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•Approves N2bn for facilities in Bayelsa Gas Hub  •Okays N28.1bn for augmentation of FCT infrastructure  •Gives nod to local production of COVID-19 vaccines The end appears to be in sight to the perennial scarcity of petroleum products across the country as the federal government yesterday gave an assurance that the rehabilitation work on the Port Harcourt Refinery would be completed …

Last Thursday’s death of Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom brought another opportunity to interrogate Nigerians’ perception of their own realities. Before her transition, arguments had risen as to the exact place of the monarch in history. A professor of Nigerian descent stirred the hornet’s nest with a tweet which recalled Great Britain’s role in the Nigerian civil war. It …

…Describe new owners as hustlers, hawks The National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, yesterdasy, urged the Federal Government to reverse the privatisation of the nation’s power sector, describing new owners of the privatised companies as ‘hustlers’ and ‘hawks’ who have contributed poorly to the power sector. The union also accused the new owners of deceiving the Federal Government into paying …

At the height of the chatter the current occupant of Aso Rock, Major General Muhamamdu Buhari (retd.), had been body snatched by a certain Jibril (or Jubril) from Sudan, this column pointed out that there is some sense in the nonsense being retailed in some quarters. Stories do not always need to be logical before they can be considered reasonable. …

The Federal Government said, yesterday, that protesting members of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, who blocked the Lagos-Ibadan expressway violated the country’s law. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, SAN, stated this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council …

The use of gas as a transition fuel will not only help in stemming deforestation but advance Nigeria’s broader development goals, the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said. Stating that the country has one of the largest gas reserves in the world, he believes other developing countries will also benefit from the adoption of gas as a transition fuel. …

…Expands Force Intelligence Capacity with new smart office complex By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has charged members of the public, who are strategic partners in security and policing of the country, to report all forms of cybercrimes. Alkali, in a statement released by Forces Headquarters Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi on Wednesday, …

Benin City, Nigeria – A Benin-based journalist has petitioned the Nigeria Police Force over alleged threat to his life by some unknown persons. The Journalist, Mr. Mike Osarogiagbon writes for Edo State-owned media outfit The OBSERVER newspaper and Alltimepost.com, an online medium based in the United States of America. The petition dated September 8th, 2022 and titled “Threat To Life …

By Okhide Em’ya David Edo State Police Command, in a renewed offensive against criminals have killed three suspected kidnappers and rescued a 13-month-old baby. The Assistant Public Relations Officer of the Edo Police Command, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Iwegbu U. Jennifer said disclosed this in Benin City during the week. According to her, men of the Command had in a  …

By Okhide Em’ya David Benin City, Nigeria – A Suspected Kidnapper has lost his Life in the hands of Men Of Edo State Police command during a gun Battle at Ughiole forest in Agbede Community, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State. The Public Relations officer Edo State Police Command, Superintendent Chidi Nwabuzor  said on Tuesday that the police …