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The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has again reduced its petrol gantry price, slashing the ex-depot rate from N828 to N699 per litre. Real-time market data published on Petroleumprice.ng on Friday showed that the refinery implemented another major downward review, cutting the Premium Motor Spirit benchmark price by N129 per litre — a 15.58 per cent reduction. […]

Deceased Bayelsa State deputy governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo condoles counterpart Diri, Bayelsa people By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has described as shocking and unfortunate the passing of the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo The Governor recalled the deceased’s strong ties to Osun State, noting his significant contributions to the […]

The Federal Government will recruit over 94,000 new personnel into Nigeria’s security services as part of measures to tackle rising insecurity across the country. Under the plan, the Police Service Commission and the Nigeria Police Force will recruit 50,000 police constables. The recruitment portal is expected to be open to eligible Nigerians from December 15, […]

An Abuja High Court on Friday remanded a former Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, at the Kuje Correctional Centre pending the hearing of his bail application, fixed for Monday, December 14. He had earlier been arraigned before the ourt sitting in Gwarinpa by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over alleged N2.2 […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will, on Friday, arraign Mr Chris Ngige, a former Minister of Labour and Employment, on a charge bordering on alleged corruption, accotding to report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Ngige, who was also a former Governor of Anambra, would be arraigned at a Federal Capital Territory […]

Riley Moore The United States congressional delegation, led by Congressman Riley Moore has concluded its fact-finding mission to Nigeria over alleged genocide and is expected to brief President Donald Trump, before the end of the month. The delegation, made up of five members of Congress, arrived in the country on Sunday and visited Internally Displaced […]

An explosion has occurred near Tebijor, Okpele, and Ikpoро communities in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Delta State. No casualty was reported. Confirming the incident, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, said it was reported about 17:50 hours on Wednesday A statement by the Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPC Ltd. Andy Odeh, said initial observations indicated a […]

Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Mr Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has died. This was confirmed in a statement on Thursday night by the chairman of the Southern Go ernoes Forum and Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun. Ewhrudjakpo had reportedly slumped on Thursday afternoon at work in his office, and was immediately rushed to a hospital in Yenagoa, the […]

INEC chairman, Prof Joash Amupitan By John Dike, Osogbo Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, has appealed to Nigerians to actively participate in the upcoming Claims and Objections period of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) across the county. He warned that an unclean national voters’ register poses a fundamental […]

Abubakar Malami Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has debunked alleged wave of “false, misleading and baseless” allegations linking him to terrorism financing and claims that he maintains 46 bank accounts. A statement issued on Wednesday, Malami’s media aide, Mohammed Bello Doka, condemned the reports as nothing more than […]