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  The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has said Premium Motor Spirit or petrol from the Dangote Refinery will begin to flood the market from September 15, 2024. The company who revealed this in a statement signed by its Chief ...

  President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, directed Vice President, Kashim Shettima to summon the Minister of State, Petroleum, Heineken Lokpobiri; Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Mele Kyari, and the National Security Advisor, NSA, over the recent ...

  The family of Taiwo Akinkunmi, has decided to proceed with his burial after waiting for a year of a promised state funeral that is yet to materialize. Akinkunmi passed away on September 4, 2023, at the age of 87. ...

  Some unknown gunmen on Thursday abducted an assistant Chief Nursing Officer with the Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilisan Remo, Mrs Elizabeth Uruakpa. Uruakpa, 66, was said to be coming from the evening church service when the gunmen who had laid ...

  Eintracht Frankfurt have confirmed the death of their Under 19 head coach Helge Rasche. The 33-year-old lost his life in a car crash on Thursday, with the Bundesliga side confirming the news published by German reports this morning. In a statement ...

  A woman was left heartbroken after receiving an eviction notice shortly after spending 4 million naira on renovating her flat in Ikeja, Lagos. She shared a video showing how much effort she had put into transforming the apartment. She ...

  There is no age limit for taking NECO and WAEC exams, according to the Federal Government. This clarification was made by the Minister of State for Education, Dr. Tanko Sununu, who explained that the government only set a minimum ...

  A Nigerian doctor residing in the United Kingdom has tragically passed away due to a health complication. According to a report shared by environmentalist Chidozie Nwaigwe on the X platform, the late doctor, identified as Julien, had just completed ...

  The Minority caucus of the House of Representatives has called for the immediate reversal of the recent increase in prices of petrol, saying that it will no doubt increase the suffering of the Nigerians. The caucus in a statement ...

  The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested 11 suspected kidnappers and recovered a cache of arms and a large sum of money during operations across the state. In a statement on Thursday, the command’s spokesperson, Assistant Superintendent of Police ...

  At least 17 children died after a fire ripped through their primary school dormitory overnight in central Kenya, police said Friday. The blaze in Nyeri county’s Hillside Endarasha Academy broke out at around midnight, police said, engulfing rooms where ...

  A former national president of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Reverend Felix Omobude, on Thursday, urged the people of Edo State, particularly Christians, to vote in the upcoming election, emphasising that the Independent National Electoral Commission tallies votes, not ...

  A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has remanded a man, Oluwasegun Victor, in prison for allegedly impregnating a minor (name withheld). The 31-year-old defendant was arrested by the men of State Command of the ...

  Polaris Bank Limited, in partnership with the Nigeria Conservation Foundation, has taken its tree planting initiative, aimed at nationwide land restoration, to Kano State. A statement from the bank revealed that a commemorative tree planting activity was held at ...

  The Federal Government has announced that only buyers with National Identification Numbers would benefit as it commenced the sale of 30, 000 metric tonnes of milled rice to Nigerians at a subsidised rate of N40,000 per 50kg bag. President ...

  China’s President Xi Jinping has promised Africa more than $50 billion in fresh funding. That’s as he opened a major China-Africa summit in Beijing on Thursday (September 5). “China is willing to deepen cooperation with Africa in the areas ...

  The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Kwara State Command, has arrested three suspects, including an 81-year-old man identified as Adeleke Oke, and two others for allegedly def!ling a 12-year-old girl in Offa, Kwara State. The other suspects are ...

  Tragedy struck again in Kano State on Thursday night following the collapse of a two-story building in the Nomansland area of Sabon Gari, Fagge Local Government Area of the state. Two persons were said to have lost their lives, ...

  The ex-boyfriend who is alleged to have set Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei on fire has been identified in photographs. Cheptegei tragically passed away aged 33 in hospital four days after sustaining serious burns to 80 per cent of her body. The ...

  The Nigerian Army has confirmed the arrest of one Adeleye Ayomide, as the suspect responsible for the d3ath of a 300-level student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Idowu Christiana. The deceased was abducted by suspected kidnappers along ...

  The Anambra State Police Command said it has arrested a suspect(name withheld), who is said to be a member of a gang that specialises in child trafficking from Nigeria to neighbouring countries like Ghana and the Benin Republic. The command’s ...

  Dangote Group has dismissed reports that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has started lifting Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, from its refinery. A newspaper had reported that NNPCL lifted petrol from Dangote Refinery and sold it ...

Nigeria is the third-largest debtor to the World Bank’s International Development Association as of June 30, 2024, following a significant increase in its borrowing from the institution. A financial statement dated June 30 2024 but recently made public and obtained ...

Dangote Industries Limited and MTN Nigeria have been named Nigeria’s ‘Most Valuable Brand’. Dangote Industries came top after an assessment conducted by ‘Top 50 Brands Nigeria’ as part of its evaluation of top brands for the year. At the media ...

  Billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, has said that the commencement of petroleum production by the Dangote Refinery in Lagos has released Nigeria from the clutches of foreign powers and local oil cabals. Otedola said this on Tuesday on his X ...