NNPC signs deal to construct 100,000bpd plant within Port Harcourt Refinery
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has signed a contract with African Refinery Port Harcourt Limited (ARPHL) to build 100,000 barrels per day, bpd, refinery within the Port Harcourt Refinery and Petrochemical Complex in Rivers state. In a…
Court stops Rivers govt from withholding Local Govt allocations
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, barred the Rivers State Government from withholding financial allocations of the 42 Local Government Areas, LGAs, in the state, pending the determination of a suit that was brought before it. The…
Oil theft: Navy relocates training command headquarters to Rivers
Gov. Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers on Friday inaugurated Naval Training Command Headquarters as part of efforts to address insecurity in Rivers and the Niger Delta. The governor, who inaugurated the facility sited at Ebubu community, Eleme LGA of Rivers, said…
Sad story: Nigerian who relocated to UK in 2022 beat wife to death with a skateboard
A United Kingdom-based Nigerian man, Olubunmi Abodunde, has beaten his wife, Taiwo, to death with their son’s skateboard, Daily Mail reports. The couple, who had three children, arrived in the UK from Nigeria in 2022 and always clashed over alleged…
NELFund disowns fake student loan site
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund has warned against what it described as a “fraudulent advertisement” about a ‘Federal Study Loan.’ This followed adverts on some news sites where the website, www.fedstudyloan-gov.ng is being advertised as the application portal for the…
Senate panel seeks extension of N30tn loans probe
The Senate panel probing the N30tn Ways and Means loans secured from the Godwin Emefiele-led Central Bank of Nigeria by the Federal Government has said it will seek an extension of the time allotted for the investigation. At the inauguration…
LP, PDP kick as US report says 2023 poll reflected Nigerians’ will
The opposition Labour Party, LP, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, expressed shock over how the United States 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices arrived at its conclusion that the 2023 polls reflected the will of Nigerians, despite widespread…
Abuja American School writes EFCC, to refund Yahaya Bello’s $760k children’s school fees
The American International School of Abuja has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to provide “authentic banking details” for the refund of fees paid for the children of Yahaya Bello, immediate-past governor of Kogi state. Bello allegedly paid $720,000…
Boko Haram sacks military camp in Niger, bandits attack emir in Zamfara
Minna- Suspected Boko Haram insurgents yesterday sacked the military base at Allawa town in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, as residents fled communities in the area to avoid being shot or kidnapped. This came as bandits also yesterday…
Ondo PDP Governorship Candidate emerges
The former deputy governor in Ondo state, Hon Agboola Ajayi has won the State’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP) primary elections. He won with 246 Votes to clinch the ticket. Agboola who left the APC for the PDP in 2020, then…