Port Harcourt Refinery is still test-running to ensure operational readiness before the commencement of commercial operations. The Refinery was expected to resume refining after a Turn Around Maintenance, TAM in December 2023. But checks by Vanguard on Sunday indicated that the exercise, to be followed by crude supply is still ongoing. Chief Corporate […]
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has said more troops and equipment are on the way to tackle the insecurity crisis in Plateau State. This came after terrorists, on Christmas Eve, attacked over 20 communities in the state and killed over 100 persons. Speaking on Channels Television on Sunday night, Lagbaja […]
The Lagos State Government has denied any involvement in the demolition of the Police Officers Wives Association shopping complex at Computer Village in Ikeja. In a statement on Sunday, Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, said, “The structure is owned by POWA, which ordered its demolition.” He accused unnamed “opportunistic ethnic chauvinists” of […]
Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Igboho, has rejected classification of his movement as a threat to security in southwest Nigeria by the Nigerian Army. The Army had on Friday reportedly classified his group as a threat to security in the region while analyzing the security situation in the country. The Army’s […]
Edwin Clark, convener of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), says restructuring Nigeria is the only way to end killings in the country. On Christmas Eve, over 115 persons were confirmed dead in attacks by gunmen on communities in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi LGAs of the state. Reacting to the incident in an open letter […]
The Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah has told President Bola Ahmed Tinubu that the legitimacy of his government hangs on ending mindless killings in the country. In his new year message titled, ‘Blood and Crucifixion On The Plateau,’ the bishop stated that, “Tinubu must know that the legitimacy of his government hangs […]
Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Sunday called for the return of Jewish settlers to the Gaza Strip after the war and said its Palestinian population should be encouraged to emigrate. Israel launched a relentless military campaign against Hamas in Gaza after the Palestinian militants carried out an unprecedented attack on Israel on […]
President Bola Tinubu will address Nigerians on New Year’s Day, according to presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale. The nationwide broadcast will be on Monday, January 1, 2024, at 7 am. “Television, radio stations, and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook up to the network services of the Nigeria Television Authority and the Federal […]
Soldiers and other security agents, including the police, on Sunday intensified patrol in troubled communities of Plateau state. The PUNCH reports that terrorists attacked 25 communities in Bokkos, Mangu, and Barkin Local Government Areas and killed over 150 persons on Christmas Eve. The terrorists also destroyed properties worth millions of naira in the affected […]
Doyin Odebowale, a former aide and close ally to the late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, has opened up on the feud between the former governor and his successor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. He also described Akeredolu as a weakling who did not take a decisive step to address a matter involving him and his wife, adding that […]
