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Botswana’s President, Mokgweetsi Masisi, has conceded defeat after preliminary results showed his party had lost its parliamentary majority in this week’s election, ending the ruling party’s 58 years in power. Local newspapers reported that the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) had lost by a landslide, citing results from more than half the constituencies. The opposition coalition, Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), …

*States say no to importation of PMS, support local fuel production. *Reveals new policy to mop up dollars into financial system*Dangote refinery: We’ve not received payments from IPMAN Governors of the 36 states of the federation, yesterday, opposed further importation of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) by any marketer, otherwise known as petrol, saying it would work against the newly established …

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery says it has not received authorisation from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to supply Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, to members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria. It announced this on Thursday as oil dealers under the aegis of the Petroleum Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria demanded the refinery to release …

Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has said that seven ships would berth with crude oil on Friday at the Lagos Ports. The NPA, in its “Daily Shipping Position’, said that seven vessels, out of the nine expected, would berth diesel, crude oils bulk urea, petrol, and aviation fuel. “The remaining two vessels will berth with containers carrying different goods. “The nine …

The Nigeria Police Command in Ebonyi said it arrested no fewer than 177 suspected criminals for various offences in October 2024. The Command noted that four out of the 177 suspects were alleged to be involved in human organ harvesting and ritual killings. DSP Joshua Ukandu,  the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this in a news conference in Abakaliki …

Barely 24 hours after his appointment, the acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Majo General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede, on Thursday, held a closed-door meeting with the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu and the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Lt Gen Christopher Gwabin Musa. A confirmed source at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) in Abuja told the Nigerian Tribune that …

***Back President Tinubu’s Reforms Thirty- Six state Governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF have admitted and accepted the fact that Nigerians are hungry, saying that they are aware that the people are hungry. Rising from a meeting in Abuja that lasted from Wednesday night to the early hours of Thursday, the Governors while sympathising with Nigerians, …

A coalition of civil society organisations, The Osun Masterminds, TOM, has described the delay in the implementation of the new national minimum wage as killing the work mentality of civil servants in the state. Speaking at the October edition of the state-of-the-State address in Osogbo on Thursday, the group’s Executive Director, Professor Wasiu Oyedokun-Alli berated Governor Adeleke Adeleke over for …

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, has highlighted the growing crisis of malnutrition and food insecurity as significant threats to Nigeria’s economic stability, public health, and community resilience. Speaking at the inauguration of the Local Organizing Committee for the National Assembly’s summit on nutrition and food security in Abuja, Abass emphasized the urgent need for legislative action …

The Federal Government has apologised over the recent collapse of the national grid which caused power outages for several days in 17 states in the north. The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, gave the apology on Thursday during a courtesy visit to Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State, describing the situation as “very unfortunate”. Adelabu said the Federal Government …