Author: Samuel Akpenpuun

NNPC Limited, in collaboration with NIPCO Plc, has opened 12 new Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations in Abuja and Lagos as the Federal Government’s push for CNG adoption as alternative fuel to petrol gathered momentum. Speaking at the commissioning of the stations, which took place simultaneously across the two cities, the Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Hon Ekperikpe Ekpo, said that with Nigeria’s abundant gas resources, CNG would become the fuel for motorists in the country. Ekpo said the various ongoing infrastructure projects in the gas sector would ensure adequate supply across the country, bringing cheap fuel to Nigerians.…

A 19-year-old pregnant girl, who was on the verge of committing suicide has been rescued by police officers attached to Ikorodu Area Command, Lagos. The girl, said to be eight months pregnant, called one of her bosom friends, lamenting that she was fed up with life after the boy that impregnated her abandoned her. Worse still, she was said to have expressed worries that the woman she was working for as a Point of Sale, POS, operator in Ikorodu area was threatening to arrest her after she was duped of N100,000 by a customer. It was learned that when the…

The Federal Government said yesterday no fewer than 21 local government areas in 10 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have been submerged by flood as a result of torrential rainfall in the past few days. The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Engr Joseph Utserv, who disclosed this, along the Minister of State for Water Resource and Sanitation, Bello Goronyo, and the Director General, Nigeria Hydrological Services, NIHSA, at a briefing in Abuja, said some states had started experiencing varying levels of flooding and its associated disasters as early as April in 2024. He noted that most of…

Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has reinstated the paramount ruler of Piriga in the Lere local government area of the state, Chief Jonathan Zamuna, who was dethroned by the former Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai. The Governor announced the development on Thursday during a meeting with the State Council of Chiefs, saying “As proof of my commitment to the rule of law, I want to make known to you our intention to comply fully with the judgment of the court, issued on 10th June 2024, restoring the Chief of Piriga, in Lere LGA, His Royal Highness, Jonathan Zamuna to his stool.”…

President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has said that Nigerian economy can be turned around in few months. Dangote disclosed this after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu inaugurated his Presidential Economic Coordination Council, PECC, drawn from different sectors of society and the economy, on Thursday. The Africa richest man also said that things would soon change in the country. His words: “This is where the public and private sector will work together. We will advise the government on the type of policies needed to revamp the economy. “Our economy can be turned around in few months. Things will soon change.…

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday said his administration seeks to inject N2 trillion into the economy in the next six months. President Tinubu stated this when he inaugurated his Presidential Economic Coordination Council, PECC, drawn from different sectors of society and the economy. The President at the inauguration, presented the outcomes of his review of the accelerated stabilization and advancement plan. Briefing State House correspondents after the inauguration, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, gave a breakdown of the areas to benefit the emergency funding to include Health, Agriculture, Energy/Power and other areas.…

Super Eagles of Nigeria have been drawn in Group D of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers along with Benin Republic, Rwanda and Libya. This follows a draw held in South Africa on Thursday to map out the road to Morocco in 2025. The draw features 48 countries divided into 12 groups of four teams each, with the top two teams from eleven groups qualifying directly for the finals scheduled from December 21, 2025, to January 18, 2026. In Group B, which includes the host nation, Morocco, Morocco will automatically qualify for the finals regardless of their finishing position,…

All Progressives Congress Campaign Council has called on Asue Ighodalo to join it in its campaign to the people of the state while the former deputy governor, Rt Hon Philip Shaibu said he has been vindicated having maintained from day one that the PDP did not conduct a proper primary election. Vanguard reported that A court sitting in Abuja voided the party’s governorship primary election that produced Asue Ighodalo as the governorship candidate of the party. A statement released by Aziegbemi said the misinformation about the removal of its candidate was to deceive the party’s teeming members. He said “The…

Former Vice-President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday met with President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo on the setting up of Agritech Hub in Ghana. Announcing the meeting on his official Facebook page, Osinbajo wrote “It was really great to spend time with my brother and friend, His Excellency President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana. On the menu? Not Jollof wars (sorry, everyone). Instead, we served up the proposed Agritech Hub in Ghana, part of the Timbuktoo Africa Innovation Fund—the world’s largest initiative to support the African innovation ecosystem”. “President Akufo-Addo has been a committed champion of the fund since its…

On Thursday, a Federal High Court Abuja invalidated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary election that produced Asue Ighodalo as the party’s candidate in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that the PDP’s primary held on Feb. 22 failed to comply with the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022; the guidelines for the conduct of the poll and the party’s constitution. Justice Ekwo, who said that Exhibit PDP 1 tendered by the party was bereft of evidence, held that the plaintiffs, through the exhibits tendered, were able to establish their case against the…