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The Police Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has said the force will look into the petition made by the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad, against music promoter, Samson Balogun, aka Sam Larry. A petition written by the late Mohbad over an alleged threat to life by Sam Larry and others surfaced online days after the singer’s death. Youths …

…warns against looting of Africa’s minerals⁣ President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday, condemned the spate of military coups in Africa describing them as wrong and unreflective of the collective aspirations of Africans. ⁣ ⁣He said the pervasiveness of coups connote “a demand for solutions to perennial problems,” and do not imply Africa’s support for unconstitutional change of government. ⁣ Tinubu said …

STATEMENT DELIVERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, BOLA AHMED TINUBU, GCFR PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE 78TH SESSION OF UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 18TH SEPTEMBER 2023. Mr. President, Heads of State and Government, Secretary-General, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. President, 1. On behalf of the people of Nigeria, I congratulate you on your well-deserved election …

•Dangote expects crude from NNPCL November, begins operations October •$3bn crude-for-loan deals, others put pressure on local supply The Dangote Petroleum Refinery is currently importing crude oil and expects its first crude cargo in two weeks’ time, the Executive Director, Dangote Group, Devakumar Edwin, has revealed. Dangote Refinery Although the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited trades crude oil on behalf …

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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said his government has in the past seven years invested in revamping the State’s healthcare system to meet global standards, focusing on primary healthcare to ensure an affordable, quality and efficient healthcare delivery to Edo people. Speaking to journalists in Benin City, the governor said his administration prioritized the decentralization of the healthcare …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON While his victim is still reeling from the pains and agony he caused him, a 23-year-old man, arrested for kidnapping in Edo State has said that he regretted that the baby cow he bought with proceeds of the crime died while he was trying to hide it from his father. The suspect who identified himself simply as …

 President Bola Tinubu and some Nigerian political leaders were among world leaders who attended the opening of the General Debate of the 78th session of the General Assembly at the UN headquarters on Tuesday in New York. The UN correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tinubu was accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf …

The terrorist said the communities must pay N3 million or face his wrath. Three communities in Shinkafi Local Government, Zamfara State have been forced to pay N3 million to a notorious banditry kingpin, who is known by the alias, Dan Bokolo, to avoid being attacked, PREMIUM TIMES has learned. The terrorist is believed to be angry with residents of the …

Unidentified gunmen, on Tuesday, attacked and allegedly killed no fewer than eight security operatives, and also set ablaze two vehicles in Imo state. An eyewitness told newsmen that the incident happened at about 11:30am in Oriagu, around the Aba branch in Ehime Mbano council area of Imo state. The security agents affected were soldiers, policemen and men of Nigeria Security …