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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has debunked the claim making the rounds that the Port Harcourt Refinery has stopped working, saying peddlers of such rumours are those ready to create artificial scarcity for Nigerians in this Yuletide season. According to these reports, petrol lifting at the refinery ceased last Friday, December 13,…
A group on the aegis of Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has attributed the recent stampedes in Abuja, Ibadan and Anambra that have led to the deaths of several persons on the unprecedented hunger crisis in the country. This was contained in a statement issued by the Executive Director of CISLAC, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani,…
The Chief Magistrate of Osogbo has remanded a mother, 45, and her two sons at Iles Correctional Centre, for allegedly stealing cocoa beans running to the tune of N4.5 million. The three suspects are Ayanda Olubunmi (45), Joshua Iyanda (24), and Prosper Iyanda (21). The three were charged with conspiring to steal cocoa beans worth…
The President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Comrade Akinteye Babatunde Afeez, appealed to the Federal Government to wade in and prevail on the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to reconsider the invalidation of over 7000 graduate admissions, saying action could lead to depression. NANS admonished Professor Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of…
The Federal Government has filed a case against five suspected terrorists linked to a notorious terrorist, Bello Turji, at the Federal High Court in Abuja. In the charges, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/633/2024, filed before Justice Emeka Nwite, the Federal Government detailed, among others, how the suspects imported a military gun truck worth N28.5m from Libya. The suspects,…
The Administrator of Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr Dennis Otuaro, has mourned the demised of Maj-Gen Godwin Abbe, pioneer of PAP, saying he was a very brave and patriotic soldier. Recall that Abbe passed on after a brief illness in Abuja on Saturday at the age of 74. In a statement made available to newsmen…
Mr. Dixon Handshaw thought he was an only child for most of his life. But decades after being adopted, the 75-year-old learned he has a handful of siblings, whom he met just in time for the holidays. Over the weekend, Handshaw – who lives in North Carolina – flew to Rochester, New York, where he…
Member representing Esan South East constituency at the Edo State House of Assembly (EDHA), Hon. Sunny Ojezele, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) Addressing Journalists during his defection at the APC party’s secretariat in Benin, Ojezele said the crisis in the PDP has become so irreconcilable that he can no longer cope, therefore…
The chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Edo State, Apostle General Dr Irekpono Omoike has called on all Christians, well-to-do individuals, corporate bodies, faith based and other organisations to use the period of Christmas celebration more in showing charity, care, concern, and selfless service to the less privileged in the society. Apostle General Dr Omoike…
Edo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Cyril Mathew, has confirmed a fatal multiple road mishaps that claimed the lives of two persons in Benin City. Four other persons also sustained serious, but varying degrees of injuries in the crash that occurred in the evening hours of Tuesday, in the Ikhueniro…