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It was gathered that the latest recovery took place last Friday, and included one Hilux van and two Toyota Hiace buses. The Edo State Vehicle Recovery Committee has recovered 30 government-owned vehicles from officials of the previous administration under former Governor Godwin Obaseki. It was gathered that the latest recovery took place last Friday, and included one Hilux van and …

…demands perpetrators be brought to book. Amnesty International Nigeria on Thursday indicted the Nigerian police for allegedly killing 24 protesters in six Northern states during the nationwide #Endbadgovernance demonstrations between 1st and 10th August 2024. The Country Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, Isa Sanusi, while unveiling a published report titled “Bloody August: Nigerian Government’s Violent Crackdown on #Endbadgovernance Protests” in …

The Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Nasir Isa Kwarra, has announced that Nigeria’s long-overdue national census will finally be conducted in 2025. Kwarra made this disclosure on Thursday in Abuja at the 2024 Anniversary of the Nairobi Summit on the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). He emphasized that the delay in conducting the census has hindered …

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu to France with a warm greeting in Nigerian Pidgin English, stressing the cultural connection between the two leaders. The exchange took place on social media on Thursday, following Tinubu’s arrival in France for a state visit aimed at strengthening bilateral relations. Following their meeting on Thursday, President Macron took to X …

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 …