THE Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has clarified that pricing of petroleum products from any refinery, including the Dangote Refinery Ltd (DRL), is determined by global market forces not NNPCL. According to a statement by the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of NNPC, Olufemi Soneye, Saturday, The recent changes in PMS prices have no impact on the DRL or any other domestic refinery’s access to the Nigerian market. In fact, if current prices are perceived as high, it presents an ideal opportunity for the refinery to sell its products at lower prices in the Nigerian market. “NNPC Ltd has no…
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VICE President Kashim Shettima has called for stronger ties between the Federal Government and traditional institutions. He reaffirmed the commitment of the President Bola Tinubu administration to engaging royal fathers as key stakeholders in national development and social cohesion. Speaking on Friday during a visit to Ningi Emirate in Bauchi State, the Vice President offered condolences for the late Emir of Ningi, HRH Alhaji Yunusa Muhammed DanYaya. Senator Shettima also congratulated the newly installed Emir, HRH Alhaji Haruna Yunusa Danyaya, who is the eldest son of the late Emir, noting that traditional “institutions are not only the custodians of our…
THE Federal Government has said only public servants with duly registered National Identification Numbers (NIN) will be allowed to purchase as it flags off the sale of 30,000 metric tonnes of milled rice. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari while flagging off the exercise, said the move is to curb racketeering, and is part of efforts to crash the prices of food in Nigerian markets. Represented by President Bola Tinubu, Kyari said the intervention will be sold strictly “one man to one bag or one woman to one bag”. He said the rice — which is to…
EMBATTLED former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has filed applications to challenge the forfeiture of his assets to the Federal Government by the court. Since his removal from office, the Federal High Court, through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has obtained a series of court orders, forfeiting Emefiele’s funds and landed assets. The latest of such forfeiture order was obtained by the EFCC on August 12, 2014, when Justice Akintayo Aluko ordered the interim forfeiture of $2.045m and several properties connected to Emefiele. The judge granted the forfeiture order following an ex parte application argued…
DANGOTE Group has denied reports that Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited is currently lifting petrol from its refinery at a price of N897 per litre. A statement on Thursday by the Group’s Chief Branding and Communications Officer, Anthony Chiejina, said that the company can not fix the price of petrol as it has yet to finalise its arrangement with the NNPCL Chiejina said the attention of the group has been drawn to a headline, ‘NNPC lifts Dangote Petrol, sells at N897 per litre’, published in a national daily (not News Point Nigeria). “We would like to state that NNPC has…
NO fewer than 3,590 inmates across the custodial centres in Nigeria are on death row, the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), has revealed. NCoS Public Relations Officer, Assistant Controller of Corrections (ACC) Abubakar Umar, made this known while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. Umar said that the total number of inmates in centres across the country is 84,741, comprising 82,821 males and 1,920 females as of Sept. 3, 2024. The NCoS spokesman put the total number of Awaiting Trial Inmates (ATIs) at 57,750, comprising 56,303 males and 1,447 females. “The breakdown according to their…
THERE are strong indications that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has directed its retail outlets to raise the pump price of petrol to N855 per litre. Nigerians woke up on Tuesday to find a change in pump prices, rising from around N600 to N855 per litre. Sources informed our correspondent that there was a directive for retail outlets to increase petrol prices. The directive announced that the NNPC Retail Management had approved an upward review of PMS pump prices. This development comes barely two days after the company admitted to challenges in importing fuel due to an $8 billion…
BARRING last-minute changes, the Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, may be heading for a showdown as the party’s National Working Committee meets on Wednesday. Governance in Rivers State has been partially affected for months due to the ongoing political conflict between Wike and Governor Siminalayi Fubara, both of whom are PDP members. The feud has caused a split within the state House of Assembly, with a faction led by Martin Amaewhule supporting Wike, while the other faction, led by Victor Oko-Jumbo, is loyal to Fubara. Despite efforts by President Bola…
JUSTICE Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has remanded 10 #EndBadGovernance protesters in prison. The judge, on Monday, remanded nine male protesters in the Kuje prison while a female protester was remanded in Suleja. The court also fixed September 11 for trial and ruling on bail application by the protesters. This followed the arraignment of the protesters for alleged treason, mutiny and intent to destabilise Nigeria. The 10 persons who were arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite are Michael Adaramoye also known as Lenin, Adeyemi Abayomi, Suleiman Yakubu, Opaoluwa Simon, and Angel Innocent. Others are Buhari Lawal, Mosiu…
THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced the seizure of hard drugs worth N17.9 billion in major operations in Lagos and Rivers States. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. He said the hard drugs intercepted at the Onne and Tincan seaports were a total of 31,124,600 pills of tramadol 225mg and bottles of codeine-based syrup. “The seizures were made following intelligence processed by the Agency on the movement of the shipments from their port of origin in India, leading to a demand for a 100 per cent joint examination of the watch-listed containers…
THE Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle has directed the Chief of Defence Staff and other military chiefs to move to sokoto with him as part of an intensified effort by the Federal Government to rid the North-West of the menace of banditry, kidnapping and terrorism. A statement signed by the Director, Information and Public Relations of the Ministry of Defence, Henshaw Ogubike, said the relocation underscores the unwavering commitment of the Federal Government to restore peace and security in the region. The statement added that while in the North-West, the Minister and the Service Chiefs led by the…
THE Chief of Army Staff , Lt. -Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja has reassured Nigerians that the military would soon surmount the prevailing security challenges facing the country. Lagbaja gave the assurance during the closing ceremony of the Chief of Army Staff combined Second and Third Quarters Conference 2024, on Thursday in Uyo. For five days, Principal Staff Officers of the Army Headquarters, Corps, Formations and Operations Commanders, Commandants of Nigerian Army Schools and Tri-service Institutions, as well as selected Nigerian Army officers serving in key appointments and tri-service establishments across the country converged on, Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital for…
THE Police Service Commission (PSC) has promoted eight Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police. A statement signed by the Head, Press and Public Relations of the Commission, Ikechukwu Ani, said the newly promoted AIGs are Benneth Igwe, Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory, FCT Command; Suleiman Abdul, acting Assistant Inspector General of Police, PAB, Force Headquarters Abuja; CP Augustina Nwuka Ogbodo, CP Ebonyi State Command; CP Stephen Olanrewaju, Others are CP Admin, Works, Force Headquarters Abuja, CP Kenechukwu Onwuemelie, CP Abia State Command; CP Fayoade Mustapha, CP Lagos State Command; CP Adegboyega Adegboye,…
A BUSINESSMAN of Ushafa community in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has been killed by bandits who invaded his residence on Thursday night. The invaders were said to have kidnapped the deceased’s wife and children. Confirming the incident on Friday, the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, says the Police are on top of the situation. She said that efforts are being made to rescue the wife and children of the deceased. Ushafa is one of the communities in Bwari Area Council that have come under attack from bandits in recent times.
THE Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited says it is seeking to engage reputable and credible Operations and Maintenance companies, to operate and maintain the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company and the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company. This was disclosed in a statement on Friday on its official X handle. The Warri refinery located at Warri in Delta State was commissioned in 1978. Warri is a complex conversion refinery with a nameplate distillation capacity of 6,250,000 MTA (125,000 bpd). The refinery complex includes a petrochemical plant commissioned in 1988 with production capacities of 13,000 MTA of polypropylene and 18,000 MTA of…
THE National Youth Service Corps has said polytechnic graduates or holders of the Higher National Diploma without evidence of undertaking the mandatory 12-month industrial training will not be registered at the NYSC orientation camp to participate in the national youth service. The acting Director of Press and Public Relations, NYSC, Mrs Caroline Lembu, who spoke to this newspaper on Thursday, explained that a certificate of industrial training is one of the requirements for polytechnic graduates to participate in the one-year national youth service. The NYSC had recently introduced a new policy, requiring graduates of polytechnics and monotechnics to present an…
NIGERIANS paid ₦1.04bn as ransom to kidnappers in one year, a new report by SBM Intelligence has shown. The security intel gathering firm between July 2023 and June 2024, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has the highest ransom demands, followed closely by Lagos and Kaduna. “When comparing geopolitical zones, the Southeast has the highest ransom paid and collection rate overall,” SBM stated. The firm said its research found that within the period under review, no fewer than 7,568 people were abducted in 1,130 incidents across the country. “In that same period, kidnappers demanded at least the sum of ₦10,995,090,000 (approximately…
KOGI state government has congratulated the new Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS), Adeola Ajayi on his appointment by President Bola Tinubu. The governor in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Femi Fanwo, on Thursday, described the appointment as a round peg in a round hole. According to the statement, President Tinubu has once again displayed his undisputed quality of spotting exceptional talents and saddling them with the responsibility of making Nigeria a better place for all. See full statement below: KOGI STATE GOVERNMENT PRESS RELEASE KOGI GOVERNMENT CONGRATULATES NEW DSS DIRECTOR GENERAL ON…
THE President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has returned to the Labour House after honouring the invitation of the police. Ajaero reported at the Force Headquarters in Abuja on Thursday morning accompanied by human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, and others. His invitation by the police allegedly about an investigation bordering on terrorism financing had generated controversy with the NLC and other labour unions accusing the Federal Government of attempting to intimidate labour leaders. Ahead of the visit to the police headquarters in Abuja, the labour leaders mobilised the union members and affiliate associations for a march…
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed all state chapters and affiliate members to mobilise members in solidarity with the NLC President Joe Ajaero, who is expected to honour police invitation for alleged terrorism on Thursday, August 29, 2024. General Secretary of the NLC, Emmanuel Ugboaja, confirmed the directive to our correspondent. According to the NLC general secretary, the directive also instructed members from across the states to mobilise and embark on a peaceful procession to their respective state police commands and stay there until the NLC president is out of the police interrogation. Meanwhile, NLC members in Abuja are…