The presidency has reacted to claims by individuals accusing the federal government of not being truthful about subsidy payments in the wake of the admission by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) that it was struggling to offset backlog of payments it is owing it suppliers of refined petroleum products. In a post on his X handle, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga observed that many people are propagating these erroneous accusations against the federal as though they have unearthed some revelations. “I have read a series of articles attacking the Federal…
Author: Michael Chibuzo
The federal government has debunked reports stating that it issued a directive to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) to increase the pump price of petrol (PMS) to N1000 per litre. The Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, on Tuesday made this clarification in a statement from his Special Adviser on Media and Communications, Nnaemeka Okafor where he noted that he did not direct the NNPC Ltd. or any other entity within the sector to adjust petrol prices. “The Federal Government has been compelled to address the outright falsehood and malicious claims currently circulating on social…
The multi-billion dollar Dangote Refinery is finally ready to begin the sale of premium motor spirit (PMS) popularly known as petrol to the Nigerian market. The imminent commencement of commercial sale of PMS by the refinery follows successful test-run of their PMS refining capacity over the past couple of days. According to industry sources, the product would initially be sold only to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) who would then in turn sell to other petrol marketers in the country. Currently, the NNPC Ltd is the sole importer of PMS and sells to both major and independent marketers…
The Police in Toronto, Canada has arrested a Nigerian woman, Amaka Patience Sunnberger over her threats to kill Yorubas and Benin people during an ill-advised rant on the social media app, tiktok. The Toronto Police Service, in a statement on its website titled, “Suspected Hate-Motivated Threatening Investigation, Woman Arrested,” announced the arrest and revealed that the suspect, Amaka Sonnberger is scheduled to appear in court on September 2, 2024. The police added that she was apprehended on Sunday following an investigation into online content she reportedly posted on August 25. The police statement read, “Toronto Police have arrested a woman…
As part of ongoing efforts to sanitise the mining sector, the federal government has charged suspected illegal miners arrested in Kogi and Ondo states during a recent operation led by the Mining Marshals to court. The operation, code-named “Operation Hayakin Kogo,” took place in the Ikah Community of Ankpa LGA, Kogi State resulting in the arrest of two (2) Chinese nationals and a Nigerian for mining activities in violation of existing mining regulations. In a related development, the Mining Marshals also raided an illegal gold mining site in the Ogunlepa, Oluwa Forest Reserve, Odigbo LGA of Ondo State, where four…
…House of Reps petition Canadian government as Amaka Patience Sunnberger deletes tiktok account A Nigerian lady based in Canada few days ago on tiktok live threatened to poison and kill Yorubas and Benin people she comes in contact with in Canada. The lady who has now been identified by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission as Amaka Patience Sunnberger in a roughly 2-minute tirade spewed invectives against the two Nigerian ethnic groups. The source of her anger is unclear in the viral video. Amaka Patience in the video said, “record me very well; it’s time to start poisoning the Yoruba and…
By Temitope Ajayi By his advanced age and eminent status as a former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is by no means qualified to be an elder statesman. Statesmen are highly venerated and revered people to whom we go for advice, guidance and direction. But sometimes, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar behaves as if he should be removed from that exclusive club. Or how else can one interpret some of his utterances and statements? Or is the former vice president merely playing politics? But politics should have its season and time and should sometimes give way for nation-building and patriotism.…
The Honourable Minister of State for Defense, Dr. Bello Muhammad Matawalle MON has been awarded a Fellowship at the Nigerian Institute of Security and Strategic Studies. The Honorable Minister of State, Defence joins other notable Nigerians who have been elected to the Institute’s Board of Fellows including the Controller General, Nigeria Immigration Service, Kemi Nanna Nandap and the immediate past Director General, State Security Services, Mr. Yusuf Magaji Bichi. The Institute of Security and Strategic Studies (ISSS) is a research institution dedicated to national security and strategic studies. The institute conducts research, analysis, and policy recommendations in areas such as…
The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 presidential election and former Governor of Anambra State between 2006 and 2014, Mr. Peter Obi has called for the passage of a Freedom of Information Bill despite an existing FOI Act that was passed by the national assembly and signed into law by former President Goodluck Jonathan on 31st May, 2011. Mr. Peter Obi made this call on Tuesday morning while weighing in on the arrest of a self-acclaimed investigative journalist who uses his X (twitter) handle @PIDOMNIGERIA to post propaganda, malicious and defamatory contents, leaked official classified information and general fake…
President Tinubu has welcomed the latest report by the National Bureau of Statistics on the state of the economy, as the country’s Gross National Product (GDP) posted another growth. According to NBS, the real GDP grew by 3.2% year on year in Q2, higher than the 2.51% recorded in the same period of 2023. After another report on declining food and headline inflation, this latest report affirms that the economy is on the right trajectory and is indeed on the path to recovery. As the President said in his August 4, 2024 national broadcast, our economy is recovering. Sooner than…