Premium News

AGAIN, PORT HARCOURT REFINERY FAILS TO MEET COMMENCEMENT DATE The Port Harcourt Refining Company, a refinery under the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited in Rivers State, has again failed to commence operations after about six postponements. It was observed that promises made to Nigerians by the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources and NNPC about the refinery have …

POLICE FORCE TOP NUMBER OF GHOST WORKER IN FEDERAL MINISTRIES , AGENCIES – ICPC No fewer than 22,074 suspicious personnel have been identified on the Federal Government’s payroll by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). It was learnt that the personnel were found across various Ministries, Departments, Agencies and tertiary institutions. The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) was allegedly the most …

IRAN’S JESUS REVOLUTION: ONE MILLION MUSLIMS ACCEPT CHRIST “You have a country with one of the highest drug addiction rates in the world. You have a country where corruption runs rampant. You have a country where more than half the people live below the poverty line,” explained Todd Nettleton of The Voice of the Martyrs (VOM). “And the people of …

ENDBADGOVERNANCE: PROTESTERS CARTED AWAY GANDUJES CORRUPTION TRIAL DOCUMENTS – GOV YUSUF Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has said that all the alleged corruption cases filed by the APC National Chairman, Ganduje, residing at the State High Court, have been carted away by the violent Protesters. Kano State High Court of Justice was among hundreds of other places vandalized …

EACH SENATOR GOES HOME WITH N21M EVERY MONTH – SENATOR KAWU Senator Sumaila Kawu, representing Kano South, has revealed that he earns a total monthly take-home package of over N21 million. He disclosed this less than 24 hours after the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) stated that each senator in the Nigerian upper legislative chamber receives N1.06 million …

REPS SPEAKER WITHDRAWS CONTROVERSIAL BILL SEEKING JAIL TERM FOR PEOPLE WHO ‘DISRESPECT’ GOVT OFFICIALS The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has announced the withdrawal of a controversial bill he sponsored that would have allowed for the jailing of people who embarrass or disrespect government officials. The announcement was made in a post on the official X handle …

DON’T LINK US WITH ‘IGBOS MUST LEAVE LAGOS SLOGAN — LAGOS INDIGENES Some Lagos indigenes under the auspices of De Renaissance Patriots have warned against linking them to the ‘Igbos must leave Lagos slogan’, saying such a call was shameful and irresponsible. The group also condemned a report describing it as a far-right socio-cultural organization, saying such a claim is …

INSECURITY: MILITARY DEPLOYS SOLDIERS TO FARMS IN THE NORTH The Defence Headquarters has said that troops have been deployed across farms in the north, especially in the North West and North Central. According to the military high command, the deployment was to ensure adequate protection of farmers from bandits, terrorists and other criminal elements. Farmers have been a major target …

First Bank Holdings, Nigeria’s oldest bank, a battle of titanic proportions is brewing over the single largest shareholder of the bank. First Bank Holdings in its audited accounts for 2023 puts Femi Otedola, the bank’s chairman, as the single largest shareholder with a 9.41 percent stake in the financial institution. However, data from the Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS), the …

The recent anti-immigrant riots in the United Kingdom have deeply affected many communities, especially black and Muslim migrants.The unrest began after the tragic stabbing of three young girls—Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Bebe King, 6—during a Taylor Swift-themed dance and yoga class in Southport, northwest England, in late July. The attack, which also left 10 others …