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The Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria, PETROAN, said its members have started lifting Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol from the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries. Spokesman of the association, Joseph Obele, said the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL – owned refineries  were  operational and supplying them the product. In a statement on Saturday, he stated: …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an order to impose stiff tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China, drawing swift retaliation and an undeniable sense of betrayal from the country’s North American neighbors as a trade war erupted among the longtime allies, the Associated Press reports. The Republican president posted on social media that the tariffs …

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — New trade penalties against Canada, Mexico and China that President Donald Trump plans to impose Saturday represent an aggressive early move against America’s three largest trading partners, but at the risk of higher inflation and possible disruptions to the global economy. In Trump’s view, the 25% tariffs against the two North American allies and a …

The Federal Government has been urged to immortalise the designer of Nigeria’s national flag, the late Pa Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi. The appeal was made by the family of the deceased in a press release issued on Saturday by Akinwumi Akinkunmi, an engineer and son of Pa Akinkunmi. The family expressed gratitude to the Federal Government for not reneging on its …

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has criticised Nigerians for condemning corruption while simultaneously defending corrupt individuals when they face prosecution. Speaking in Abuja on Friday during a visit by officials of the Centre for Crisis Communication (CCC), led by Chris Olukolade, Olukoyede stressed that corruption remains the biggest obstacle to Nigeria’s development. “One of …

According to him, there was also damage in Zaporizhia, Odessa, Sumy, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Kyiv regions. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of launching attacks on cities within Ukraine, resulting in the deaths of three individuals and injuring many others. This information comes from a statement by Zelenskyy, obtained by SaharaReporters on Saturday.  “Last night, Russia launched an attack on …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused President Bola Tinubu of weaponizing state institutions to target political opponents rather than addressing corruption in his administration. Atiku, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections, made the claim in a statement shared on social media on Friday, citing the recent arrest of Professor Usman Yusuf, a …

* Relaunches $1.28bn World Bank partnership campaign  The Federal Government has disclosed that it has concluded plans to introduce a new initiative for girl-child education and with emphasis on girls living in hard-to-reach locations, as well as rural areas.  The Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suwaiba Said Ahmad, who disclosed this at the relaunch of MADUBI campaign, with the …

Egbetokun has faced criticism for remaining in office beyond his retirement age following a constitutional amendment to the Police Act 2020. Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore has criticised the Nigerian police, asserting that the Force has experienced its worst leadership under the embattled Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun.  On Saturday, he remarked that it was pathetic for Egbetokun to …

The Apex Igbo Sociocultural Organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has responded to what it termed alarming and incendiary remarks recently made by Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, the former Governor of Rivers State and former Minister of Transport against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. According to Ohanaeze in a statement issued by the Deputy President General,Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, “in a discourse at an opposition leaders’ …