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•Crude price will determine cost of Dangote PMS, DAPPMAN, IPMAN warn FG •Imported crude makes production costs higher, may affect petrol price – Dangote source As Premium Motor Spirit also known as petrol from the Dangote Petrochemical Refinery hits the local market in two to three weeks, petroleum marketers have expressed the fear that the product’s price may be higher …

Retired Rear Admiral Alison Madueke has urged the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere to stop his ex-wife and former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke from using his surname. In a petition for jactitation of marriage (declaration that a marital union has ended), the ex-Chief of Naval Staff prayed the court to order Diezani to revert to her maiden surname of …

A four-storey building attached to the Westbrook Hotel in the Garki area of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja collapsed on Monday night, trapping numerous individuals under the debris. An eyewitness reported that there may be fatalities, citing the lack of coordination among emergency responders hindering efficient operations. “There is a possibility that there could be some people inside the …

The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights, CDWR, has called on Ogranised Labour to immediately mobilise and declare a nationwide strike over the minimum wage and the recent hike in electricity tariff. According to CDWR, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, as the next step in the minimum wage struggle, should declare and mobilise widely …

The Borno State Government has lamented the recent multiple bombings which took place in the Gwoza Local Government Area (LGA), saying it is an ‘error we didn’t see coming’. The attacks, carried out by four suicide bombers on Saturday, resulted in the loss of 18 lives and injured over 30 others. Reacting, the Borno State Commissioner for Information and Internal …

Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has said that the establishment of state police will go a long way to mitigate Nigeria’s current security challenges with the proper control mechanisms put in place.  Delivering a distinguished personality lecture series of the University of Ilorin’s Department of Political Science, in conjunction with the Institute of Legislative Studies, titled: ‘Constitutional Amendment and Political …

Vice President Kashim Shettima has announced that the death toll from Saturday’s suicide bomb attack in Gwoza has risen to 31, with 26 others still receiving treatment for their injuries. Shettima revealed that 42 people were brought to a specialist hospital, with 14 already discharged after receiving treatment. “So far, 32 people lost their lives. Forty-two (injured) were brought from …

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s ruling Monday in former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case makes it all but certain that the Republican will not face trial in Washington ahead of the November election. In a 6-3 ruling, the justices said that former presidents are shielded from prosecution for official acts but do not have immunity for unofficial acts. The Supreme …

Justice James Omotoso of a Federal High Court, Abuja has just dismissed a N1 billion suit filed by the. detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, against the Federal Government and the  Department of State Services (DSS). The Judge held in his judgment that the IPOB leader failed to show evidence that his conversation with his …

Politics in Rivers State has been too mucky since October 2023, over who controls its soul. This surreal situation has spawned tumultuous occurrences, dangers to lives, and, in some instances, deaths that tend to discredit the praxis of democracy. The chaos was triggered by the falling apart of Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his erstwhile political godfather, Nyesom Wike, less than five months …