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Dangote Refinery Sells NNPC 12.7% Stake – Fitch
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery plans to sell a 12.7 per cent stake in 2024 for loan servicing, Fitch Ratings says in a report released on Monday. Fitch recalled that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited had earlier planned to acquire a 20 per cent stake in the refinery. However, the rating agency indicated that the decision of the national oil firm...
Benue State PDP Chairman Faces Suspension Amidst Party Crisis
The suspended Benue State PDP party chairman, John Ngbede, has signed the suspension of the immediate past governor, Samuel Ortom. Ngbede told newsmen at the party secretariat, Makurdi, that Ortom and his lieutenants were suspended because they wanted to take the party leadership by force. He alleged that the former governor and his cronies were trying to take the party back...
Security Operatives Ransack NLC Headquarters, Carts Away Documents
Security personnels, on Thursday, storms the headquarters of the Nigeria Labour Congress, carted away documents after the raid, the union reports. NLC revealed that the Labour House (the name given to the headquarters) was invaded by security operatives at about 8.30 pm. A statement issued by NLC’s head of Media and Public Relations, Benson Upah disclosed that books and other publications were...
Kebbi PDP Backs Out From August 31 LGs Election
The Peoples Democratic Party has pulled out from the August 31 Kebbi State local government council election. Chairman of the PDP in the state, Alhaji Bello Usman Suru, confirmed the position of the party at a press conference in Birnin Kebbi. He said: “You will recall that during the last PDP stakeholders meeting, we agreed to participate in the forthcoming Local Government...
‘ We Did Not Ransack NLC Headquarters ‘ – DSS
The Department of State Services has denied carrying out a raid on the headquarters of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Abuja. Spokesman Peter Afunaya made this known in a one-paragraph statement on the DSS media Watsap handle. Afunaya, responding to journalists’ questions on the raid of the NLC, office in Abuja, stated: “Pls kindly note that the Service (DSS) did not...
Fuel Imports Cost $600Million Monthly – Wale Edun
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, revealed that the country spends $600m monthly on fuel imports. He vehemently denied reports that the federal government secretly approached the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for Ways and Means advances, insisting there was no such thing. During an interview on AIT, Edun attributed the humongous expenditure on petrol...
Edo: Shaibu warns Perm Secs, Heads of MDAs Against Looting Govt Properties
The Edo State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, has warned Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) to protect government properties from looting by outgoing political appointees. Shaibu gave the warning in a statement he personally signed, titled: 'Warning to Permanent Secretaries, Heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies', issued on Friday and made available to...
Edo Deputy Governor Disowns Obaseki’s Last-Minute Appointments
The Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, has publicly disassociated himself and his office from Governor Godwin Obaseki's recent inauguration of new Chairman and Members of the Edo State Civil Service Commission. Obaseki had on Monday inaugurated five new members of the state's Civil Service Commission, following their screening and confirmation by the Edo State House of Assembly. The members...
Court Denies Farotimi Bail, Postpones Case To December 20
The magistrate court in Ado-Ekiti has rejected the bail application of human rights activist Dele Farotimi. Farotimi was arraigned in court for allegedly defamation of the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola. In his ruling, at the resumed sitting on Tuesday, the presiding magistrate, Abayomi Adeosun, adjourned the application of bail to December 20 after the counsel...
Five Escape Unharmed As Cargo Aircraft Skids Off Abuja Airport Runaway
At the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, an Allied Air Cargo plane registered 5N-JRT skidded the runway 22 on Wednesday after a tire burst. As a result, the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria has temporarily shut down the runway following the incident. The plane, arriving in Abuja, was involved in the incident upon landing while all passengers and crew members...
