The Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria says its members are now loading petroleum products from the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries. PETROAN said this is contrary to previous doubts that the refineries owned by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited were not fully operational. PETROAN’s spokesman, Joseph Obele, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, saying, “PETROAN members are now loading petroleum products, including Dual-Purpose Kerosene, Automotive Gas Oil, and Premium Motor Spirits.” Obele told our correspondent that the Port Harcourt refinery is already selling petrol, diesel and kerosene to retailers while the Warri refinery is supplying…
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APC, INEC counsel, Ikpeazu, Agabi expose false claims by Asue Ighodalo’s witness The false claims of one of the witnesses of Mr. Asue Ighodalo has been uncovered – the Counsel to the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the Indelendent National Electoral Commission (INEC), bursted their bubbles and discrepancies today, at the resumed hearing of the governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja. INEC’s counsel, Kanu Agabi questioned the authenticity of the witness’s role, noting that he had not signed Form EC8B for Ward 9, which was used for ward collation. Before the cross-examination, the witness was led in evidence by…
APC Will Take Over Governance of Anambra in November – NWC The All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed confidence in winning the forthcoming November 2025 off-cycle governorship election in Anambra State. The party’s National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Bashiru, made this assertion while speaking on a TVC television program in Abuja on Wednesday. He emphasized that the APC is determined to add Anambra to its growing list of states in the South East geopolitical zone. “The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the notice and timetable for the Anambra governorship election. Our party is focused on delivering Anambra for the…
Oyo Firefighters Take Shelter In Police Station After Mob Attack For Preventing Fuel Siphoning From Overturned Tanker Oyo Firefighters Take Shelter In Police Station After Mob Attack For Preventing Fuel Siphoning From Overturned Tanker The Oyo State Fire Service in a statement stated that its Ogbomoso branch arrived first, followed by their colleagues from the Kwara State Fire Service due to proximity to the scene. Firefighters responding to a tanker fire at Sabo Market, Orile Igbon, along the Ogbomoso-Ilorin expressway in Oyo State, were allegedly attacked by angry residents attempting to siphon fuel. The incident occurred on Tuesday night, January…
Nationwide Protest Holds February 4 Over Telecom Tariff Hike The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has resolved to hold a nationwide anti-telecom tariff hike protest on Tuesday, February 4. The Nation learnt that the nationwide protest was agreed on at the ongoing National Administrative Council (NAC) meeting of NLC. It is aimed at sounding a note of warning to the government that workers would resist the planned hike as it would worsen the poverty level across the country. The Nation reports NCC approved a 50% tariff increase for mobile network operators. Recall that NLC had, on January 22, rejected the 50…
Ibadan Travel & Tourism Expo (ITTE) announces date for 2025 Edition. The organisers of Ibadan Travel & Tourism Expo, the unique selling point for destination marketing in Ibadan have announced Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th April as dates for the 2025 edition. According to the statement from the Expo Coordinators, Ambassadors Taiwo and Kehinde OGUNTOYE known as The Most Famous Twins in African Tourism, the Expo which opens at 10am daily, will once again gather travel and tourism industry stakeholders across Nigeria and beyond in Ibadan, the largest city in the sub-sahara of Africa, for the 2nd Ibadan Travel &…
“Your Political Desperation Is Responsible For PDP’s Catastrophic Disintegration – APC To Atiku ..party carpets obi, el-rufai, others Press Release The former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, like a badly broken record, has continued to point fingers at the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the festering rot in his party, and the spectacular dysfunction of opposition parties generally. At the national conference on Strengthening Democracy in Nigeria held in Abuja on Monday, January 27, 2025, Atiku, warned that the nation’s democracy was somewhat imperiled by judicial…
President Tinubu Concludes Visit To Tanzania, Affirms Nigeria’s Commitment To Improved Electricity Access President Bola Tinubu has concluded his visit to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, where he joined other African leaders to participate in the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit. The President and his team arrived on Sunday. He is now on his way back to Abuja. The two-day Summit, hosted by the government of Tanzania in collaboration with the African Union, the African Development Bank (AfDB), and the World Bank Group, adopted the Dar es Salaam Declaration. The Declaration focused on providing access to electricity for 300 million people…
Senate Majority Leader, Bamidele, 14 Others Confirmed Life Benchers The Body of Benchers, currently chaired by Chief Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN) has confirmed the Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele; human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) and 13 other prominent legal practitioners life members of the prestigious body. The confirmation was formally announced on Thursday, January 23, 2025 at the meeting of the body held at its head office in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory. Among others, the body further confirmed Director General, Nigerian Law School, Prof. Isa Chiroma; Emir of Lafia, Justice Sidi Bage; retired Justice of the Supreme…
Oyo Gov’t to Clamp Down on Street Trading The Oyo State government has announced its readiness to clamp down on the traders selling by the road sides and that serious steps were being taken to address street trading and other vices in the state. The Chairperson of the Oyo State Rule of Law Enforcement Authority, OYRLEA, Honourable Justice Aderonke Aderemi (rtd.) stated this while participating in a radio program that highlights the activities, achievements and prospects of the Oyo State Government tagged ‘Oro Oyo’. Justice Aderemi charged citizens to embrace lawfulness, desist from the indecent act of display of wares…