Новости за 04.04.2024

As diesel from the Dangote Oil Refinery and Petrochemical Plant hit the market, Nigerians have witnessed an appreciable reduction in the price of the petroleum product, which is a major source of energy for several industries, DARE OLAWIN writes The sale of diesel into the local market by the $20bn Dangote refinery appears to have

A call has gone to the Federal Government to, as a matter of necessity; approve the unconditional release of all pro-Biafra activists and other Nigerians incarcerated for self-determination agitations in fulfillment of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s promised commitment to a free society. The group under the aegis of Concerned Igbo Citizens Council made the call

The Federal Government has disclosed plans to assemble 120 Nigerian researchers, startups, and stakeholders in Artificial Intelligence to formulate a cohesive framework for AI implementation throughout the nation. The Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, made this announcement in a statement posted on Thursday on his X account. The Minister said the

No fewer than 50 people were arrested and at least three police officers hospitalised after football fans clashed with authorities following a match in Croatia’s coastal town of Split, officials said Thursday. The violence kicked off late Wednesday when fans of Hajduk Split rushed the field following their team’s 0-1 loss to Dinamo Zagreb in

The Chief Economist, African Development Bank, Prof. Kevin Urama, says financing has remained the major constraint of accelerated transformation in Africa. Urama, also the Vice-President, Governance and Knowledge Management in AfDB, said this at the pre-media conference held virtually on Wednesday, to herald the 2024 AfDB Annual Meetings. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that

The Senator representing Anambra North, Tony Nwoye, has expressed shock over the level of infrastructural decay and non-availability of major books at the 58-year-old Onitsha Library. Nwoye, expressed the shock when he paid an unscheduled visit to the library on Wednesday. The library was inaugurated in 1966 by the then Military Administrator of the defunct

The Eko Electricity Distribution Company said it would meter up to 600,000 customers in the next five years. In a statement on Tuesday, the EKEDC said it was committed to bridging the metering gap by 2028, with a plan to meter 120,000 customers annually within the next five years.  According to the power company, the

Former chairman of All Progressive Congress in Enugu State, Dr Ben Nwoye, has called on the party’s National Vice Chairman, South-East, Dr. Ijeomah Arodiogbu, to wade into the crisis rocking the party in the state. Nowye, who spoke on Tuesday during a press briefing over the lingering crisis in the party advised that an investigative

A former presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 general elections, Dr. Sam Ohuabunwa, has said the involvement of Igbo governors and leaders in the affairs of pan-Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, will fast-track the economic development and stem the tide of insecurity in the South-East geo-political zone.

Clearing agents under the Africa Association of Professional Freight Forwarders and Logistics of Nigeria have rejected the new haulage rates for Eastern seaports approved by the Nigerian Shippers’ Council. In a recent statement, the National President of APFFLON, Frank Ogunojemite, said that the newly approved rates do not reflect the current reality. Recall that the

The President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, who is facing terrorism charges, has urged the court to release him on bail, saying he has no criminal records. Bodejo, who is being prosecuted before the Federal High Court in Abuja, also  denied any involvement in the establishment of an ethnic militia group, Kungiya Zaman

Some communities in Abuja, Lagos and Nasarawa are currently experiencing power outages due to technical glitches. The Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company on Tuesday said the service disruption was due to significant load restrictions across many of its transmission load centres. According to the power distribution firm, the transmission stations affected include Oworo, Maryland, Itire, Isolo,

The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, FESTAC Mega Axis Headquarters, Lagos State, has given cash gifts, food items and grants to widows as well as vulnerable families. A statement on Wednesday said this was in a bid to put smiles on the faces of widows, the needy, indigent students and the less privileged amidst

The Department of State Services, on Wednesday, obtained a court order to detain a Nigerian, Emmanuel Osase, who is accused of being a member of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja said the DSS could detain the suspect for 60 days. The order followed

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has dismantled an illegal bunkering site in the Ukwa East Local Government, Abia State. A statement signed by the NSCDC spokesperson, Babawale Afolabi, on Wednesday, said the operatives impounded 9,000 litres of Automotive Gas Oil from oil thieves in the state. Afolabi said the operations were conducted by

The Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Matthew Kukah, will on Friday, April 12, 2024, deliver the memorial lecture of the late founder of the ClEEN Foundation, Innocent Chukwuma, in Abuja. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Executive Director of ClEEN Foundation, Gad Peter, on Wednesday. The lecture with the theme ‘The Power

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday, explained that the intervention of President Bola Tinubu in the crisis between him and his estranged political godfather, Nyesom Wike, was political and not constitutional. He said he was committed to implementing the eight-point resolution reached at the mediation meeting with Tinubu in Abuja last year October out

Transnational Corporation Plc grew its profit before tax by 93.5 per cent to N58.8bn in 2023 from N30.4bn in the same period in the previous year. The firm’s financial results for the year ended December 2023 filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited showed that revenue improved by 47.3 per cent to N197bn from N134bn in

The Lagos State Task Force, on Wednesday, clamped down on commercial motorcycles and squatters who erected shanties along the rail tracks in the Fagba area of the state. The agency said 359 bikes were impounded and several shanties demolished in the follow-up exercise after the launch of the Red Line Rail project. The spokesperson for

Several residents of Oke-Egan Community in the Eleko area of Ajah, Lagos State, on Wednesday, stormed the state House of Assembly complex in Ikeja, demanding compensation for the demolition of their houses. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that residents of the affected community, wielding large banners with boldly written messages, as well as placards

The management of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, on Wednesday, warned its workers, including doctors, against shunning night duties, stressing that “whoever fails to report at his or her duty posts does that at his own or her own risk.” The hospital workers, under the auspices of Joint Action Committee, had on Tuesday

The Edo State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, explained how the state’s  Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, allegedly leaked the government’s secrets and committed perjury, which, it said, were impeachable offences. The Assembly, represented by its Deputy Clerk,  Joe Ohaifa, stated its case at the inaugurating sitting of the seven-man panel probing Shaibu. The panel, headed

The United Nations Office on Drug and Crime has donated wildlife monitoring and enforcement equipment to the Federal Government in a bid to bring an end to wildlife trafficking from Nigeria. UNODC presented that equipment to the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, which is an organisation of the Federal Government in charge of 

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Wednesday the response of his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu to an air strike that killed seven aid workers was “insufficient” and “unacceptable”. “We are waiting for a much more detailed clarification of what the causes have been, bearing in mind that the Israeli government knew about the actions and

A near-fatal incident was averted on Wednesday after the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, and his family escaped being killed in a fire incident at his official residence in Abuja. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh, who insinuated that the incident