The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, has said that Africa’s biggest refinery, Dangote Petroleum Refinery, has not received a full licence to operate. The regulator said the 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Refinery is still in its pre-commissioning phase and has yet to receive a full operational licence. The development was disclosed…
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has said that petrol purchased from the Dangote refinery should be cheaper than the imported product. John Kekeocha, IPMAN’s national welfare officer, said this on ‘The Morning Brief’ programme of Channels Television on Monday. It will be recalled that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited released…
Nollywood actress, Eniola Badmus, has enthusiastically praised the recent shifts in the Nigerian economy under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. She pointed out that the nation is experiencing a significant decline in imports while witnessing an impressive rise in exports, a clear sign of economic expansion. In a passionate message on her Instagram story, she wrote:…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have taken into Custody a wanted Drug Baron, Alhaji Suleiman Ganiu Aremu better known as Barryshine two years after coming under the radar of the anti-Narcotics Agency. Suleiman who is the Managing Director/CEO of Barryshine Suleiman Nigeria Ltd came under the Agency’s watchlist over his alleged…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has said that it will sell the petrol lifted from the Dangote Refinery at a price above N1,000 per litre in the far north. The NNPC spokesperson, Olufemi Soneye, disclosed this on Monday, in a statement titled, ‘NNPC Ltd Releases Estimated Pump Prices of PMS from Dangote Refinery Based…
Omoyele Sowore, human rights activist and one of the organisers of the End Bad Governance protest, has said that the Fearless protest slated for October must take place because they’re not afraid of the Federal Government charges of treason against innocent Nigerians who are protesting against bad governance and hunger. Sowore who spoke on Arise…
The Department of State Service, DSS, has said that its operatives are not involved in the arrest of the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore. The secret police stressed that the clarifications became imperative because of the “erroneous” reports in some sections of the media that had since…
Ibraheem Labaeka, popular Islamic singer, has resigned from his position as Special Assistant to Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. In a letter dated Thursday, September 12, 2024, Labaeka announced his resignation, stating that he is uncomfortable being paid for doing nothing. While expressing his dissatisfaction with the role he was assigned, he added that his…
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, has been released minutes after his arrest. It was earlier reported that Sowore was arrested on Sunday morning at Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos State. He wrote, “I had just arrived in Nigeria from the USA at MMIA in…
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said he is open to being Nigeria’s Vice President in the future. The former Anambra State Governor has however set some conditions to be met before taking such a decision. He made the disclosure in a recent interview on News Central TV which was…
