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President Bola Tinubu has told Nigerian motorists to either buy petrol at N1000 or the compressed Natural Gas (CNG) at N200. The President said this during a meeting with the company’s executive on Tuesday at the State House, Abuja, the Vanguard News reports. He also praised NIPCO’s contributions to the nation’s energy transition efforts, particularly its support for the Presidential …

An Onitsha-based businessman, Chikwado Eze, tragically died during a ritual in Inyi, a community in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area, Enugu State. Eze, originally from Ugbaike community, had secured a visa for an overseas business trip and sought fortification from a native doctor to ensure success. The native doctor instructed that Eze be buried alive for one and a half …

Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has taken legal action against the Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority and some major importers in the oil and gas sector at the Federal High Court in Abuja. In suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1324/2024, Dangote Refinery sought N100bn in damages from NMDPRA for continuing to issue licences for the importation of refined products such as …

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has declared that the federal government did not give state governments a moratorium in the implementation of the Supreme Court judgement on full financial autonomy of the local government areas. The AGF explained that there is a delay in the full implementation of the apex court verdict …

..says he had access to phone, inmates run errands for him The Federal Government investigative panel has revealed that the convicted cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, served out his six-month prison sentence in custody. Findings of the investigative panel contradicted an earlier report that Bobrisky was kept out of the custodial centre while serving his jail term in …

No fewer than four vessels carrying imported Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, arrived at seaports situated along the nation’s borders between Friday, October 18, and Sunday, October 20, findings by The PUNCH show. According to a document obtained from the Nigerian Port Authority on Sunday, about 123.4 million litres of PMS were berthed at two seaports to improve fuel supply nationwide. …

One of the deals was the sale of ExxonMobil onshore assets to Seplat Energy The Nigerian government has approved four major oil divestments including the sale of ExxonMobil onshore assets to Seplat Energy, more than two years after the deal was first secured. The regulator, however, rejected one for failing “regulatory tests.” The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Upstream …

Shocking Lack Of Funds, Says Divisions Allocated N15,000 To Run Stations For 3 Months, Some With Zero Allocation In an exclusive interview with SaharaReporters, the DPO revealed that Divisional Police Offices across the country are forced to operate on a meager quarterly budget of just N15,000 to N30,000. A Divisional Police Officer (DPO) has blown the whistle on the endemic …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has continued to pay tribute to General Yakubu Gowon, Nigeria’s former Head of State, describing him as a celebrated leader and likening him to the late British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. Speaking at the African Biblical Leadership Initiative (ABLI) conference in Abuja on Monday, Obasanjo praised Gowon’s exceptional leadership and noted that few leaders receive recognition …

*Tinubu, Jonathan, Osinbajo, Katsina, Niger govs, CDS celebrate former leader at 90 Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd) yesterday insisted that the Nigerian Civil War of 1967 to 1970 was fought to keep the country together and not a question of defeating any part of the country. This is just as President Bola Tinubu, represented by his wife, …