Day: July 26, 2024

Renewed Kaduna Restoration Group applauds State H’Assembly, Gov. Sani for scrapping Municipal Authorities imposed by el-Rufa’i

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The Renewed Kaduna Restoration Group (RKRG), under the Chairmanship of Alhaji (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, has expressed profound gratitude to the Kaduna State House of Assembly and State Governor, Uba Sani for repealing the laws that created the Zaria Metropolitan Authority, Kaduna Capital Territory Authority (KCTA), and Kafanchan Municipal Authority. Recall that these authorities were initially established by former Governor Nasir el-Rufai, a move that RKRG and other progressive groups had challenged in the Kaduna State High Court of Justice. In a statement marking the first anniversary of Governor Uba…

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?angote/NNPC rift: Nigerias petrol import from Malta jumps 43 times to $2.08bn

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Nigerias importation of petroleum from Malta has skyrocketed 43 folds, amounting to $2.08 billion in 2023, a development amidst the ongoing rift between the ?angote Group and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, (NNPCL). Data sourced from Trade Map, a global database on international trade statistics showed Nigeria imported petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals worth $ 2.8 billion in 2023, a 342% increase, from $47.5 million as of 2013. Between 2013 and 2016, import values fluctuated. There was a peak in 2015 at $117.01 million, followed by…

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‘INEC ready, capable of handling LG elections’ Prof. Yakubu

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INEC on LG elections

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu says the Commission is ready and capable of handling local governments election if given the task. Yakubu said this yesterday, while appearing before the joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters to discuss preparations for the upcoming governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States. He , however, said the INECs ability to manage local government elections is contingent upon a change in the law to empower it to do so. Yakubu cited the Federal Capital Territory,…

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?angote Refinery: “Stop demarketing local industries”, MAN cautions FG

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MAN cautions FG

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, (MAN), has cautioned the federal government against demarketing local industries. This came on a day civil society and religious groups demanded a probe into activities of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), following allegations by Africas richest man, Aliko ?angote, that some officials of the company operate a blending plant in Malta, from where they import low quality fuel into the country. MAN also called for caution from major actors, government agencies, and regulators in the oil and gas sector of the economy regarding…

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Oba of Benin backs Tinubu, encourages Nigerians to endure hunger, shelve protest

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Oba of Benin backs Tinubu

Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has lent his voice to the Bola Tinubu administrations appeal to the youth to shelve the planned nationwide #EndBadGovt protest slated for August 1. The monarchs Chief Press Secretary, Osaigbovo Iguobaro, made the plea in a public announcement dated July 24, 2024. He pleaded with the youth to persevere through the rough period by giving the government time to allow its policies against hunger and economic hardship in the land to yield the desired results. He wrote, This palace public announcement is issued on…

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CSOs, religious groups demand probe of NNPC, GMD’s sack

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CSOs demand

Meanwhile, civil society and religious groups yesterday demanded a probe into activities of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, (NNPCL), following allegations Aliko ?angote made against some officials of the company. Recall that ?angote had alleged that some officials of the company operate a blending plant in Malta, from where they import low quality fuel into the country. The groups, which also demanded the sack of the NNPCL Group Chief Executive Officer (GMD), Mele Kyari, said they would stage a 2-day march on the National Assembly and the NNPCL headquarters,…

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?hanaeze Ndigbo president, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu dies at 82

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Nwanyanwu

President-General of ?hanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu is dead. His son, Jide Iwuanyanwu, confirmed his fathers death in a statement yesterday. The 82-year-old Iwuanyanwu passed away on Thursday, following a brief illness, according to the statement. He was a successful businessman and Proprietor of the defunct Iwuanyanwu Football Club , Owerri and Publisher of Champion newspapers, Lagos. The statement reads : The Iwuanyanwu family of Umuohii Atta, in Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State announces the demise of our Patriarch, Engr Chief Emmanuel Chukwuemeka Iwuanyanwu-Ahaejiagamba Ndigbo. Chief Iwuanyanwu died…

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DSS identifies sponsors of Aug. 1 protest, warns against action

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”We wont condone anarchy in guise of protest” – Army The Department of State Services (DSS) has warned against the planned nationwide protest against hardship in the country. In a press statement signed by the Director of Public Relations and Strategic Communications, Dr. Peter Afunanya, made available to newsmen yesterday, the agency said it had already identified the sponsors of the planned protest and warned them not to proceed with it as it is not in Nigerias interest. The security outfit warned that it had intelligence that the planned protest…

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