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Nov

2023

Senate Vows To Sack, Jail NNPC Boss Mele Kyari, Others Over N12 Trillion ‘Fraud’

National Assembly, News Flash, Oil & Gas

Senate Vows To Sack, Jail NNPC Boss Mele Kyari, Others Over N12 Trillion ‘Fraud’ The Senate has vowed to sack and jail the group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mele Kyari and other top executive officers of petroleum subsidiaries. The upper legislative chamber specifically threatened to sack the executive officers whose agencies were involved in the Turn Around Maitenance (TAM) projects of refineries in the country. The senate, on Wednesday, noted that from 2010 till date, over N12 trillion has been spent on TAM. The Senate also said that it has records of over $592…

Nov

2023

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Again, Supreme Court Hammer Comes Down Hard On PDP, As Court Awards N5 Million In Favour Of Gov Otti

Abia State, Judiciary, News Flash, Politics

AGAIN, SUPREME COURT HAMMER COMES DOWN HARD ON PDP, AS COURT AWARDS N5 MILLION IN FAVOUR OF GOV OTTI The Supreme Court has once again come down hard on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate in the 2023 election in Abia State, Okey Ahiwe, who have been hiding behind surrogates and proxies in attempt to scuttle the election of Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, as Governor of Abia. The apex court had three weeks ago thwarted a surreptitious move by the PDP and Ahiwe, seeking to undermine the verdict of Abia people, using the courts. Ahiwe, who lost…

Nov

2023

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Just-In: Federal High Court Announces Redeployment Of Judges(Full List)

Abuja, Judiciary, News Flash

BREAKING: Federal High Court Announces Redeployment Of Judges (FULL LIST) The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court (FHC), Justice John Tsoho, has released a new posting for judges to various divisions across the country The announcement comes following the recent appointment of 23 new judges to the court. In a statement issued by the FHC’s Assistant Director of Information, Dr. Catherine Oby-Christopher, Justice Tsoho directed the affected judges to report at their new duty stations before the resumption of work after the Christmas vacation on January 8, 2024. The statement reads in part, “His lordship wishes his fellow lordships…

Nov

2023

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Women Protest Naked Against Alleged Killings, Corruption In Anambra

Crime, News Flash, Security, South East

Women Protest Naked Against Alleged Killings, Corruption In Anambra Over 1000 indigenes of 20 villages in Awka community, Awka south local government area of Anambra state on Wednesday, November 22, protested naked. They said their anger stemmed from mindless killings of their kinsmen. The protesters, marched around the capital city with placards, accusing some senior officers in the police command of aiding and abetting bribery and corruption in the area. They also carried a mock coffin signifying the burial of the accused officers, issuing concerned authorities a 7-day ultimatum to remove the indicted personnel. “Cultists are killing our people”, “Remove…

Nov

2023

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Jubilation As Refinery Finally Commences Operation In Nigeria, Produces Over 600M Litres

Business, News Flash, Oil & Gas

Jubilation As A Refinery Finally Commences Operation In Nigeria, Produces Over 600M Litres A refinery located in Imo state has commenced operation in the country to contribute to solving the problem facing over 200million citizens. The refinery, located in Imo State, is already producing over 600 million litres of various products and dispatching 20 trucks daily. The federal government of Nigeria has praised the Waltersmith Modular Refinery for its contribution to meeting Nigeria’s energy needs at a crucial stage. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, who visited the refinery, stated that he was “very proud” of…

Nov

2023

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December Salary Of 5,000 Federal Civil Servants May Be Withheld

FGN, Labour, News Flash

FG May Withhold December Salary Of 5,000 Civil Servants No fewer than 5,000 federal civil servants who have discrepancies in their dates of first appointment and dates of birth may not receive their December salary, National President, Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, Tommy Okon, has said. Okon, however, said the union was working with the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation and it has forwarded the names of the affected workers to their Directors of Human Resources for confirmation. The ASCSN President said 2,772 workers have been successfully restored back to the payroll of the Federal…

Nov

2023

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Man Disguises As Delta SSG To Defraud Job Seekers Of N10 Million

Crime, News Flash, South South

“He Used True Caller App”: Man Disguises As Delta SSG To Defraud Job Seekers of N10 Million Delta police have arrested a fraudster impersonating a high-ranking government official in the state The suspect, identified as Samson Ibiloma, allegedly scammed Nigerians using false promises of job opportunities According to the police, Ibiloma operates by mimicking the Delta state government secretary, Kingsley Emu, and has so far succeeded in a substantial financial fraud of over N10 million The Delta state police command on Wednesday, November 22, announced the arrest of a fraudster who was impersonating a top government official in the state.…

Nov

2023

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I Deserve To Be Listed In Guinness World Records For My Reforms Since Assumption Of Office – President Tinubu

FGN, Columns/Opinions/Letters, International, News Flash

I Deserve To Be Listed In Guinness World Records for my reforms since assuming office on May 29, 2023 – Bola Ahmed Tinubu At the 10th German-Nigerian Business Forum in Berlin, Germany, President Bola Tinubu bluntly declared that he deserves to be listed in the Guinness World Records for the reforms he has made since assuming office on May 29, 2023. Tinubu stated that during his time as governor of Lagos State between 1999 and 2007, he moved the state from zero to becoming the fifth largest economy on the continent, adding that his track record prepared him for the…

Nov

2023

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Billionaire Theophilus Danjuma Sets Record, Donates $1.36m To Nigerian University

News Flash, People & Events, Philanthropy

Billionaire Theophilus Danjuma Sets Record, Donates $1.36m to Nigerian University Theophilus Danjuma has set a new record for philanthropy in the country The former chief of the army gave a $1.36 million donation to the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan. This donation is directed towards the construction of a student hostel in the university Theophilus Danjuma, a Nigerian billionaire and one of the most affluent investors on the Nigerian exchange, has set a new record for philanthropic acts in the country. The 84-year-old businessman, politician, and retired army general made a $1.36 million donation to the College of Medicine,…

Nov

2023

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Dino Melaye Is An Empty Joker, Somersaulted Into Politics – Bello

News Flash, North Central, Politics

Dino Melaye Is An Empty Joker, Somersaulted Into Politics – Bello The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State, Abdulahi Bello, has slammed the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dino Melaye, for calling for the cancellation of the just-concluded gubernatorial polls. Speaking to The PUNCH, Bello, who described Dino as a mere political joker with no experience on how to win the guber election, noted that one would have thought that Melaye, being a former lawmaker, would have garnered enough experience to cause an upset at the poll, but added that “the man (Dino)…