Day: November 12, 2024

IPMAN, ?angote reach agreement for direct lifting of petrol, diesel

Aminu Imam
IPMAN boss, Abubakar Garima3

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, (IPMAN), has secured an agreement with ?angote Refinery to lift products directly. IPMAN’s National President, Abubakar Garima, announced this in Abuja yesterday, after a meeting of the National Working Committee of the association. He said the partnership will ensure steady, and affordable supply of PMS products nationwide. According to Girima, after meeting with Aliko ?angote and his management team in Lagos, “we’re pleased to announce that ?angote Refinery has agreed to supply IPMAN with PMS, AGO, and DPK directly for distribution to our…

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Akpabio raises alarm over increasingly complex national security challenges

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Akpabio raises alarm

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio expressed concern yesterday about the evolving complexities of Nigeria’s national security landscape. Speaking at the 2024 Defence Advisers and Attachés Conference in Abuja, Akpabio, represented by Defence Minister Badaru Abubakar, said, “We have witnessed events that challenge the stability and core of our nationhood”. The Senate President underscored the critical role of intelligence in guiding leadership to protect citizens and advance national interests. “As Defence Attachés, Advisers, and Officers overseeing state security, our internal challenges now require proactive measures. We must leverage experience to anticipate threats…

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Tinubu, in S’Arabia, backs 2-State solution in Gaza; demands end to Israeli aggression

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Tinubu in S'Arabia

President Bola Tinubu has called for an end to Israeli aggression in Gaza. Tinubu, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, warned that “empty condemnations” are not enough to end the conflict in Palestine, which, he said, “has persisted for far too long.” The Nigerian leader made this argument at the extraordinary Arab-Islamic Summit, convened to address the current situation in the Middle-East. The one-day summit was a follow-up to the Riyadh summit of 2023 and was attended by Heads of State and Government from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, (OIC), and the…

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Kwara: “Workers without residency number won’t get Nov. salary, bonus” – Govt.

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Kwara workers

Kwara State Government has said public sector workers without valid Kwara State Residents Registration Agency, (KWSRRA), numbers will not receive salary or bonuses for November 2024.  In an issued statement yesterday, signed by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Babatunde AbdulRasheed, the government said the  KWSRRA is empowered by law to have relevant data of every resident in the State and allocate unique identities to each person for effective planning, resource management, service delivery, and public safety, among others. The statement said, “In line with the administration’s commitment to accountability…

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“Kemi Badenoch a vile, cunning, dangerous and willing tool of colonialists”– Fani-Kayode 

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Fani Kayode on Badenoch

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has described the newly-elected leader of the British Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch as a dangerous and willing tool of colonialists. In a lengthy post on his X handle on Sunday, infuriated Fani-Kayode said she had the impudence to describe Nigeria, her country of origin, as a “living hell”. The ex-Minister said Kemi deserves to be tarred and feathered for the sort of things she says about Nigeria. He alleged that the British opposition leader might be suffering from a disease known as “Stockholm syndrome”.…

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Nigeria’s debt profile grows by record N46.9tr under Tinubu-led govt. 

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Data published by the Debt Management Office (DMO) has revealed that Nigeria’s debt portfolio grew by N46.9trillion since the emergence of Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s President. According to DMO data, as of June 2023, when Tinubu became Nigeria’s President, the country’s debt profile stood at N87.3 trillion; it however grew to N134.2 trillion as of June 2024.  As of September 2023, the country’s debt  grew to N87.9 trillion, from the N87.3 trillion posted in June 2023; this would mean that within the 3-months period, Nigeria borrowed N600billion. As of December…

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