Many depot owners may soon shut down their facilities due to the inability to meet the new financial requirement of about N10bn by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited as the cost of lifting fuel from its ships, according to reports. NNPCL has enough stock in-country and we still buy …

The Anambra State Police Command says it has rescued two persons accused of ritual killing by an irate mob in Ihiala Local Government Area of the state from being lynched to death. A man and a woman were being paraded naked by members of the community as they carried the …

Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State, on Thursday, inaugurated the 10th Kebbi State Assembly at the legislative chambers in Birnin Kebbi. Idris, represented by the Clerk of the assembly, Alhaji Sulaiman Shamaki, cited Section 105 sub-section 3 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended.   …

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced his first appointments since inauguration for a second term in office. The governor re-appointed his former Chief of Staff, Mr. Tayo Ayinde, and Deputy Chief of Staff, Gboyega Soyannwo, to their former roles. Sanwo-Olu also appointed Bimbo Salu-Hundeyin as the Secretary to …

The Federal Government has declared Monday, June 12, 2023 Public Holiday in commemoration of this year’s Democracy Day. In a statement issued Thursday in Abuja, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr Oluwatoyin Akinlade who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated all Nigerians on …

The Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) have issued a public notice on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by both agencies to establish a Joint FIRS and LIRS Audit and Investigation Team, aimed at encouraging the exchange of information between both agencies. In …

The much awaited inauguration of the 10th National Assembly is finally here. The event has been scheduled for Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at 10:00 a.m.   This is according to an announcement signed by the Clerk to the National Assembly, Sani Tambawal, on Thursday. During the occasion, 109 Senators-elect and …

Katsina State Government says it is ready to partner with United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) to end hunger across the 34 LGAs in the state. Governor Dikko Radda made this known on Wednesday in Katsina while receiving a team of UNICEF officials who paid him on an advocacy …

The police sealed off the Nasarawa House of Assembly Complex on Wednesday in a bid to avert a breakdown of law and order following the emergence of two speakers for the seventh assembly. According to reports the immediate past Speaker, Rt. Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi, who was seeking a third term …

A former governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State, Ken Imasuagbon, on Wednesday, resigned his membership of the PDP. The frontline Edo politician, in a letter sent to the chairman of the party in the state, Tony Aziegbemi, and chairman of his local government, Esan South-East ward …