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ENUGU COMMUNITY WHERE ‘SETTLERS’ ARE DENIED RIGHTS The natives of Edeaniagu of Ishi-Ozalla Community in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State look gloomy. The stigma of their coloration as ‘non-natives’, ‘settlers’ and ‘visitors’ in their land unsettles them. Their most recent ordeal is their ostracisation by the larger Ishi-Ozalla community, depriving them the right to contest for the …

PORT HARCOURT REFINERY NOT SHUT DOWN, FULLY OPERATIONAL – NNPCL The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited has denied media reports that the Old Port Harcourt Refinary has been shut down. In a press release signed by the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the corporation, Olufemi Soneye, NNPCL said the refinery is fully operational. The release read in full: “The attention …

LIKE DANGOTE REFINERY, NNPCL CUTS PETROL PRICE TO N899 PER LITRE The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has reduced the pump price for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, to N899 per litre. The product previously sold at N1,020. According to the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN), the new price was fixed by …

GOVERNOR NWIFURU AND HIS 107 SIBLINGS There is a man in Uganda with a dozen wives. He has 102 children and 568 grandchildren. All of them are still living in the same compound. The man’s name is Musa Hasahya Kasera. There was also a man named Muhammadu Bello Abubakar Masaba. He was a Muslim cleric in Bida, Niger State, Nigeria. …

TINUBU CANCELS LAGOS EVENTS OVER STAMPEDE DEATHS AS IGP WARNS AGAINST UNORGANIZED DISTRIBUTION OF PALLIATIVES President Bola Tinubu on Saturday announced the cancellation of all his official events in Lagos State, where he is spending the Christmas holidays, over the death of several Nigerians in stampedes in Abuja and Anambra State.The two tragedies claimed many lives and left several others …

OYO, ABUJA, ANAMBRA STAMPEDES: SIGNS OF NIGERIA’S SYSTEMIC FAILURES –OBI Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, has expressed sadness over the tragic loss of lives in stampedes during collection of food palliatives in Oyo, Anambra and Abuja. About 40 children died in a stampede during a children’s funfair in Ibadan, the Oyo …

WE’RE NOT OFFERING N25,000 CHRISTMAS GIFT – ABIA GOVT The Abia State Government has disowned a fake Christmas grant advertisement trending on social media. The advert declares a N25,000 Christmas cash grant from Governor Alex Otti for the people of Abia, with a link provided for interested persons to apply. However, the Abia State government disowned the advert, describing those …

20 FEARED DEAD IN ANAMBRA COMMUNITY AS RICE DISTRIBUTION CAUSES STAMPEDE Not less than 20 residents of Okija community in Anambra State have reportedly lost their lives in a stampede. The stampede occurred on Saturday during an event for the distribution of rice. Multiple social media videos show lifeless bodies lying on the ground after the incident. The cable reports …

PETER OBI OFFERS TO MEET DELE FAROTIMI’S BAIL CONDITIONS The Coordinator of the Obidient Movement globally has announced that former presidential candidate and movement leader, Peter Obi, has offered to fulfill the bail conditions for human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi. This comes after a Federal High Court granted Farotimi a ₦30 million bail following charges filed against him. Farotimi, known …

WE’VE ACHIEVED 80% SUCCESS AGAINST KIDNAPPING – RIBADU The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, has said the security agencies recorded 80 per cent success against kidnapping in two years. Ribadu stated this at the official inauguration of the Multi-Agency Kidnap Fusion Cell (MAAKFC) on Thursday in Abuja. “Within a short period of time, I can say less than …