AS NNPC IMPLEMENTS NEW PRICE, PETROL CAN’T SELL BELOW N1,350 PER LITRE – OFFICIAL The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) is set to introduce a new pricing regime for petrol following its recent lift of approximately 103 million litres from Dangote Refinery between September 15 and 30, 2024. During this period, the refinery managed to load 2,207 out of …

I GO WITH POLICE, GOVT OFFICIALS TO NEGOTIATE WITH BANDITS – SHEIKH GUMI Popular Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has confirmed that he collaborates with police and government officials to negotiate with bandits in their territories. In an interview with Punch, Gumi stated that his involvement in negotiations stems from his commitment as a Nigerian to fostering peace and …

RIVERS LG POLL LACKS CREDIBILITY – ELECTION OBSERVER GROUPAn observer group which monitored Saturday’s local government elections in Rivers State, The Peoples Advocates, TPA, has said that the exercise was not credible due to a number of irregularities.TPA made the observation in its report on the election.The highly contentious election was held across 23 local government areas in Rivers State, …

WHY JESUS, APOSTLES DID NOT COLLECT TITHES – ADEBOYE The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has explained why Jesus Christ did not collect tithes during His ministry on earth. Speaking during the church’s October Holy Ghost Service on Saturday at the Redemption City, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State, Adeboye clarified this in response to …

FG YET TO RELEASE FUND FOR PAYMENT OF NYSC MEMBERS ALLOWANCE – DG The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, says the recent increase in corps members’ allowance has not been implemented due to funds. The Federal Government approved the increment of corps members’ monthly allowance from N33,000 to N77,000, effective from July …

NIGERIANS WILL START EXPERIENCING BETTER ELECTIONS WITHOUT POLICE -: ATIKU’S AIDE Paul Ibe, the spokesman of the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, said on Saturday the Rivers State local government election may usher in a new dispensation of better polls without police. He was reacting to the withdrawal of police from the Rivers local …

NASS TO REVISE EXISTING LAWS FOR FULL LOCAL GOVT AUTONOMY – AKPABIO Senate President Godswill Akpabio, has said the National Assembly would revise existing laws that had hindered the effective governance of local government councils in Nigeria, with the aim to ensure full autonomy for the tier of government. Akpabio identified the Joint State and Local Government Accounts Committee and …

POLITICALLY, PETER OBI IS BIGGER THAN KWANKWASO – BUHARI’S EX-AIDE Former media aide to ex-President Muhammad Buhari, Bashir Ahmed, has asserted that Peter Obi is politically bigger than Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso. Recall that both Peter Obi and Kwankwaso were presidential candidates in the 2023 general election on the platform of the Labour Party (LP) and theNew Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). …

ENUGU GOVT DEMOLISHES ANOTHER KIDNAPPERS’ DEN, WARNS PROPERTY OWNERS The Enugu State Government has demolished yet another property linked to kidnapping activities in the state, warning landlords that it would not entertain any excuses in enforcing relevant laws of the state mandating the government to bring down any property linked to such evil acts. Section 315 (Second Amendment) of the …

2027: I’VE NO PROBLEM DEPUTIZING PETER OBI, WE’RE READY FOR TALKS – KWANKWASO The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, in the 2023 elections, Rabiu Kwankwaso has hinted at the possibility of him deputizing his Labour Party counterpart in the last election, Peter Obi. In a video clip currently trending on X microblogging platform, the former governor …

FCT THREATENS TO REVOKE PLOTS OWNED BY BUHARI’S CHILDREN, OTHERSThe Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has threatened to revoke the Certificates of Occupancy C-of-O) of the plots of land belonging to some prominent Nigerians and corporate organisations if they fail to settle the outstanding payments for the certificates within two weeks.The FCTA issued the threat in a notice to 3,273 …

GOVERNOR MBAH’S CRUSADE SWEEPS THROUGH ENUGU MORIBUND ASSETS, BY UCHE ANICHUKWUDecrepit. Abandoned. Eyesore. Wasted.These and more are the immediate adjectives and pictures that confront any visitor to the once iconic Sunrise Flour Mills, one of the legacies of Senator Jim Nwobodo as the governor of old Anambra State. It was commissioned in 1983 to add to the industrialisation and economic …

PRESIDENT TINUBU SET TO REVEAL LIST OF SACKED, NEW MINISTERSMultiple sources within the Presidency have revealed that President Ahmed Tinubu has completed the selection process, identifying which ministers will be retained and which will be dropped.The much-anticipated announcement is expected to be made on Thursday night, shortly after Tinubu arrived in the United Kingdom for his two-week annual leave.The looming …

JONATHAN CAUTIONS JUDICIARY, POLICE OVER ROLES IN RIVERS CRISISFormer president, Goodluck Jonathan has cautioned the Judiciary and the Police over their roles in the crisis in Rivers State, warning that the political crisis may collapse Nigeria like the collapse of the Old Western Region. Jonathan stated this on Saturday in a statement he signed saying the unfolding political crisis is …

APP SWEEPS LG ELECTION IN RIVERS Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has regained control of the Local Government structure as his loyalists who contested elections under the Action Peoples Party (APP) have won all but one of the 23 chairmanship positions. Chief Election Officer of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, Justice Adolphus Enebeli, declared the result in Port …