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The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) said that over 18 billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol was supplied in Nigeria in the year 2019. PPPRA disclosed this in its PMS report signed by its Executive Secretary, Alhaji Abdulkadir Saidu and released in Abuja, on Wednesday. It said that the total quantity of PMS supplied across the nation as of November 2019 was 18.6 billion litres and the PMS average sufficiency stood at 40.68 days. It emphasized the need for enhanced private participation in the refining business and the revamping of the nation’s refineries for…
Kogi West Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Mr Taiwo Kola-Ojo is dead. Ojo slumped and died on Tuesday evening while playing lawn tennis. The Kogi State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Bode Ogunmola who confirmed the death in a statement on Wednesday described Kola-Ojo’s death as sudden and shocking. The statement said the PDP West Chairman unflinching contributions to the growth and success of the party in the state would be greatly missed. The PDP prayed to God to grant the immediate family, members of the deceased Chairman and the members of the party the fortitude to bear the irreparable…
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja accusing the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) of consistently breaching its statutory duties under the Freedom of Information Act, 2011 in flagrant violation of the organization’s right of access to information under the Act. In the suit filed on its behalf by Abuja-based lawyer, Mrs. Mojirayo Ogunlana-Nganga, MRA is asking the court to compel the NNPC to perform its statutory duties under the FOI Act within 30 days of the court’s order as well as to pay the civil society organization N15 million as exemplary…
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has assured that no worker in the payroll of the state government would earn less than the national minimum wage. Makinde gave the assurance on Wednesday during the 2020 Inter-Religious Prayer Service, organized by the state government at the State Secretariat, Agodi in Ibadan. He said that a committee had been set up to oversee the negotiation and implementation of the new minimum wage. The governor said his government was on the same page with labour on the new N30,000 minimum wage for workers. He posited that the government and the civil servants would…
` The Lagos State Government on Wednesday inaugurated 74 lock-up shops for the use of traders in Agege area and its environs. Inaugurating the shops in Lagos, Gov. Babajide Sanwoolu, said that the project was put in place to provide the right environment for traders to do their businesses and enhance economic activities in the area. Sanwoolu, represented by his Special Adviser on Parastatals Monitoring, Mr Afolabi Ayantayo, said that with many projects on the ground, Agege would soon become the economic hub in the state. “Agege is one of the fast-developing local governments in the state and by the…
It was a bitter pill to swallow as an unidentified woman embarrassed a lady after accusing her of having an affair with her husband. The incident occurred at the Ikeja Shopping Mall on Jan. 4. A video posted on twitter handle of “@khaleedtailors” explained it all as the accused lady could not utter a word or respond to the woman’s allegations. According to reports, the woman accosted the lady after several warnings to leave her husband alone. The incident got messier as the woman pulled off the lady’s wig to provoke her reaction but she still could not say a…
A Makurdi Magistrate’s court on Wednesday remanded two persons -Terence Ordoom and Daniel Aduku in a correctional facility for alleged conspiracy and illegal possession of firearms. The Magistrate, Mrs Ajuma Igama did not take the plea of the accused persons for want of jurisdiction and adjourned the case till Jan. 21 for mention. Police prosecutor, Sgt. Ato Godwin told the court that the accused persons were arrested by a team of Operation Whirl stroke deployed to Yelwata, in Guma Local Government Area (LGA) of the state on special duty. Godwin said the team led by Sgt. B. Danjuma arrested the…
A Kaduna Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, sentenced two mechanics, Isah Yusuf, 34, and Mohammed Shehu, 31, to six months imprisonment each for stealing two tricycle engines. Yusuf and Saleh, both reside in Ungwan Shanu area of Kaduna, had pleaded guilty to conspiracy and theft. Magistrate Umar Ibrahim, however, gave the convicts options to pay fines of N10,000 each. Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp. Leo Chidi, told the court that the matter was reported by one Suleiman Dogo at the Police Headquarters, Kaduna, on Dec. 21, 2019. He said that at about 4 p.m., the defendants trespassed into Dogo’s house and stole…
Polaris Bank has won the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Best Deposit Money Bank (DMB) in Consumer protection in Nigeria’s banking industry. The Award was presented to the Bank at the Jos Bankers forum. The Annual Dinner and Award event was organized by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Jos branch held to recognize and reward DMBs for their performance during the outgone year. Speaking on the award, the Managing Director/CEO of Polaris Bank, Mr Tokunbo Abiru said the award was as an attestation of the institution’s show of strong leadership in prompt resolution of transaction issues. He thanked the organizers…
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi has congratulated Oba (Elect) Kayode Afolabi, on his selection and confirmation as the new Alapomu of the Apomu Kingdom in Osun state. A statement signed by Comrade Moses Olafare, Director, Media & Public Affairs, Ooni’s Palace, states: “I am directed by the Arole Oduduwa’Olofin Adimula, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, Ooni of Ife, to Congratulate Oba(elect) Kayode Adelekan Afolabi on his selection, confirmation and installation as the new ALAPOMU of APOMU kingdom of the State of Osun. Alapomu of Apomu, Oba Kayode Afolabi and his Olori “The Ooni commends the choice of…