood, announced the move today in a statement. The police took the action, following the confession of two ‘dreaded’ thugs who claimed they were working for Melaye, who represents Kogi West in the Senate. The men were arrested on 19 January at Ogojueje in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, after a shootout with the police…