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The Department of State Services, DSS, has written one August #Endbadgovernance protester, Khalid Aminu, demanding a retraction of his recent claim that he was brutalized while in the custody of the security agency. Aminu, an engineer by profession, was among several persons arrested in Kano and other parts of the North during the August #EndBadGovernance […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has announced a major breakthrough in the operation of the Old Port Harcourt Refinery, as it now runs at 70% capacity. According to a statement released by Olufemi Soneye, Chief Corporate Communications Officer of NNPC Ltd., the refinery is currently producing substantial quantities of various petroleum products […]

Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court in Lagos has adjourned proceedings to wind-up Eroton Exploration & Production Company in a suit instituted against the company by a creditor of the company for definite hearing. The suit, filed by Brightwaters Energy, alleges Eroton’s failure to pay a consent judgment debt of $20 million. The […]

The Court of Appeal, Owerri Division is set to hold a virtual sitting from Tuesday, December 3rd to Thursday, December 5th, 2024 in an effort to decongest pending cases. This initiative, which is the first of its kind in Owerri, was directed by the Honourable Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Owerri Division. The […]

Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has expressed confidence that President Bola Tinubu will release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Speaking during the 13th memorial anniversary of the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu in Owerri on Tuesday, Ambassador Ojukwu said she believes President […]

Enugu State Governor, Barr. Peter Mbah, has presented a proposed budget of ₦971.8 billion for the 2025 fiscal year, a significant increase from the ₦521.6 billion budgeted for 2024. During the budget presentation at the Enugu State House of Assembly on Tuesday, Mbah stated that the new budget, titled “Budget of Exponential Growth and Inclusive […]

The Association of Bureaux De Change of Nigeria has revealed that the Central Bank of Nigeria has extended the deadline for BDC operators to recapitalise by six months. The ABCON President, Aminu Gwadebe, revealed this during a virtual general meeting with members on Monday. With this extension, the new deadline for the recapitalisation would be […]

Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, representing Abia South senatorial district, yesterday, insisted that nobody approached the National Assembly with a request for a new presidential jet before the purchase was eventually made. The Presidency had in August unveiled a new Airbus A330 purchased for President Bola Tinubu. Following the new jet purchase, the Presidency faced many criticisms […]

Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, representing Abia South senatorial district, yesterday, insisted that nobody approached the National Assembly with a request for a new presidential jet before the purchase was eventually made. The Presidency had in August unveiled a new Airbus A330 purchased for President Bola Tinubu. Following the new jet purchase, the Presidency faced many criticisms […]

Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zacch Adedeji, has justified the plan by the federal government to borrow money to finance the 2024 budget. He said the government needed to borrow because the National Assembly had approved it as part of the sources to finance the budget. Mr Adedeji said this on Monday […]

Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zacch Adedeji, has justified the plan by the federal government to borrow money to finance the 2024 budget. He said the government needed to borrow because the National Assembly had approved it as part of the sources to finance the budget. Mr Adedeji said this on Monday […]

Two people have died, and many others sustained varying degrees of injuries during the “Christ the King Sunday” procession at Christ The King Catholic (CKC) Church in Aba, Abia State. The procession, celebrated in the Roman Catholic Church and the Lutheran Church on the last Sunday of the liturgical year, marks Jesus Christ’s messianic kingship […]