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Oil marketers stated on Thursday that the reason behind the long queues at petrol filling stations in Abuja and neighbouring Nasarawa and Niger States is the insufficient supply of Premium Motor Spirit by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited. The NNPCL, which is the sole importer of the product, refuted the oil marketers’ claim, attributing the queues in the affected …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Edo State Police Command said it has handed over the 26 undocumented migrants arrested last week to the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, in the state. Spokesman for the state police command SP Chidi Nwabuzor disclosed this while giving an update on the migrants arrest. He said they were moved to the custody of Nigeria Immigration Service, Edo …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Edo State government-owned Bendel Newspapers Company Limited, publishers of the OBSERVER titles has resumed production of hard copies after 17 months of revamping. The fantastic return of the state darling newspaper on Monday, November 13, 2023, opened a floodgate of commendations from residents of Benin City who approached newspaper vendors to grab their personal copies. The residents …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON A 24-year-old lady has reported to police in Ekpoma town that two young men slept with her in a bush instead of the hotel as they earlier bargained. The lady (name withheld) also told the police that the two boys after taking turns to have marathon sex,  collected her Infinix phone, power bank, phone charger and transferred …

United States and the Philippines, on Thursday signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement, commonly known as a “123 Agreement,” at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in San Francisco.  According to the State Department, upon entry into force, the agreement will facilitate and enhance “our cooperation on clean energy security and strengthen our alliance. This signing marks the successful culmination …

It happened, therefore it was a success. President Joe Biden’s summit with China’s President Xi Jinping south of San Francisco Wednesday may have closed a trap door under the world’s most critical diplomatic relationship, which has plunged to its most acrimonious level in 50 years. But with expectations set so deliberately low and with each side having significant incentives to declare the meeting productive, …

The National Election Commission (NEC) of Liberia Wednesday commenced the announcement of the results of the run-off presidential election held on Tuesday. Former Vice President of Liberia and candidate of the Unity Party, Joseph Boakai, took an early lead in the first set of results announced by NEC chairperson Davidetta Lansanah. According to results seen on the NEC website, Mr …

The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal, yesterday, dismissed the appeals filed by the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and that of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, against the electoral victory of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for lacking in merit. The three-man panel presided over by Justice Yargata Nimpar, held that …

Ahead of the Bayelsa governorship election, Ebelechukwu Tamar, a 100-level student of Niger Delta University, departed campus for her hometown in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Ms Tamar, 22, rooted for the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but she did not vote. She said she has lost faith in the electoral system of the country, hence, …

The Federal Government has reduced to six counts the fraud charges it filed against the immediate-past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. The charges charges, bordering on alleged procurement, were originally 20. In the original charge, the Federal Government alleged that the procurement fraud was to the tune of N6.5bn. The original charges were first filed in …