Day: 7 September 2024

No plan to monopolise Dangote refinery products -NNPCL

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) has said Dangote Refinery and other domestic refiners are “free to sell directly to any marketer on a willing buyer, willing seller basis”, thereby dismissing the allegation of the national oil company becoming a sole offtaker. The NNPCL was reacting to the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC’s) claim that the organisation hiked the price of Premium Motor Motor Spirit, aka petrol, to undermine the efforts of Dangote Refinery to reduce the price of petroleum products in the country. MURIC in a statement signed by…

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How Yar’adua’s mother made me -Ex-Pres. Jonathan

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Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has described the demise of Hajiya Dada Yar’Adua as a personal loss to him, saying “this woman technically made me who I am”. Jonathan said this when he paid a condolence visit to the Yar’adua family in Katsina on Saturday over the demise of the matriarch. “It is really touching to me. It was her son who brought me as his running mate and without this lady you wouldn’t have known my name. So she was like my mother and this is like the death…

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Why kidnapping, banditry are flourishing in Katsina -Gov. Radda

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Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State says bandits cannot operate freely without the connivance of some persons in the society. Radda spoke at a town hall meeting held in Daura at the weekend, he said his government is ready to support people to assist security agents in protecting communities against attacks by bandits, kidnappers and other criminals. The programme’s theme was ‘Public Engagement: 2025 Citizens’ Budget Participation Process’. “We have come up with an initiative that will give any community ready to defend itself the necessary support and training to…

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Real reason Ajuri Ngelale was sacked as Nigeria’s Presidential spokesman

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Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Media and Publicity, has stepped down from his role with immediate effect, citing health issues affecting his immediate family. According to Ngelale, he stepped down from his role to deal with medical matters presently affecting his nuclear family. In a statement issued by the Presidency on Saturday, Ngelale said he had submitted a memo to the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, informing him of his plan to proceed on indefinite leave. Ngelale added that…

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