As experts express optimism about meeting local demand The Federal government, yesterday, confirmed the planned inauguration of the 650,000 barrels per day, bpd Dangote Refinery on May 2023. The company had indicated that the $19 billion plant will be inaugurated before President Muhammadu Buhari leaves office. However, in his tweet, Special Assistant to the President on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad, …
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The incident occurred at about 3:00 p.m. and no fatality was recorded There was panic at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Sunday after an aircraft belonging to Max Air crash-landed along the runway of the airport. The incident occurred at about 3:00 p.m. and no fatality was recorded, PREMIUM TIMES gathered. Sources at the airport who asked …
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The last is yet to be heard of the intrigues amongst House of Representatives members following the decision by the Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to tarry awhile on the zoning arrangement for the leadership of the National Assembly. In spite of the pledge by leading aspirants for the Speakership position of the …
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World leaders have extended their heartfelt felicitations, marking the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. The US President Joe Biden congratulated the King and Queen, noting the “enduring friendship” between the United Kingdom and United States in a tweet. French President Emmanuel Macron said King Charles III and Queen Camilla are “friends of France.” “Proud to be by …
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There are indications that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has settled for Tajudeen Abbas and Ben Kalu as speaker and deputy speaker of the 10th House of Representatives, a move that leaves the North-central zone out of the top six positions. Mr Abbas, a lawmaker from Kaduna State North-west, was picked as the preferred candidate during a meeting held on Friday …
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A lawyer, Kayode Ajulo, has written to King Charles III, pleading for a prerogative of mercy for the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, over their conviction by a British court. Ajulo made the plea in a letter to King Charles III and made it available to newsmen in Abuja on Saturday. Ike, his wife and …
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In his book, Understanding Your Child’s Brain, Bilbao who urges parents to ban devices with screens for children under the age of six, says that the screens should find their way into their hands gradually, warning that children exposed too early may also become unhealthily dependent on such devices. “Screens should indeed feature in the child’s life since they are …
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The third batch of stranded Nigerians, numbering 132, are expected to arrive in the country today (Saturday), The PUNCH learnt. The first batch of 376 evacuees arrived Nigeria from Egypt on Wednesday night. The second batch of 130 evacuees arrived in the country from Port Sudan on Friday. According to the Spokesperson, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abdulrahman Balogun, said the …
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Shehu also said that the victory of the President-elect and Vice President-elect, Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima, respectively and the established control of the APC in 21 out of 36 states in the last general elections, firmly established the party as a dominant national Political Party. Speaking while receiving the Arewa Young Lawyers’ Forum, AYLF, the presidential spokesman said: “‘This …
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The President-elect, Bola Tinubu; Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola; Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; a former Osun State governor, Gboyega Oyetola, and an associate, Oladipo Eludoyin, have been allegedly linked to 20 properties bought in the United Kingdom when he (Tinubu) was serving as Lagos State governor. According to an investigative report published on Friday, May 5, …
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