The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has listened to the calls of oil marketers as regards the reduction in the price of Automotive Gas Oil, popularly called diesel. On Tuesday, the refinery announced a reduction in the price of diesel from N1,200/litre to N1,000/litre, a development that triggered excitement among operators in the downstream oil sector. Dangote […]
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A businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, on Wednesday, pleaded not guilty to tampering and abusing the naira during his trial at the Federal High Court, Lagos. Cubana Chief Priest was arraigned before Justice Kehinde Ogundare of the Federal High Court in Lagos on three counts bordering on abuse of […]
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The Federal High Court in Lagos State, on Wednesday, granted businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, N10m bail with two sureties in like sum. Earlier, the celebrity bar man pleaded not guilty to tampering and abusing the naira during his trial. Cubana Chief Priest was arraigned before Justice Kehinde Ogundare […]
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The Kano State High Court has granted an ex parte order restraining the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, from parading himself as a member of the party. Subsequently, the court ordered that henceforth, Ganduje should desist from presiding over all affairs of the National Working Committee of the APC. The […]
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Passengers of a truck have reportedly killed a customs officer along Katsina-Dankama road in Kaita Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the incident happened Wednesday morning at Gamjin Makaho village, along the Dankama road. Sources said that the truck was conveying people to Dankama town when the customs officials tried to […]
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About 45 persons have reportedly lost their lives due to an outbreak of a mysterious illness in Gundutse village, Kura Local Government Area of Kano State. It was gathered that the victims, mostly women, children, and elderly individuals, exhibited symptoms such as malaria, diarrhoea, and vomiting. Residents expressed concerns about the sudden increase in deaths […]
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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have stormed the Abuja home of a former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, located in Wuse Zone 4, Federal Capital Territory. Photographs seen by our correspondent on Wednesday show some armed EFCC personnel laying siege to the ex-governor’s home on Benghazi Street, Wuse Zone 4, Abuja. […]
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Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court has threatened to adjourn sine die the trial of the leader of the Indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Nyako said she would commence the trial when the defence was ready. She spoke following the insistence of Kanu’s lawyer, Alloy Ejimakor, that his client’s rights to […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday was granted a warrant by a Federal High Court in Abuja to apprehend Yahaya Bello, the former governor of Kogi State. The warrant was issued following an ex parte motion filed by the EFCC. In his ruling on the motion, Justice Emeka Nwite also directed that […]
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President Bola Tinubu has directed the Ministry of Education to include graduates of the National Open University (NOUN) in the National Youth Service Corps scheme. Tinubu also resolved the longstanding admittance of NOUN Law graduates to participate in Law School in the country for equal opportunities. He made the disclosure during his presentation at the […]
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The Attorney General of the Federation and the Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has bemoaned the obstruction of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from performing its constitutional duties. According to him, the EFCC has the power to invite anyone in the course of its investigation. His statement is coming after the EFCC’s effort […]
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Former governor of Kano State, Senator Abdullahi Ganduje said he is still in charge as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), following the reversal of his purported suspension by his ward executives. The party politics within the Kano APC took a new twist as Justice A. M Liman of the Federal High […]
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The United States and Britain announced widespread sanctions against Iran’s military drone program on Thursday, in response to its weekend attack against Israel. Washington is targeting “16 individuals and two entities enabling Iran’s UAV production, including engine types that power Iran’s Shahed variant UAVs, which were used in the April 13 attack,” the Treasury Department said […]
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has described as false, reports that it is selling foreign exchange (FX) to bureau de change (BDC) operators at the rate of N1,001/$1. The apex bank in a post on X on Thursday, said a circular claiming the apex bank announced the sale of $10,000 to BDCs at the […]
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The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said the controversy surrounding the leadership of the party at this time should weigh on the collective conscience of all members. Chairman of the BoT, Senator Adolphus Wabara, said this in his opening remarks at the beginning of the board’s meeting, in Abuja, […]
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Amb. Umar Damagum-led National Working Committee (NWC), has been endorsed by the Peoples Democratic Party’s second highest decision making body- the National Executive Committee (NEC) at its 98th meeting in Abuja, yesterday. The camp of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, had moved to have Damagum return to his position as Deputy National Chairman (North) to […]
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Transcorp Power Plc (Transcorp Power), one of the electricity generating subsidiaries of Nigeria’s leading, listed conglomerate, Transnational Corporation Plc (Transcorp Group), has demonstrated impressive financial performance in its released Q1 2024 unaudited financial statements, for the period ended March 31, 2024. The Company recorded N67.86 billion in gross earnings, compared to N21.04 billion reported in […]
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A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday discharged and acquitted former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN) of the money laundering charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The presiding judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo, while delivering a ruling on a no-case submission filed by the […]
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The Nigerian Army has released the traditional ruler, Clement Ikolo, earlier declared wanted and arrested over the gruesome murder of 17 soldiers in Delta State on 14 March 2024. The monarch was declared wanted by the Defence Headquarters alongside seven others for alleged involvement in the act. He was released to Senator Ede Dafianone who […]
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The Chief Executive Officer of X, formerly Twitter, Elon Musk, has warned that any account involved in engagement farming on the social media platform will face suspension. Engagement farming is said to refer to practices done in order to get more interaction metrics on social media without adding any specific value. Musk made this announcement […]
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