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The Secretary of the Alesa community stakeholders, Timothy Mgbere, has alleged that the petroleum products loaded from the newly rehabilitated Port-Harcourt Refinery were not freshly refined but products left in the storage tank of the facility in the last three years. He also alleged that the refinery only loaded six trucks on Tuesday despite stating that 200 trucks would be …

…Says North must serve Nigeria’s interest always ABUJA—Former Head of state and elder statesman, General Yakubu Gowon (retd), has given insight into why he championed the creation of states in Nigeria, among others, while he was in the office as head of state, even as he urged Northern elites to build a consensus around issues that would better serve the …

Abuja, Nigeria Prominent Nigeria’s social critic and human rights activist, Comrade Igbotako Nowinta, has responded to recent attacks made against ex- president Olusegun Obasanjo by Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Public Communication and Orientation, saying the presidential spokesman is defending a man who has no clearcut agenda for the Nigerian masses. Comrade Nowinta, an international conflict …

Nigeria’s domestic refining capacity, yesterday, increased by 67.7 per cent to 860,000 barrels per day, bpd, from 650,000 bpd, as the Port Harcourt Refinery resumed production. Before commencement of operations, the nation depended on output coming from the 650,000 bpd Dangote Refinery and importation. At their full capacities, both the Dangote Refinery, and Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL’s Port …

After seven postponements, the Port Harcourt Refinery Company has finally commenced fuel production, promising a daily supply of about 200 trucks, as about one million litres of refined products were released by the plant on Tuesday. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited unveiled the refinery on Tuesday, saying the old facility, which has a capacity of 60,000 barrels per day, …

The warehouse, located along Hotoro Ring Road by Farin Masallaci, stored 28 trucks of rice bags. A warehouse in Kano State has been raided by the Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) for allegedly repackaging 16,800 bags of rice palliatives meant for public distribution. The rice, marked “Not for sale” and bearing the image of President Bola Tinubu, was reportedly …

Former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, is currently being detained at the holding facilities of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Abuja, The PUNCH has learnt. Bello, who was declared wanted by the anti-graft agency in April over an alleged N110bn fraud, was finally grilled after all efforts to have him arrested and stand trial proved abortive. Since …

*Says livestock development programme will curb Herder-farmers’ clashes. *Seals $2.5bn deal with Brazilian meatpacker JBS, company to build six factories in Nigeria  *President says move’ll transform tragedy, hopelessness into economic opportunity  * Edun: Petrol subsidy removal, multiple exchange rates elimination saved Nigeria $20bn President Bola Tinubu has assured that with the adroit implementation of his agricultural programmes, food sufficiency and …

SaharaReporters learnt that the panel was “quietly disbanded” after it upheld the Rivers State Local Government elections conducted by the administration of Fubara. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nyesom Wike, who is in a protracted political war with his former godson and governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has ordered the secret dissolution of the Special Court …

The Federal Government has not stopped disbursement of funds to Rivers State contrary to reports on some online platforms on Friday. Mr. Bawa Mokwa, Director of Press in the office of the Accountant General of the Federation told the Saturday Tribune that “disbursement of October allocation to states and local governments by FAAC is ongoing.” He explained that “Rivers State …