The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has denied claims in media reports that the newly refurbished Port Harcourt refinery has shut down. The national oil company denied the claim in a press release issued by its Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, on Saturday. Soneye said the claim was false and urged the media…
The Nigerian police are seeking to arrest 601 account holders regarding a technical glitch that cost fintech company Flutterwave N21.2 billion ($21.2 million) in erroneous transactions last year. Over 9,663 unauthorised transactions were carried by point-of-sale merchants amounting to billions of naira after Flutterwave suffered a glitch, which “allowed agents to conduct transactions in excess…
The Police Command in Plateau State has dismissed rumour of a bomb explosion on Murtala Way, near Jos Terminus, in the Jos North Local Government of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, Alfred Alabo, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Jos. Alabo said that the command had on Tuesday morning received a…
After her husband of 14 years lost his job, thirty-two-year-old Eneless Banda of Kanyama Compound offered to take up a job as living-in maid in the suburbs to help support him and their two children. According to Zambia Observer, however, what 42-year-old Peter Changula did not know was that his wife was in fact moving…
The General Superintendent, Deeper Life Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, has declared that preachers should stop the act of sucking out their members under the guise of sowing seed. Kumuyi made the declaration during a special Programme christened ‘Ministerial Renewal’ for church ministers and workers across the global via satellite broadcast, which was a…
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation on Monday, saying he will leave office as soon as the ruling Liberal party chooses a new leader after months of slumping polls and internal division. “I intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister, after the party selects its next leader,” Trudeau, who has been…
Security has been tightened across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as the planned hunger protest commences today. Meanwhile, state governors and the federal government have appealed to protesters to conduct themselves peacefully if they decide to hit the streets for demonstration. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George…
There is tension in the Ajiran community of Agungi Area, Lekki, Lagos State, as gunmen shot and butchered Demola, the first son of Ojomu of Ajiran land, Tijani Akinloye, in the community. A source who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the weight of the matter disclosed that the assassination took place on Monday…
The federal government has commenced the sale of 30,000 metric tonnes of milled rice to Nigerians at subsidised rates of N40,000 per 50-kilogramme bag. “It is my pleasure to welcome you all to this historical, all-important and long-awaited inauguration of the sales of 30,000MT of federal government-milled rice to Nigerians at a subsidised rate of…
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, ordered the temporary forfeiture of the sum of 49, 700. 00 US dollars allegedly recovered from Dr Nura Ali, former Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), for Sokoto State in the 2023 general elections. Justice Emeka Nwite gave the order after Osuobeni Akponimisingha,…