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Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced a reduction in the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, commonly known as petrol, by N30, from N850 to N820 per litre, effective from August 12, 2025.  A statement by the company’s spokesman, ANTHONY CHIJIENA, on Tuesday, revealed that the move was part of its unwavering commitment to national development, assuring the public of a consistent and uninterrupted supply of petroleum products. The announcement comes […]

President BOLA TINUBU has named RINSOLA ABIOLA as the new Director-General of the Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre (CLTC). A statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy,  BAYO ONANUGA, revealed that the President also appointed NASIR BALA AMINU JA’OJI as Senior Special Assistant on Citizenship and Leadership. ABIOLA, a specialist in strategic communications and government relations, once served as Senior Special Assistant to the President, while JA’OJI, a former Special Adviser on Mobilisation to the Kano State […]

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, PETER OBI, has faulted the arraignment and remand of COMFORT EMMANSON, a female passenger of the Ibom Air flight inbound Lagos from Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, who was accused of assault and unruly behaviour. OBI, in a statement posted on his official X handle, said that while her behaviour towards the airline’s crew members should not be condoned, justice should be fair, equal, […]

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) hasdebunked claims it withheld the certificate of Lagos corps member, USHIE RITA UGUAMAYE, also known as Raye, for being critical of President BOLA TINUBU’Sadministration.  RAYE, who had made headlines in March after she publicly criticised the present administration over  worsening economic conditions in Nigeria, recently revealed that her certificate has been withheld by the NYSC.  However, In a statement on X, the service said that contrary to the claims that she was denied a […]

The Management of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State, has threatened to take legal action against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over yesterday’s raid on its facility.  The  operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, at about 2 a.m on Sunday, stormed the facility and arrested 93 youths, seized 18 vehicles and mobile devices during a Wet & Rave Splash Extravaganza party held at the OOPL, […]