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An Ondo state-based lawyer, Femi Emmanuel Emodamori, has picked a hole in the forensic report which allegedly found discrepancies in the signatures of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. The state commissioner for Energy, Rasaq Obe, had written to the deputy governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, saying he uncovered the forgery of Akeredolu’s signatures after subjecting same to forensic analysis. However, Emodamori, in a statement issued …

President Bola Tinubu, on Saturday, commiserated with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman of Saudi Arabia, and the Royal House of Saudi on the passing of Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz bin Bandar Al Saud who died in jet crash Thursday. The Saudi Royal Court announced that Prince Talal Bin Abdulaziz died when the Saudi Arabian Air Force’s …

• Insists Port Harcourt Refinery Will Begin Operation This Month Facts about Nigeria’s continuous failure to meet its oil production target were laid bare on the floor of the Senate yesterday with a damning revelation that over 4,800 illegal connections exist in the pipeline of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL). Group Chief Executive Officer of the NNPCL, Mele …

President Bola Tinubu has disclosed that the country’s socioeconomic challenges present an opportunity for his administration to embrace innovation that would grow the economy. Speaking at the 47th convocation ceremony of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, on Saturday, the president said his administration would take bold decisions to revive the education sector in the country. President Tinubu, represented …

• Focus On Payment Of Children’s School Fees In 2024• Beg Tinubu To Ameliorate Economic Hardship• Lament As Bag Of Rice Costs N60, 000 Sixteen days to this year’s Christmas, many Nigerians have said they do not have plans to travel out of their locations to mark the season as a result of insecurity, high cost of transportation and the …

The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) has called on President Bola Tinubu to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from DSS custody.  The socio-political group said in a statement made available to the Nation by its president general, Goodluck Ibem, on Saturday, December 9, that it would celebrate President Tinubu if he upholds …

…Launches Edo Command, Control Centre, Special Force Building, others Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Thursday, called for the decentralization of the country’s security architecture to check crime and criminality. The governor said this during the Edo State Security Summit, held at the Government House, Benin City, with the theme, “Edo State Security Framework: Repositioning for the Future.” The …

It’s called “Article 99.” And it hasn’t been used for decades. Until this week. With an intensifying Israeli offensive and escalating civilian casualties, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres invoked a rarely exercised power this week to warn the Security Council of an impending “humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza. He urged members to demand an immediate humanitarian cease-fire. Guterres invoked Article 99 of the U.N. …

Young Edoardo Santini, considered “the most handsome man in Italy,” has decided to leave his promising career as a model and enter a seminary to become a priest. Dancer, swimmer, actor — these were a few of the dreams of Santini, a 21-year-old Italian who in 2019 when he was 17 earned the title of the most handsome young man …

Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals plant has purchased one million barrels of Agbami Crude grade from Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited, STASCO. This is targeted at increasing Nigeria’s domestic refining capacity and attaining energy security (self-sufficiency). In a statement obtained by Vanguard, Dangote Refinery stated: “The STASCO cargo contained one million barrels from Agbami and sailed to Dangote …