YAHAYA BELLO CREATES SCENE AS JUDGE ANGRILY LEAVES COURTROOM Former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, who was billed to be arraigned at the FCT High Court on Wednesday, took over crowd control in the courtroom when Justice Maryann Anenih left out of anger. Justice Anenih, who was supposed to take the plea of the former governor and two others, abruptly …

PH REFINERY OPERATING AT 70% CAPACITY, TO BLEND 1.4m LITRES OF PETROL PER DAY The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says the rehabilitated old Port Harcourt refinery is currently operating at 70 percent of its installed capacity. The Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) operates two refineries: the old refinery with a capacity of 60,000 barrels per stream day (bpsd) …

AHEAD OF 2027, ATIKU, OBI MULL NEW POLITICAL PARTY. The presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, are in talks to adopt a new political party ahead of the 2027 polls. Sources reveal that Abubakar and Obi met recently, where they discussed plans to adopt a new …

TINUBU WILL RELEASE NNAMDI KANU – BIANCA OJUKWU The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has announced that President Bola Tinubu will release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). This was made known during the 13th memorial anniversary of the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu in Owerri on Tuesday. Ambassador …

OBASANJO LAMENTS DEATH RUMOUR CIRCULATING IN SOCIAL MEDIA , SAYS ‘I’M ALIVE’ Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has lamented about the social media rumours of his death. President Obasanjo who disclosed that he recently woke up to rumours of his demise circulating on social media expressed shock and disappointment over the false reports, describing them as deeply upsetting. Speaking during …

TRUTH ABOUT THE IGBO NOT SELLING LAND TO NON-IGBO Azuka OnwukaLast week, when I saw the myriads of social media posts criticising newspaper columnist and TV presenter, Dr. Reuben Abati, over his comment on Arise TV on the issue of the Igbo not selling land to non-Igbo, I searched for the video and watched it in full to hear his …

CONTROVERSY OVER PETROL PRODUCTION FROM PORT HARCOURT REFINERY: NNPCL NOT PRODUCING – REPORT; IT’S MISLEADING CLAIMS, WE’RE PRODUCING – NNPC The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) is not trucking out Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, from the Port Harcourt Refinery as it claimed on Tuesday, top sources in the know have revealed to SaharaReporters.SaharaReporters was informed …

ENUGU TO LAUNCH AIRLINE AS GOV MBAH PRESENTS N971.8B BUDGET FOR 2025 Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah on Tuesday revealed that the state-owned airline will be launched in a matter of weeks to transport residents of the state coming into the state for the Christmas and end of the year activities. Governor Mbah unveiled this on Tuesday in Enugu when …

WILL PRICE OF PETROL DROP?, NIGERIANS ASK AS PORT HARCOURT REFINERY BEGINS OPERATION The Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has confirmed that the Port Harcourt Refinery in Rivers State has commenced crude oil processing. The Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the company, Femi Soneye, announced on Tuesday that the refinery would operate at 60 per cent capacity, processing 60,000 …

BREAKING: EFCC ARRESTS YAHAYA BELLO The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has finally arrested the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, as he honoured the invitation of the Commission over alleged misappropriation of funds. Bello went to the anti-graft agency’s office with his lawyers on Tuesday morning. This followed the Supreme Court judgment which dismissed the suit …

EBONYI GOVERNOR, NWIFURU, SUSPENDS TWO COMMISSIONERS, OTHERS Ebonyi State Government under Francis Ogbonnaya Nwifuru has confirmed the indefinite suspension of the Honourable Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development and three months suspension of the Honourable Commissioner for Health respectively. In a statement issued on Tuesday by Commissioner for Information, Hon. Jude Chikadibia Okpor said also to proceed on a three-month …

PORT HARCOURT, WARRI, KADUNA REFINERIES TO BE PRIVATIZED – PRESIDENCY The Nigerian presidency has announced plans to fully privatisation of the country’s state-owned refineries, including the Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna facilities are underway. Sunday Dare, the President’s special adviser on media and public communications, posted this update in a statement posted on Sunday via his official X (formerly Twitter) …

END OF DARK TUNNEL: PORT HARCOURT REFINERY COMMENCES CRUDE OIL PROCESSING The Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) Ltd in Rivers State has commenced crude oil processing. This is according to the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the Nigerian National Petroluem Company Limited (NNPCL) Femi Soneye. “Today marks a monumental achievement for Nigeria as the Port Harcourt Refinery officially commences crude …

OPEN LETTER TO SOUTHEAST SENATORS, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, BY OHANAEZE YOUTH COUNCIL Distinguished Senators and Honorable House OF Reps members, GIVE US ANIOMA STATE FOR JUSTICE AND EQUITY. We respectfully solicit your backing and endorsement for the establishment of Anioma State, as a profound generational gift to the Igbo youths. Eminent Senators and Honorable Members of the …

NIGERIA WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER UNDER PETER OBI – ABARIBE Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has stated that Nigeria would have been better off if the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi, had won the 2023 presidential election. Abaribe, who represents Abia South in the Senate, made this assertion on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday. According to him, nepotism, which he claims …