Day: September 3, 2024

‘N890/Litre,’ NNPC Hikes Petrol Price

ADEOLA YUSUF

. ‘They didn’t wait for their stock to finish,’ how other marketers changed pump prices to as high as N1,000 per litre with immediate effect amidst economic hardship . ‘Hours after Platforms Africa’s exclusive report on ex-depot price hike,’ details of how “we got to where we are.”   Amid a lingering fuel scarcity and crisis, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has adjusted the fuel price from N650 to between N855 and N890 per litre, Platforms Africa reports. Without waiting for their stock to finish as they claimed during…

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Excited Galatasaray Fans Welcome Victor Osimhen To Club

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nigerian forward, Victor Osimhen was received by excited Galatasaray fans who stayed late into the night to catch a glimpse of the striker. Osimhen had completed a loan deal to the Turkish side after the club reached an agreement with Napoli for his services for one year. A failed attempt to leave the club to join either Al Ahli or Chelsea, and the arrival of Lukaku meant Osimhen would have gone four months without active football. READ ALSO Dangote Petrol To Hit Market In 48 Hours How Yar’Adua Mother Died…

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Dangote Petrol To Hit Market In 48 Hours

ADEOLA YUSUF

Premium Motor Spirit from the Dangote Refinery will hit fuel stations in 48 hours. This was confirmed by billionaire businessman and owner of the facility, Alhaji Aliko Dangote in an interview. He said: “Our PMS (Premium Motor Spirit) can be in filling stations within the next 48 hours depending on NNPCL”. Dangote also addressed the concerns of Nigeria over the pump price of petrol. He said the pricing of the petrol from his refinery would be based on an agreement with the Federal Government. He said; “It is an arrangement…

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How Yar’Adua Mother Died

Abibat Babalola

▪️A special womb; story of a mother who birthed three leaders – former president and two-term governor, Umaru; ex-Chief of Staff at Supreme Headquarters, Shehu; Chairman of Senate Committee on Army, Abdulaziz       Dada Yar’adua, mother of former President, Umaru Yar’adua and a former Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, Shehu Yar’adua, has died at the age of 102. PUNCH Online learnt that she died at the Federal Teaching Hospital in Katsina State on Monday evening. Dada is revered as one of the few women to have birthed top…

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Tinubu Not Taking Security Challenges Lightly, Says Shettima

Abibat Babalola

President Bola Tinubu is not taking the nation’s security challenges lightly, Vice President Shettima has said. Shettima stated this on Monday while receiving the leadership of the News Agency of Nigeria at the Presidential Villa. “The security situation in the nation is something that the President is very much interested in and is not taking it lightly,” the Vice President was quoted in a statement by his spokesman, Stanley Nkwocha. “The international lecture NAN is organising is very timely, especially on the issue of insecurity in the Sahel.” He called…

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Provide Binance Chief On Wheelchair, Court Orders NCoS

Abibat Babalola

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service from Kuje to provide the detained executive of Binance Holdings Limited, Tigran Gambaryan, with a wheelchair. Justice Emeka Nwite issued the order on Monday following a complaint from Gambaryan shortly after the court adjourned. The Binance chief, who was walking with crutches, abruptly stopped in front of Justice Nwite and lamented that his health had deteriorated since his remand at Kuje due to inadequate medical care. He admitted to the judge that although he has been…

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US Govt Bans No Nigerian Airlines – NCAA

Abibat Babalola

The Federal Government on Monday said there is no ban placed on any Nigerian airline by the US government. The acting Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Chris Najomo, disclosed this in a statement. He said in 2010, Nigeria like other countries attained the permit of category one of the International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) programme and in 2014 as well as 2017 a re-evaluation was done by the US Federal Aviation Administration and Nigeria passed but due to the inability to meet up with the requirements…

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Native Doctor Shoots Client Dead While Testing Bulletproof Charm

Abibat Babalola

A 19-year-old self-acclaimed native doctor has been arrested by the Edo State Police Command over the death of his client. The native doctor, who specialises in preparing charms against the effect of gunshots and cutlass attacks, killed his client while trying to prove the efficacy of a charm he prepared for the deceased. The incident occurred at Onumu Community, in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, on August 20. In a statement on Monday by the State Police Command spokesman, SP Moses Yamu, the victim, Alex Ezekiel, approached the…

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