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IPMAN, NUPENG tango over illegal increase in petrol price

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IPMAN, NUPENG tango over illegal increase in petrol price

Bode February 28, 2022

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) are at loggerheads over the pump price of petrol. As fuel scarcity worsened in many parts of the country in the last fortnight, many fuel stations increased the pump price...

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War: Presidency reacts to inhuman, discriminatory treatments of Nigerians, others in Ukraine

Bode February 28, 2022

The Presidency has frowned at the reported inhuman and discriminatory treatments of Nigerians and other citizens of African countries, who are being denied the same right of passage out of Ukraine. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said all citizens should be...

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Brotherhood holds fasting, prayer sessions for restoration of peace between Russia & Ukraine

Bode February 28, 2022

PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Members of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS) in Calabar have held a one day fasting and prayer sessions for quick restoration of peace between Ukraine and Russia and other hot spots in the world, including Nigeria. They also prayed for the upcoming...

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Popular pastor poses on a cobra throne (Video)

Bode February 28, 2022

A popular Pastor and Founder of Anointed Palace Chapel (APC), Rev Obofour has ignited a controversy after sharing a video of him sitting on a “cobra throne”. The gold-plated throne was topped with the head of a colossal cobra, which had its jaws open. Though the owner of the...

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Hungary, Romania approve visa free access to all Nigerians fleeing Ukraine, says FG

Bode February 28, 2022

By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has said the governments of Hungary and Romania have approved visa free access to all Nigerians fleeing Ukraine and arrangements for accommodation and feeding are been provided before evacuation is arranged. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs disclosed this in a statement...

Former Presidential spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu

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Assent into Law of the Electoral Act 2022: Landmark moment for the Nation By GARBA SHEHU

Bode February 27, 2022

The assent to the Electoral Act 2022 by President Muhammadu Buhari after the back and forth on some controversial provisions underscores the perfect workings of a parliament and executive both driven by new energy to deliver CHANGE in a country where the people want to move in a different...

Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) Plc

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Why Ogun, Oyo, Osun, others will experience prolonged power outage – IBEDC

Bode February 27, 2022

The management of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) says that the states under its franchise will experience prolonged power outage due to low weekly power allocation to its network by Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). This is contained in a statement issued by by IBEDC’s Senior Communication Officer, Kikelomo...

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NLC mobilises workers for local government autonomy — Wabba

Bode February 27, 2022

The Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) says it was mobilising workers for public advocacy on Feb. 28 at the National Assembly, on the autonomy for local governments, legislature and judiciary. NLC President, Mr Ayubba Wabba gave the notice in a letter addressed to media organisations on Sunday, in Abuja. ”As a...

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NDLEA intercepts Tramadol, 809,850 euros from Pakistan, Austria, Italy

Bode February 27, 2022

By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday said it has seized at least 649,300 capsules of Tramadol, totalling 225 mg and 809,850 Euros in Lagos. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, who revealed this in a statement issued in Abuja, said the...

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NNPC Weekly: Company achieves 30% gas flare deduction

Bode February 27, 2022

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) gave Nigerians especially those in the Niger Delta cheering news that it had achieved a 30 per cent reduction in gas flares across its operational areas over the last five years. The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, NNPC Ltd., Malam Mele...

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NCC discovers banking app-targeting malware

Bode February 27, 2022

By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC) Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) has discovered a newly-hatched malicious software that steals users’ banking app login credentials on Android devices. According to a security advisory from the NCC CSIRT, the malicious software called “Xenomorph”, found to target...

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SERAP sues Buhari over ‘failure to probe alleged misuse of security votes by governors’

Bode February 27, 2022

By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari “over the failure to promptly and thoroughly probe allegations of systemic mismanagement of security votes by state governors since 1999, and to ensure the prosecution of those suspected to be...

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Did Osinbajo order North-East rail vandalization?

Bode February 27, 2022

By SAM ADZEGEH –Two major developments have, in the past five weeks or so, elicited much excitement in Agber, a settlement eastward on the outskirts of Makurdi, the Benue State capital. The resumption of construction work on a drainage canal, a federal government project being executed by the Federal...

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Osinbajo to address African Court in Arusha, Tanzania

Bode February 27, 2022

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will depart Abuja on Sunday for Arusha, Tanzania, to attend the formal opening of the 2022 Judicial Year of the African Court for Human and Peoples’ Rights. Osinbajo’s Spokesman Laolu Akande, in a statement, said the vice president had been designated as the guest speaker...

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Eight critical timelines released by INEC for 2023 general elections

Bode February 27, 2022

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday adjusted the dates to conduct the 2023 general elections. INEC, thereafter, announced new dates for the polls, coming a day after President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law. It is the fourth time the Electoral Act was...

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Zamfara to host 1.5m Tijjaniya sect followers on Maulud

Bode February 27, 2022

The People of Zamfara State had made adequate arrangements to host 1.5 million people from within and outside the country, coming to celebrate the 36th edition of Maulud of Shek Ibrahim Inyas, on Saturday, March 5. Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Khalifa Attahiru, who disclosed this in an interview...

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Presidential think-tank disowns National summit invitation

Bode February 27, 2022

By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chairman, Presidential Think Tank on Defence and Security (PTTDS), retired Maj.-Gen. Abdulmalik Jibril, has described as fake a purported invitation to National Summit on protection of Nigeria’s critical infrastructure, monuments and business assets. Jibril, in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, said the...

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Imo byelection: INEC decries abduction of adhoc staff

Bode February 27, 2022

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed concern over the abduction of some of its adhoc members of staff in Imo. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Prof. Francis Ezeonu, while briefing newsmen in Owerri on Saturday, called on security agents to ensure safe return of...

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Mourners killed, others injured as cultists invade funeral in Anambra

Bode February 27, 2022

The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the violent attack at a funeral at Ebenebe community in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra by suspected cultists on Saturday. A source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the 34-year-old man whose funeral was holding at the time...

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Byelection: INEC ad-hoc staff abducted alongside sensitive materials in Imo

Bode February 26, 2022

Some ad-hoc staff members of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have been abducted in Imo State. INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Imo, Francis Ezeonu, confirmed the abduction of the electoral officials on Saturday while briefing reporters in Owerri, the state capital. This comes as the electoral umpire...