Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Wednesday, dismissed the video of suspected bandits claiming sponsorship by the state government. Speaking while declaring open the Kwara State Police Security Summit in Ilorin on Wednesday, AbdulRazaq dismissed the claim as baseless. “Under no circumstances has the Kwara State Government harboured or provided safe haven to bandits, contrary…
The Students’ Union Government (SUG) of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), under the leadership of Comrade Temitope Afolabi, popularly known as Big Afo, has extended warm birthday wishes to Dr Adegboyega Abdulateef Sulaiman, the Coordinator of the City Boy Movement, Ogun State chapter. In a goodwill message issued on Thursday to mark Dr Sulaiman’s birthday on…
After Nigeria high delegation secured the release of 11 Nigerian Air Force personnel from Ibrahim Traoré, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, met the personnel at Ouagadougou, the Burkina Faso Capital. According to multiple sources, the delegation sent by President Tinubu and the eleven Nigerian Air Force personnel are expected back in Nigeria today (Thursday)….
The Fidipote Royal House has notified the Ogun State government that it is next in line to present candidates to contest and assume the vacant stool of the Awujale of Ijebuland, Ijebu-Ode. The Fidipote Royal House, which Fuji music legend Wasiu Ayinde hails from, explained that the 14 days granted by the Ogun State Chieftaincy…
A tanker laden with premium motor spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, crashed along the Benin–Auchi Road in Edo State on Wednesday evening, triggering a fire outbreak. The tanker spilled fuel into drainage channels linking several communities around Auchi, causing the flames to spread rapidly along the paths created by the escaping PMS. As the…
Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, says there was over N300 billion in the state government account when President Bola Tinubu suspended him due to the emergency rule. In March, President Bola Tinubu imposed an emergency rule in Rivers, and suspended Fubara, Ngozi Odu, his deputy, and the house of assembly for six months. Speaking on…
Burkina Faso has finally released 11 Nigerian Air Force (NAF) pilots and crew members nine days after their detention, following high-level diplomatic intervention by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The release came shortly after a Nigerian delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, concluded engagements with the Burkinabè authorities in Ouagadougou,…
As part of efforts to avert an environmental crisis, the Federal Government has declared an immediate nationwide ban on the exportation of wood and allied products. To demonstrate its seriousness, the government has also declared all previously issued licences and permits for wood extraction and exportation suspended and invalid with immediate effect. The drastic measure…
Farouk Ahmed has resigned as Chief Executive of the NMDPRA. Also, Gbenga Komolafe has stepped down from his position as Chief Executive of the NUPRC. Both officials were appointed in 2021 by former President Muhammadu Buhari after the enactment of the Petroleum Industry Act. The development was disclosed in a statement issued by the President’s…
President of the Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria, Billy Gillis-Harry, has provided clarification on the reason it does not support a continuous reduction in prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, by the Dangote Refinery. The clarification comes after the President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, slashed…