The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has denied revoking 32 refinery licences, saying their validity periods merely expired. The agency gave the clarification yesterday in a statement by its Head of Public Affairs, Mr. Paul Osu. Thirty-two refinery licences issued to private companies, including the 200,000 barrels per day BUA Refinery and Petrochemicals in Akwa... Read More
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As Nigeria continues to grapple with several security challenges, the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo, has said that officers and ratings must at all times give priority to professionalism and loyalty in the discharge of their duties. He gave the charge at the inauguration of multiple intervention projects executed by the... Read More
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) announced yesterday that it would be reintroducing the park and pay policy in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), from May 1, 2021. This was disclosed yesterday by the Acting Secretary of the FCT Transportation Secretariat, Mr. Usman Yahaya. Yahaya said the revival of the on-street parking policy would restore... Read More
The Nigeria Government is now determined to ensure efficient service delivery to all Nigerians at home and Diaspora, including foreigners, the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has said. The minister made the promise last Monday while delivering a remark tagged: ‘Doing better through self- appraisal’, when he chaired the maiden edition of the quarterly performance... Read More
As I filled out the form waiting to see him I was ushered into the waiting room and for the next 32 minutes I was fixated in prayers, begging God to see me through this meeting. Suddenly the bell rang and the secretary called me and said: “The chairman is ready to see you.” As... Read More
The Kano State Governor, Mr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has commenced the disbursement of N148 million upkeep grants for 1,400 public secondary schools across the state. Ganduje explained yesterday that his administration has been giving the education sector serious attention because of its importance to the development of any society. He said that the issue of... Read More
Plateau State Governor, Hon. Simon Lalong has hailed security agents in the state for their swift response that thwarted the attempted kidnap of four students at the state university in Bokkos. The assailants had on Monday night swooped on the off-campus students’ residences at Ndar community near the university campus and captured four students. But... Read More
A 35-year-old man Umar Jibrin has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing the Chief Imam of Enagi in the Edati local government of Niger state. 48-year-old Alhaji Attaihiru Alhassan, the deceased Chief Imam, was reportedly stabbed to death with an iron rod by the suspect who claimed the cleric was caught red handed... Read More
The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) said it would consider electronic tracking of commercial vehicles of its members to tackle kidnapping in the country. The acting NURTW General Secretary, Mr. Kabiru Ado Yau, stated this during the National Executive (NEC) meeting of the group in Osogbo, the South-West Zonal Office of the union.... Read More
The federal government has intensified peace efforts in the Niger Delta as the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dikio (rtd), visited Gbaramatu on Monday as part of his “back to the region tour.” Dikio visited the Pere of Gbaramatu, His Royal Majesty, Ogboro Gbaraun II Aketekpe, and other key stakeholders... Read More
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