The Dangote Petroleum Refinery says it has not received authorisation from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to supply Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, to members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria.It announced this on Thursday as oil dealers under the aegis of the Petroleum Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria demanded…
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, on Thursday, paid N300m to 377 farmers and landowners whose property was acquired for the construction of the Ekiti State Agro Allied Cargo Airport along Ado-Ijan Road. The governor said the event marked the third and last tranche of compensation payments to individuals and families affected by the land…
The Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 16, Adebola Hamzat, has warned that the Nigeria Police will not condone officers’ involvement in land grabbing and human rights abuses. This is as he reiterated that the Force, under the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has zero tolerance for extortion and other vices involving officers and…
The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Richards Mills, on Thursday, described former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, as a repository of knowledge. This followed a one-hour closed-door meeting he held with the former president at his Abeokuta, Ogun State residence. The US Ambassador said the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta captured the real hope…
The House of Representatives on Thursday, resolved to carry out a comprehensive audit of loans secured by the federal and state governments since the return to democratic government in 1999. In the past 25 years, the country has enjoyed democratic governance under the leadership of five presidents, namely Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan, Muhammadu…
The Honourable Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Hon. Barr. Tokunbo Wahab, has expressed shock and sadness over the passage of Abdulrahman Lekki, the Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Scholarship Board. Reacting to the news of AbdulRahman death, Hon. Tokunbo Wahab said, “Inna Lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un.It is with a heavy heart that we…
