Port Harcourt refinery didn’t produce fuel before shutdown – Marketers

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria has said the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited had to shut down the Port Harcourt Refining Company to save its face. IPMAN said the facility’s shutdown is insignificant to the Nigerian petrol market, stressing that the plant did not produce petrol for about three months before its eventual […]

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Wike is PDP problem, stakeholders say he’s playing APC script

– FCT minister’s days in PDP numbered Peoples Democratic Party’s stakeholders across the country have accused the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, of acting the script of the ruling All Progressives Congress to cripple opposition and foist a one-party state on Nigeria. The party’s planned 99th National Executive Committee meeting is billed for tomorrow for May […]

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Sunshine Stars FC regrets relegation, promises bounce back

Sunshine Stars Football Club of Ondo State has promised to bounce back soon as it applogised to its famsbover it’s recent relegation. In a statement by Isaac Afolabi, the *Media Officer, it wrote: “The Caretaker Committee of Sunshine Stars Football Club of Ondo State wishes to officially express deep pain and tender a heartfelt apology […]

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PDP reconciliation: South East caucus suggests way forward to Saraki panel

Saraki and other PDP governors and ex-govs at the PDP-GF reconciliation meeting | Credit: Bukola Saraki [Facebook] The South-East caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party has given the former Senate President Bukola Saraki-led reconciliation panel a list of conditions that will stop the defections of its leaders and members from the party. It was gathered […]

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Wike withdraws from PDP reconciliation, blames Makinde for party crises

Federal Capital Territory minister, Nyesom Wike, has pulled out of all reconciliation agreements previously reached within the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, accusing key party leaders of betrayal, dishonesty, and serial violations of mutual understandings. In a statement on Sunday, he traced the roots of the PDP’s internal turmoil to the aftermath of the 2023 general elections, […]

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Power sector lacks 50% of needed skilled workforce – FG

The Federal Government has disclosed that Nigeria currently lacks half of the skilled workforce necessary to efficiently operate the country’s power sector, particularly within the burgeoning renewable energy industry. The Director-General of the National Power Training Institute of Nigeria, Ahmed Nagode, made this disclosure during the official launch of the Next Gen RESCO Programme, organised […]

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FG says sugar industry key to Nigeria’s $1tn economy goal

Minister of State for Industry, Senator John Owan Enoh (R), Executive Secretary of the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Mr. Kamar Bakrin (M), and NSDC’s Head of Strategy and Performance Management (SPM), Ms. Edirin Akemu (L), during the public hearing on the amendment of the Council’s Establishment Act organised by the House of Representatives Committee […]

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FG to sell Emefiele’s 753 duplexes to ordinary Nigerians

– Housing experts kick The Federal Government has concluded plans to sell a sprawling estate linked to a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, to low and middle-income Nigerians. The massive property, comprising 753 housing units, was recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in December 2024. According to the […]

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