Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals on Friday announced a further reduction of N15 in the price of its high-quality Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), bringing the new price in Lagos down to N875 per litre. The latest cut will see petrol retail for N885 per litre in the South West, N895 in the North West and North Central, and N905 in the South East, South South, and North East. These prices will apply through all its partners, including MRS, AP (Ardova), Heyden, Optima Energy, Techno Oil, and Hyde. The refinery called on other marketers to join its expanding network of partners,…
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The Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has lamented that the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) is contributing to the crisis rocking crude oil-producing communities in the state, appealing to the National Assembly to review the PIA and allow state governments to play statutory roles in overseeing development projects in host communities. Represented by his deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, at the 2025 edition of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Opportunities Fair (NOGOF), held at the Local Content Towers in Yenagoa, Diri emphasised the need for reform in the PIA to ensure better management of oil revenues at the community level.…
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has accused some military officers and politicians of being informants and collaborators for Boko Haram terrorists. Speaking in an interview on News Central’s Breakfast Central, Zulum vowed to deal ruthlessly with saboteurs frustrating the efforts of his administration in tackling insurgency in the state. The governor also said his administration would strengthen its intelligence network to overcome terrorists and their saboteurs. He said: “We have informants and collaborators within the Nigerian Armed Forces, within the politicians, and within the communities. “What we shall do is to strengthen our intelligence and to deal with them…
By Shadrach Okon Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have arrested a suspected cultist, Ubong Friday Benson, 24, for allegedly attempting to kill his father. A statement signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Timfon John, revealed that the suspect was apprehended following a distress call from his father (name withheld) a resident of Ikot Imoh Village, in Abak who reported that his son had barricaded himself and was threatening to kill him with a dagger. The complainant also revealed that the suspect had previously threatened to shoot him with a locally made pistol, which he regularly hid…
The author of the bestselling book, ‘Rich Dad Poor Dad’, Robert Kiyosaki, has warned against saving fiat money, calling it “fake” and urging people to protect themselves with real assets like gold, silver, and Bitcoin. In a series of posts on X on Monday, the author insisted that the American financial system is heading toward another inevitable crisis — and this time, he says, no one may be able to bail it out. Kiyosaki traces the roots of global financial instability back to 1971, when the United States ended the gold standard under President Nixon. ”In 1998 Wall Street got…
The Federal Government has announced plans to sell the 753 housing units recovered from former Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, as proceeds of crime. This development is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja, by Salisu Haiba, Director Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Housing and Urban Development Haiba disclosed that the Ministry had taken delivery of the estate, consisting 753 units of duplexes recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from Emefiele He said the houses would be sold to the public and for special government needs. The Director said that the Executive Chairman of…
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has said President Bola Tinubu did not create Nigeria’s current economic challenges. Rather, Eno said the President deserves national support to steer the country through difficult times. Eno spoke on Tuesday while addressing State House correspondents following a meeting with Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He described Tinubu’s first two years in office as “wonderful” and marked by determined efforts to address inherited challenges”. “President Tinubu didn’t create the problem we are in right now. For me, I believe he is doing his best, and he should be supported…
Olisa Agbakoba, a human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has condemned a bill in Nigeria’s National Assembly seeking to jail non-voters for six months. While criticising the mandatory voting bill, the senior lawyer disclosed that he would rather go to jail than obey it if it eventually became law. Agbakoba said this while speaking on Monday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today, arguing that the National Assembly fails to address the root causes of voter apathy in the country. While describing the bill to jail non-voters as ridiculous, the legal luminary said, “If that bill were to…
Nigerian music star, David Adedeji Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has declared his Igbo heritage in a response to a tribal post that criticised his association with Igbo people. This is coming after an X user, @yakbel, wrote, “Davido just dey carry Ibo full body, until when dem betray am before e rest, Yoruba boy dey frolick with Ibos in 2025, they want your head and everything you have to belong to them, you can never satisfy Ibos ooo, IBOs are not people you surround yourself with as a Yoruba man.” The user’s comments followed Davido’s recent public meeting with…
The Society of Family Physicians of Nigeria has expressed concern over the lack of routine screening for mental health conditions in Nigeria’s primary healthcare system. Speaking on Monday at a press conference in Gbagada, Lagos, to mark the 2025 World Family Doctor Day, President of SOFPON, Dr Blessing Chukwukelu, described the situation as alarming, noting that primary care providers often lacked the training and tools required to identify mental health conditions early. She said, “The need for routine screening for mental health conditions in primary care settings is largely unmet. “This is further complicated by the fact that many primary…