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• Community leaders lament local content violation, N2m bribe per job slot• NNPC silent as stakeholders raise concerns over profitability, refinery project Despite being shut down, there are indications that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) may have left over N136 billion as operational deficits across its three refineries in Kaduna, Port Harcourt and Warri. This is as concerns over …

…As Imota Rice Mill, Timberville for commissioning in Dec. Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, kicked off the construction of Africa’s largest food logistics park, in Ketu-Ereyun, Epe area of the state aimed at boosting food security in the state in particular and Nigeria in general. According to Sanwo-Olu during the groundbreaking ceremony, the project, Lagos State Food Security Systems and …

The National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance, Victor Oye, has called on all party members in Nigeria and Diaspora to pray fervently for the Anambra State House of Assembly for God’s mercy to stem the hand of death that has struck the House killing two of its members in a space of three months. The PUNCH had reported on …

Justice A.R. Mohammed said that the NBA NEC’s action, ratifying Joyce Oduah’s suspension was “an affront on the authority of the court” and therefore set it aside. *The matter was therefore adjourned to August 31, 2022 for a hearing of the substantive suit. By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Abuja, Nigeria – As a follow up to our investigative story of an …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki mourns the passing of His Royal Highness (HRH), Prince Edun Agharese Akenzua, the Enogie (Duke) of Obazuwa-Iko, who passed at the age of 87 years, and condoles with the Benin Royal Family. In a statement he personally signed and released on Wednesday by his Senior Special Adviser on Media Projects, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, the …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City, Nigeria – Chukwu Otu, the owner of the building where 20 mummified bodies were recently discovered in Benin City, has turned himself in to the police in the state capital. Our investigation revealed that Mr. Chukwu Otu voluntarily surrendered himself at the state police command headquarters in Benin City about 3:pm on Monday, August 22, …

•Optics not favourable for underserved communities •28.87m Nigerians already outside the loop •Poor Nigerians may still not afford right handset to join 5G Nigerians will today, wake up to a new, revolutionary telecommunications service, known as the fifth generation, 5G network services. The network is said to have the capability to offer Nigerians higher data speed, improved reliability and availability …

Members of the Joint Action Committee of Non-Academic Staff Union and Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, University of Lagos branch are currently protesting against the sudden suspension of its strike by their executives. The PUNCH had reported that the aggrieved members said they were not duly carried along by their leaders before the strike was suspended last Saturday. The leadership …

…Query govt’s inability to account for $3.4billion SDR Fund. Stakeholders at the African Conference on Debt and Development (AFCODD) have raised concerns about Nigeria’s rising debt profile as the country’s debt stock stood at $100billion as of March 2022. A breakdown by the Debt Management Office (DMO) revealed that as at 31 March 2022, external debt stood at $39billion while …

The Federal Road Safety Corps has declared rotational number plates illegal in the country. . A statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by Assistant Corps Marshal, Bisi Kazeem, said the declaration followed a video circulating on social media with rotational number plates showing different details. The statement read: “The attention of the FRSC has been drawn to a video circulating …