President Bola Tinubu has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) to sell crude oil to Dangote Refinery and other new refineries in Naira. The announcement was made by Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Publicity, through his official X account on Monday. Onanuga indicated that this policy, approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC), is designed to stabilize the price of refined fuel and the exchange rate between the dollar and the Naira. The Dangote Refinery currently requires 15 cargoes of crude annually, at an estimated cost of $13.5 billion. NNPC has agreed…
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The police on Monday arraigned an 18-year-old barber, Moses Gabriel, before the Omi-Adio Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly breaking into a shop and stealing food items and provisions worth N92,000. Master Gabriel, whose address was not disclosed, is facing charges bordering on break-in, entering and stealing. The prosecuting counsel, Insp Ken Brasana, said the defendant had, on July 18 at about 11:30 p.m., broken in and entered a shop of one Tomi Bakare with intent to steal. Mr Brasana said the defendant stole food items and provisions (groceries) valued at N92,000, property of Ms Bakare of the Kuole area of…
The Arewa Think Tank (ATT) has expressed opposition to plans that will see the selling of the 650,000bpd capacity Dangote Refinery to the Nigerian National… The Arewa Think Tank (ATT) has expressed opposition to plans that will see the selling of the 650,000bpd capacity Dangote Refinery to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). Recall that the Chairman of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, offered to sell the refinery to NNPCL following allegations that the refinery was not duly registered and that its products were not of good quality. In the communique, which was signed by Muhammad Alhaji Yakubu and…
Ex-militant leader, Chief Oweizide Government Ekpemupolo alias Tompolo, has called on Nigerians to shelve the proposed nationwide harship protest, saying things are getting better under… Ex-militant leader, Chief Oweizide Government Ekpemupolo alias Tompolo, has called on Nigerians to shelve the proposed nationwide harship protest, saying things are getting better under President Bola Tinubu. He said President Tinubu was working hard to revamp the economy with well thought-out policies and programmes, noting that the protest could harm the economy if held. Tompolo made the call in a statement on Monday made available to Daily TrustTin Delta State. He said, “I therefore…
Some youths have trooped to the streets of Suleja in Niger State to protest the ongoing cost of living crisis in Nigeria. They wielded placards… Some youths have trooped to the streets of Suleja in Niger State to protest the ongoing cost of living crisis in Nigeria. They wielded placards such as ‘Enough is Enough’; ‘Stop Anti-Masses Policies’; ‘We Are Not Slaves In Our Country’; ‘Hardship Is Unbearable’, ‘Fuel Subsidy Must Be Back’, among others. The protesters marched on the streets as they chanted anti-government songs. Our correspondent caught up with some of the protesters on Abuja-Kaduna expressway axis of…
Commuters traveling on the Keffi-Abuja expressway experienced significant delays on Monday due to a roadblock set up by military officers conducting a stop-and-search operation on vehicles entering Abuja. DailyTrust reports that the unexpected blockade occurred near the Sani Abacha barracks, just before the well-known AYA roundabout, leading to major disruptions. The security agencies provided no prior warning before implementing the checkpoint, resulting in a massive traffic jam that stretched back to the Nyanya Bridge, more than 12 kilometers from the roadblock. This situation left many civil servants, traders, and other commuters from areas such as Nyanya, Karu, Maraba, and Masaka…
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old woman, identified as Yetunde Gbadebo, who attempted to sell her three-year-old daughter in the state. The suspect was caught on the morning of July 25, 2024, on Aladiye Street in Sagamu, while she was negotiating with a 38-year-old man identified as Sunday None to sell the baby for N700,000. A resident who witnessed the negotiation alerted the police and the suspects were apprehended. The spokesperson for the command, Omolola Odutola, told Punch that Gbadebo denied the allegation, while None had confessed to the crime. She said, “The woman was about to sell her…
Cross section of participants during a ministerial engagement with FCT youths from Abuja South Federal Constituency, in Kwali Area Council of the FCT on Sunday. Photo: NAN The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, is mobilising Abuja youths and other stakeholders against joining the planned August 1 to 10 nationwide protests over hunger and hardship. Speaking during a ministerial engagement with FCT youths from Abuja South Federal Constituency, in Kwali Area Council of the FCT on Sunday, Wike said, ”Youths and other stakeholders in Bwari and Gwagwalada Area Councils will also be engaged on the same issue in…
Gunmen suspected to be hoodlums have attacked a Nigeria Customs Service patrol base in Koko, Kebbi State, resulting in the death of one officer and the abduction of another. The Kebbi State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, in a statement signed by the public relations officer, Muhammad Tajudeen Salisu, said that gunmen trailed the anti-smuggling squad to their base at Koko, destroyed facilities, killed one customs officer, Dabo Umar, and abducted Babagana Abba Kabiru. The Command’s Comptroller, Earnest Iheanacho, while consoling the bereaved family of the late officer, said that a manhunt has been launched to rescue the abducted…
The police command in Yobe says the Boko Haram insurgents have planned to infiltrate the forthcoming #EndBadGovernance protest in August. The command’s spokesman, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. He said intelligence received by the command indicated that foreign mercenaries were engaged to destroy lives and property at the protest. Mr Abdulkarim, therefore, called on would-be protesters to exercise caution. “As Yobe state recovers from insurgency, the commissioner of police, CP Garba Ahmed, acknowledges citizens’ constitutional rights to peaceful assembly. “While we alert citizens to sinister motives, even peaceful protests at this time may be ill-timed.…