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Nigeria’s Presidential Election Petition Court on Monday refused a request for a live broadcast of its proceedings, stating that the application lacked merit. The five-member panel of the court headed by Justice Haruna Tsammani, held that Nigeria’s judicial policies and legislative framework had no place for live telecast of court sessions. The PUNCH reports that the rejection of the applications …

…More cases to be reviewed by Special Intervention Team Thirteen members of staff of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma in Edo State of Nigeria have been dismissed for various cases of misconduct by the University Staff Disciplinary Committee (USDC). The Acting Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Asomwan Sonnie Adagbonyi disclosed this today while presenting the Committee’s Report to the Chairman, …

The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, said the Dangote Oil Refinery is expected to generate 12,000 megawatts of electricity and over 135,000 permanent jobs. Emefiele said this on Monday at the official launching of the Dangote Oil Refinery in Lagos State by President Muhammadu Buhari. “Then, we insisted that under the leadership of President Muhammadu …

The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has disclosed that the federal government has plans to launch a home delivery service for passports. Aregbesola made the announcement at the opening of the Nigeria Immigration Service Passport Front Desk Office in Auchi, Edo State. The minister noted that the launch of the passport office is the sixth of its kind in 2023 …

The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, said Monday that the first refined petroleum products from the 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Refinery would hit the market before the end of July. Mr Dangote disclosed this while delivering his speech during the official commissioning of the refinery. President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday commissioned the refinery amid high expectations that it will impact …

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has sworn in the state’s new Acting Chief Judge, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, while assuring of accelerated judicial reforms in the state. Obaseki, speaking last Friday at the ceremony that took place at New Festival Hall of Government House, Benin, stated that his administration’s achievements in the past six and a half years were chiefly facilitated …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday described the Dangote Refinery as a significant milestone for Nigeria’s economy and a game changer for the downstream petroleum products market in the entire African region. The president inaugurated the refinery in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, which is expected to enable Nigeria to achieve self-sufficiency in refined products and even have a surplus for export. A statement by Femi …

The Supreme Court, on Monday, fixed May 26 to deliver its judgement on an appeal that is challenging the eligibility of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to contest the presidential election that held on February 25. The appeal, marked: SC/CV/501/2023, which was brought before the court by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, …

• Questions over subsidy as stakeholders say state refineries may become obsolete • Nigeria may save billions in freight cost as economy expects N9.7trillion• CISLAC: Buhari govt overpromised, under-delivered on moribund refineries  President Muhammadu Buhari, who did not bring to reality his pledges of overhauling state-owned refineries in Port-Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna, will today commission Dangote Refinery as stakeholders count the …

The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, on Monday, opposed the move to consolidate the three different petitions that are seeking to nullify the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. Tinubu, through his team of lawyers led by Chief Akin Olujinmi, SAN, maintained that merging all the petitions would adversely affect his ability to effectively …