Category: Leadership

Nigeria Targets 5M LPG Cylinders Distribution By 2030

Abibat Babalola

. Ekpo Flags Off North West LPG Penetration Programme in Sokoto Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo today flagged off the North West zone grassroots Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) penetration programme and cylinder distribution initiative in Sokoto State. The programme aims to promote the use of clean cooking gas across the country. “We are immensely proud to bring the next phase of this initiative to the North West Zone,” Ekpo said at the event held at the Sokoto State International Conference Center. The programme has already…

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NCDMB, Dangote Refinery Inaugurate Joint Committee To Deepen Local Content

Abibat Babalola

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemical Company on Tuesday inaugurated a Joint Technical Committee (JTC) aimed at advancing local content implementation during the operational phase of the 650,000 barrels per day refinery plant. The inauguration ceremony which took place on Tuesday at the Dangote Free Trade Zone, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State marks a pivotal moment in fostering strategic collaboration between both institutions and is a significant move to reinforce local content development in the oil and gas sector. The ceremony presided over…

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Gospel Singer Timileyin Ajayi Sentenced To Death For Killing Corps Member

Abibat Babalola

A High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has sentenced Oluwatimileyin Ajayi to death by hanging for the brutal killing of a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Salome Adaidu. In the ruling delivered on Thursday, Justice Simon Aboki found Ajayi guilty of culpable homicide, stating that he intentionally killed and dismembered the victim. READ ALSO: ‘He Raped 12 Year-Old Girl,’ Police Arrest Traditional Ruler Concerns As Senate Extends 2024 Budget Till December ‘New Era Begins,’ Barcelona To Make Camp Nou Return Alao-Akala’s Daughter Wants Late Gov’s Corpse Exhumed Amidst…

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‘He Raped 12 Year-Old Girl,’ Police Arrest Traditional Ruler

Abibat Babalola

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a traditional ruler (Baale) in Laaagba community, Ondo East Local Government area of Ondo State, for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl. According to a police source at the Ondo Area Command, the traditional ruler, whose name was given as Chief Adeniyi Ifedayo, was said to have lured the girl into his house in the community and harboured her in the house for two weeks where he sexually assaulted her. Recounting her ordeal, the minor, who is currently recuperating in an undisclosed health facility…

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Concerns As Senate Extends 2024 Budget Till December

Abibat Babalola

In a move to safeguard ongoing federal projects, the Senate has approved a second extension of the capital component of the 2024 Budget, resetting its expiration to December 31, 2025. The Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin, who presided over the resumption of plenary on Tuesday, announced the extension of the Appropriation Bill following an expedited passage after first, second and third readings. Leading debate on the floor, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senator Adeola Olamilekan, argued that Nigeria’s fiscal constraints and the scale of incomplete projects necessitated…

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Tinubu Signs Four Tax Bills Into Law

Abibat Babalola

President Bola Tinubu will sign into law four groundbreaking tax reform bills on Thursday, transforming Nigeria’s fiscal and revenue framework. The four bills —the Nigeria Tax Bill, the Nigeria Tax Administration Bill, the Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Bill, and the Joint Revenue Board (Establishment) Bill —were passed by the National Assembly after extensive consultations with various interest groups and stakeholders. According to a statement by presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga, the presidential assent to the bills at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, will be witnessed by the Senate President, the Speaker of…

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Obi Decries Invasion, Demolition Of Brother’s Lagos property,Demands Justice

Abibat Babalola

Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has criticised an attempted forceful takeover of a Lagos property belonging to Next Foods Limited, which his younger brother, Ndibe Obi, is the majority shareholder. Bulldozers started demolishing the property located at number 57, Oduduwa Crescent in the Ikeja GRA of Lagos State, beginning from Monday, June 23, 2025 and continuing to June 24, 2025, on the grounds of a purported judgment which grants ownership of the property to one Deborah Olorunlogbon. The controversy, however, is that while Deborah Olorunlogbon…

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Ojude Oba: How Goldberg Is Sustaining An Enduring Legacy of The Ijebus

Abibat Babalola

Without doubt, Ojude Oba, which simply means the King’s Fore-Court or Frontage, an annual social gathering in Ijebuland, is fast becoming the rallying point for indigenes of this SouthWestern community. For sons and daughters of Ijebuland, this celebration of traditional,, cultural, and spiritual accomplishments of the Ijebu nation, which started over 100 years ago, has become one of the most significant festivals in the social diary of the community. Celebrated exactly three days after the Eid al-Kabir (Ileya) festival, the hugely carnival-like event has become one of the avenues indigenes…

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Court To Rule July 16 On N5.74bn NLNG Contract Dispute

Abibat Babalola

A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has fixed for judgement July 16, 2025, on claims of a N5.4 billion breach of contract by an indigenous company, Macobarb International Limited, against the NLNG. The Court is presided over by Justice Chinwendu Nwogu in suit number PHC/2013/CS/2022. The fixing of date of judgment came on June 24, 2025, after counsels for both parties adopted and adumbrated their final written addresses, each seeking to convince the judge to rule in his client’s favour. Macobarb had sued the NLNG, claiming that it breached…

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