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WE’VE NOT FIXED OUR PETROL PRICE – DANGOTE REFINERY Reports had claimed that oil marketers projected that petrol from Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical would be sold at N600 per litre. However, Anthony Chiejina, group chief branding and communications officer of Dangote Group, said the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) is not its business partner yet. “We have never …

WE’RE WORKING TO EXTRADITE SIMON EKPA THROUGH JUDICIAL PROCESS – GOVT OF FINLAND The Government of Finland on Tuesday said the judicial process has to be exhausted for Simon Ekpa, one of the leaders of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to be extradited from the Nordic country. Simon Ekpa has in various videos and online post instigated violence against Nigerian …

YOU CAN’T FIX ECONOMY WITHOUT NEW CONSTITUTION – MOGHALU TELLS TINUBU Former Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu, has told President Bola Tinubu he cannot fix Nigeria’s economic challenges without a new constitution. Professor Kingsley Moghalu said Tinubu’s response to leadership and members of The Patriots that he would look at their request to give the …

MY WIFE’S ACTION IS UNNECESSARY – MAN WHOSE WIFE TORE HIS INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT Mr. Igiebor, the man whose wife tore his international passport at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos State has spoken up in an interview making rounds on social media. The man claimed that his wife had access to his social media page without his knowledge and …

NIGERIAN GOVT FREEZES $37M WORTH OF CRYPTOCURRENCY TRACED TO SUSPECTED PROTEST ORGANISERS The Nigerian government has frozen more than $37 million worth of cryptocurrency held in wallets believed to be owned by some organisers of #EndBadGovernance protests. The freezing followed an order by the Federal High Court in Abuja. The judge, Emeka Nwite, gave the order in a ruling delivered …

REVENUE ALLOCATION COMMITTEE CLARIFIES MONTHLY SALARIES, ALLOWANCES OF NIGERIAN SENATORS The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission wishes to clear the air on the controversy surrounding the salaries and allowances payable to Members of the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria an issue that continues to occupy the front burner of national discourse especially amongst Elder Statesmen, public …

CALLING ME IMPOSTOR, AFFRONT TO JUDICIARY – SHAIBU FIRES BACK AT EDO STATE GOVT The reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, on Tuesday, insisted that he’s not an impostor. Reacting to claims by the state’s Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, Shaibu said calling him an impostor was an affront to the judiciary. Nehikhare had called Shaibu …

FG TELLS THOSE SEEKING REGIME CHANGE TO WAIT TILL NEXT ELECTION IN 2027. Dele Alake, Minister of Solid Minerals, said this after the inaugural Council of State meeting under President Bola Tinubu. Among those who attended the meeting at the Presidential Villa were former Presidents Muhammadu Buhari and Goodluck Jonathan. Former presidents Yakubu Gowon and Abdulsalami Abubakar also joined the …

SACK HEADS OF NIGERIA’S OIL AND GAS REGULATORY AGENCIES – APC STAKEHOLDERS WRITE TINUBU Major stakeholders within the All Progressives Congress (APC) have called on President Bola Tinubu to sack the heads of the nation’s oil and gas regulatory agencies, citing their failure to effectively manage the sector and address the myriad of challenges facing the industry. Specifically, the Tinubu …

22 PERSONS KILLED DURING #ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTESTS During the National Council of State meeting held on Tuesday at the Ado Rock Presidential Villa, it was revealed that a total of twenty-two persons lost their lives in different parts of the country during the nationwide #Endbadgovernance protest. The ten-day protest which started on August 1, was aimed at drumming on the air …