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  The Federal Government, on Tuesday, announced that it was set to issue a fully valid operating licence to the 650,000 barrels per day capacity Dangote Petroleum Refinery. It announced this at the  Stakeholders’ Consultation Forum on Midstream and Petroleum ...

  Chief Executive Officer of Sterling Bank Limited, Abubakar Suleiman, has called for a purpose-driven leadership society to deliver a transformative impact. According to a statement from the bank, Suleiman made this call while delivering an enlightening discourse on leadership ...

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission on Monday released an order on the Deregulation of Meter Prices for meters deployed under the Meter Asset Provider Scheme It said the prices of meters were deregulated after Meter Asset Providers and other operators requested a ...

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has passed a vote of ‘no confidence’ on the Federal Government, saying that the minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has failed Nigerians. Falana was reacting to Adelabu’s appearance before the Senate to defend the increase in the ...

A 400-level female student of the University of Abuja, Murjanatu Zubairu, who was declared missing on Friday has died in a car accident along the Lugbe – Airport Road, Abuja Zubairu, a student of the Department of Arts Education in the ...

Three suspected armed robbers have been apprehended in connection with an attack on a Divisional Police Officer in Lagos state, Abaniwonda Tokunbo According to the police, the assailants on April 9 attacked the DPO with cutlasses and other dangerous weapons ...

A man in his mid-30s, popularly identified as Baale or Radical, has reportedly committed suicide after he was issued a notice to quit his apartment for not being able to pay his annual rent of N35,000 increased to N60,000 Man ...

The Ogun State Government has sealed off Gasco Marine Ltd, the company whose truck was involved in an accident that caused an explosion in the Ita-Oshin area of Abeokuta North Local Government Area on Saturday. Ogun SEALS gas company over explosion ...

A gunman stormed a mosque in western Afghanistan and k!lled six people, a government spokesman says.   Ministry of Interior Affairs spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani said “an unknown armed person shot at civilian worshippers in a mosque” at about 9pm ...

Rebecca Rowley took her three young children along on a drug-selling trip. She and her accomplice Samantha Tait were caught by police while driving from Newcastle to Cumbria to sell coca!ne worth tens of thousands of pounds.   The court ...

Sixteen people have been arrested by the Rivers State Police Command over the k!lling of a female police inspector, Christiana Erekere Erekere was murd3r3d in the line of duty on Thursday afternoon, April 25, 2024, in front of Taabaa Police ...

Gavin Harper, a former police officer, has walked free after stalking his estranged wife, Stephanie Glynn, whom he found in a compromising situation with her new boyfriend, Inspector Andrew McLullich. Harper, 45, discovered Glynn and McLullich engaged in intimate activities ...

Kidnappers operating along Owo/Benin axis have abducted a man identified as Maliki and his 12-year-old son, Jethro The man was taking his son to resume at the Navy School, Imeri when they were abducted. Sources said the kidnappers have demanded ...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. has assured Nigerians that the ongoing fuel scarcity and queues will be cleared out by Wednesday,May 1st The Chief Communications Officer of NNPCL, Olufemi Soneye, said this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on ...

It was a tragic scene when a group of youths travelling for a wedding outside Rivers State attacked and hacked a female Police Inspector, Mrs Christiana Erekere, to death at her duty post in Taabaa Police Station, Khana Local Government ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed fintech companies to stop onboarding new customers until further notice This directive is coming few months after the CBN mandated all financial institutions to collect ID cards before creating financial accounts, which contradicts a ...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria has barred some microfinance banks, including Moniepoint, Opay and Kuda, from opening new accounts and accepting new customers over allegations that they were being used to funnel cryptocurrency and manipulate the naira’s value, sources ...

Former Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has asked his Kogi State counterpart, Yahaya Bello, to come out of hiding and answer his case with the Economic and Financial Crime Commission(EFCC). Mr Ortom stated this on Sunday at the Redeemed Church in Makurdi during ...

The flag bearer of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November Ondo Governorship Election, Governor Lucky Orimisan Ayiedatiwa will on Monday April 29 receive his certificate of return from the party. He was declared winner of the April 20 ...

More than 40 people have d!ed in Kenya after a dam burst following heavy rains and flooding, officials have said.   People in villages near Mai Mahiu, about 60km (37 miles) from the capital, Nairobi, were swept away as they ...

Yobe State government has confirmed the death of 85 people from Cerebrospinal Meningitis in the state while 2,510 have recovered from the disease between January 2023 to April 2024. Yobe Commissioner for Health, Dr. Lawan Gana told journalists in Damaturu that ...

The Senate has commenced an investigative hearing on the increase in the electricity tariff in 11 states in Nigeria. At the ongoing meeting at the Senate wing National Assembly on Monday, the Red Chamber also stated that it would punish ...

The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has ordered the increase of minimum wage for workers in the state from N40,000 to N70,000 The announcement was made by the governor while speaking at the commissioning of the newly built ultra-modern Labour ...

A landlady is left furious after seeing the way her house was destroyed with painting by an overzealous artist. The lady visited the house after the tenant packed out and was surprised by what greeted her. The tenant designed the ...

Documents reveal that former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello is alleged to have made hefty withdrawals from state funds to cover advance school fees for his family members. According to a letter from the American International School of Abuja to ...