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The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has expressed concerns over the unorganised distribution of palliatives and relief items across Nigeria during the festive period. In the past few days, a series of unfortunate incidents have highlighted the need for a more structured and secure approach to aid distribution. On December 18, 2024, a stampede at a children’s funfair in Ibadan, …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has reduced its ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit, commonly referred to as petrol, from N1,020 to N899 per litre. This decision, coming days after the Dangote Refinery reduced its price to N899, was confirmed by the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria in a statement released on Saturday. The statement signed …

No fewer than 290 witnesses are expected testify for and against the outcome of the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, in which Senator Monday Okpebholo emerged winner. However, his victory is being challenged by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Asue Ighdalo, and some other political parties. This revelation of the number of expected witnesses was …

President Bola Tinubu has cancelled all his official events in Lagos on Saturday, including his attendance at the 2024 Lagos Boat Regatta in honour of the stampede victims in Abuja and Okija, Anambra State. Tinubu was scheduled to watch the boat parade and other activities of the Boat Regatta from the waterfront of his Queen’s Drive residence in Ikoyi. The …

Billionaire businessman and owner of Dangote Refinery, Aliko Dangote, has disclosed that his refinery has partnered with MRS to sell petrol at its retail outlets to Nigerians at N935 per litre. Dangote, in a statement on Saturday, hailed President Bola Ahmed for the positive impact of the naira for crude swap deal in the Nigerian economy. According to him, the …

The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, has directed the Commissioners of Police in charge Anambra State and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, to investigate the twin stampedes for palliatives that occured at both Maitama and Okija. This is just the the IGP, speaking through the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, disclosed that the organizers of …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has refuted reports claiming the revived Port Harcourt Refinery has been shut down, saying the facility is fully operational. The nation’s oil company, in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Olufemi Soneye, and made available on Saturday, described the reports as false. According to the statement, the operational status of the refinery was …

Concerned Civil Society Organizations in Edo State have given the State House of Assembly and Governor Monday Okpebholo 72 hours to undo the suspension of the eighteen Local Government Chairmen and let them do their jobs or face the peoples’ action to save democracy in the heartbeat of the nation. At a world press conference addressed during the weekend by …

Less than a month after the Port Harcourt Refining Company appeared to have resumed production, the facility has stopped working. Our correspondent, who visited the refinery on Thursday, December 19, 2024, observed that the lifting of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) had stopped. Saturday PUNCH gathered that the lifting of petrol actually stopped last Friday, December 13, as the 18-arm loading bay …

…Orders him not to grant media interviews The Chief Magistrate Court, sitting in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, has granted bail to the human rights lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi, in the alleged defamation suit against him by the police. Farotimi was arrested on December 3, 2024, in Lagos by operatives of the Ekiti State police command over allegations of defamation …