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Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE, has approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, praying it to nullify import licenses the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC) and six others secured to import refined petroleum products into the country. The plaintiff, in the suit, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1324/2024, is querying the propriety of the license that was issued to the defendants to bring refined petroleum products into the country when there is no shortfall in its production. Other defendants in the suit are the Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, AYM Shafa Limited, A. A. Rano Limited, T. Time…

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Monday named social media personality, Okuneye Idris, otherwise known as Bobrisky, as a person of interest in an ongoing probe. It also confirmed that its officers intercepted Idris at the Sème border while trying to flee the country earlier in the day. “The Service wishes to inform the public that OKUNEYE IDRIS is a person of interest over recent issues of public concern,” a statement signed by the Service Public Relations Officer, the statement reads on Monday evening. The statement is titled ‘Nigeria Immigration Service Intercepts Idris Okuneye (Bobrisky) at Sème bordering attempting…

The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Alex Ekwueme Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki (AE-FETHA), Prof. Robinson Onoh, has confirmed the deaths of two victims from the recent gas explosion at Good Shepherd Catering School in Orokeonuoha community, Ebonyi State. The explosion, which occurred on Friday, left 10 female students hospitalized. According to reports, the blast was triggered by a phone in the kitchen section of the school, leading to severe injuries among the students. Prof. Onoh revealed that despite efforts to save all the victims, two of them succumbed to their injuries. The remaining eight students are still receiving treatment…

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has promised a backup or buffer system to ensure that Nigerians won’t be thrown into blackout whenever the national grid collapses. TCN Managing Director, Sule Abdulaziz, stated this Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme. He blamed aged infrastructure as old as 50 years for the frequent grid collapses in the country. Abdulaziz said, “Presently, we are doing the scatter system for the whole network and it is funded by the World Bank, and the project will take two years to be completed, and now, we have done 70% of the project. “Almost a month…

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has said he would not go the way of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike, whom he accused of playing politics “with the suffering of Nigerians”. Speaking at a function in Port Harcourt on Saturday, Wike had described Atiku as a rejected politician. Wike was referring to Atiku’s statement after the last local government election in Rivers State state, were he (Atiku) stated that it has now “been revealed that the citizens of Rivers are astute and resolute, unwavering in their rejection of any form of political oppression, harassment, or the machinations…

FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike has hit back at former vice president Atiku Abubakar, labelling the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential flagbearer in the 2023 election as a serial loser. Atiku had taken a swipe at Wike, a former governor of Rivers State – over the local government elections in the state. The Action Peoples Party (APP) won 22 out of the 23 local government chairmanship posts in the exercise, a move Atiku said is a reflection of Wike’s rejection by the people. But weeks after, the minister said having contested the presidential election in 2019 and 2023 as the…

President Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after spending two weeks in the United Kingdom (UK) and France for vacation. The president arrived at the nation’s capital, Abuja, on Saturday evening. Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, Olusegun Dada announced Tinubu’s arrival in a post on his X page. “The eagle has landed. Welcome home Mr President,” he wrote. President Tinubu was welcomed by a team of government officials, the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Abdullahi Ganduje; Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State; his Chief of State Femi Gbajabiamila; the National Security Adviser…

The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Ijanikin Police Station, Lagos State Police Command, CSP Bolaji Olugbenga, is dead. The DPO was said to have slumped in the office and died before he could be rushed to a hospital on Thursday night. The Lagos Police Command has confirmed the death of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO). The command Spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday night. Hundeyin, however, did not give details of the officer and what led to his death. A police officer from the Division, who spoke on…

Former One Direction member Liam Payne has tragically died after falling from the balcony of his hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The incident occurred on Wednesday evening at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel, where Payne was staying. Witnesses reported that the singer fell from his third-floor room shortly after 5 PM. Prior to the fall, sources indicated that Payne had been acting erratically in the hotel lobby, allegedly smashing his laptop before being escorted back to his room. The exact circumstances leading up to his fall remain unclear, but the disturbing sequence of events has raised concerns among those present.…

The Presidency on Wednesday said that the absence of President Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima in the country does not create any leadership vacuum. While Tinubu departed for the country on October 2, 2024, for a two-week working leave, Shettima left Abuja on Wednesday for Sweden on a two-day visit to represent Nigeria in bilateral engagements with the Scandinavian nation. In a statement on Wednesday, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said the two leaders “are fully engaged with the nation’s affairs, even while they are away” Onanuga also noted that all…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has disclosed that the state will pay N85,000 minimum wage to its workers, which is N15,000 higher than the N70,000 approved by the Federal Government in July. President Bola Tinubu signed the new N70,000 minimum wage bill into law in July, ending months of deliberations between government representatives, labour unions and the private sector. Sanwo-Olu, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, said the state is not paying N85,000 to outdo others but because it has the capacity to do so. “I am glad to let you know that the…

A mass burial has been conducted for 140 victims of the petrol tanker explosion that took place at Majiya town, Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State on Wednesday. About 90 other victims of the ugly incident are currently in various hospitals in the state receiving treatment. The explosion occurred around midnight on Tuesday when the driver of the tanker, travelling from Kano to Nguru in Yobe State, lost control near Khadija University, Majiya. The tanker, which had departed Kano and was heading to Nguru Town in Yobe State, exploded after the driver lost control. The disaster, according to…

A petrol tanker exploded at Majiya Town, Taura Local Government Area, Jigawa State In a devastating incident on Wednesday morning, leading to the loss of lives of over 90 people, with 50 others hospitalised. The explosion occurred around 12:30 AM when the driver of the tanker, travelling from Kano to Nguru in Yobe State, lost control near Khadija University, Majiya. According to the Police Public Relations Officer of Jigawa State Command, DSP Lawan Adam, the disaster was triggered by residents who had rushed to collect spilt petrol after the tanker overturned. Although Channels Television obtained pictures of the badly…

A Lagos State High Court has ordered social media critic, Martin Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, to remove defamatory comments and videos about renowned lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) and his son, Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz. Additionally, the court has imposed a N500 million fine for libel. Justice M. O. Idowu delivered the judgment on Tuesday in suit no: ID/8584/GCM/2024. The case centered around defamatory remarks and videos posted by VeryDarkMan on September 24, 2024, linking the Falana family to controversial internet personality Bobrisky. The court found the statements to be defamatory and damaging to the public image…

On Monday, October 14, 2024, a team of operatives of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, comprising four officers were at Urban Radio 94.5FM, Enugu to invite one Favour Ekoh, host of Prime Time, a programme running at the Station. Ekoh is being investigated by the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the EFCC in an alleged N700 million Ponzi scheme fraud involving about Fifty (50) victims. According to the victims, Ekoh allegedly lured them into investing in a scheme “Life Trading” in a company, Leverage Index Limited, where they were offered returns on investment…

Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid, barren places in the world was hit with its first floods in decades. The Sahara does experience rain, but usually just a few inches a year and rarely in late summer. Over two days in September, however, intense rain fell in parts of the desert in southeast Morocco, after a low-pressure system pushed across northwestern Sahara. Preliminary NASA satellite data showed nearly 8 inches of rain in some parts of the region. Errachidia, a desert city in southeast Morocco,…

The Federal Ministry of Education on Monday announced that the new curriculum for basic education will commence across schools in the country by January 2025. The Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman who disclosed this in Abuja, at a stakeholders meeting on the implementation of the new curriculum, said the new curriculum for senior secondary education would also commence by September 2025. Professor Mamman stated that the new curriculum will address problems of learning crises and employability as the new skills acquisition to be introduced will have a multiplier effect by equipping students with 21st-century skills. He noted that…

The Libyan Football Federation has condemned the withdrawal of Nigeria from the second-leg match against Libya in Benghazi, saying it will take all legal actions needed to protect the interests of the Libyan football squad. In a statement shared by The Libya Observer, the LFF said despite the inhumane treatment they had received in Nigeria, they decided to play the first-leg match, confirming that the Nigerian side was uncooperative with the Libyan delegation. The LFF clarified that the treatment they received in Nigeria was much worse than Nigeria had in Libya. The development comes after the Nigerian football senior…

Nigeria was not snubbed in the 2024 UN Human Rights Council election, as some reports have claimed, says Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy. Onanuga said this in a statement titled, “Setting the Record Straight,” on Sunday. He said the country did not stand as a candidate for this cycle of elections, just like it did not stand for election in 2023 when a Nigerian medium reported that the country earned three votes. “The same lie was rehashed in the erroneous report in circulation. Again, we restate that Nigeria was not on the ballot…

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) assumed another dimension on Sunday as the factional Acting National Chairman of the party, Ahmed Yayari, said he has fully assumed his position. Yayari was appointed as the Acting National Chairman by the faction opposed to the leadership of Illiya Damagum. In a statement on Sunday, Yayari, who said the party has failed to live up to expectation, promised that the new National Working Committee (NWC) under his leadership will act within the confines of the rule of law and constitution of the party. “NWC under my leadership will be guided…