INEC To Conduct Elections For 27 Vacant Rivers Assembly Seats A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State, led by Edwin Woko, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to urgently schedule elections to fill 27 vacant positions in the State House of Assembly. The seats, according to Woko were left unoccupied after the lawmakers defected from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2023. In a statement on Tuesday, Woko reminded INEC of a formal request from the party’s acting National Chairman, urging the commission to conduct elections for the vacant seats.…
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Tinubu Blows Hot Over Re-opening Of Warri Refinery President Bola Tinubu has expressed his profound joy at the re-opening of the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. He described it as another remarkable achievement in 2024 that has strengthened Nigerians’ hope in his administration. On Monday, the Warri Refinery returned to operation weeks after NNPC Limited restarted the 60,000 Barrels per day at the Port Harcourt Refinery in November. With Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC) going into operation after several years of inactivity, President Tinubu has once again expressed his administration’s determination to…
2027: Kwankwaso Finally Speaks On Agreements With Peter Obi, Atiku Rabiu Kwankwaso, the National leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has denied having an agreement with the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and his counterpart from Labour Party Peter Obi. Kwankwaso said claims of him ruling Nigeria for four years, Atiku ruling former four years, while Obi for eight years was false. Speaking in an interview with BBC, the former Kano State governor said he was unaware of such a plan. He, however, admitted to have heard that members of Atiku’s camp are consulting and having…
JUST IN: Jubilation As Nigeria Gets Another New Refinery The Warri Refining and Petrochemicals Company (WRPC), with a capacity of 125,000 barrels per day, has resumed production in Warri, Delta State. This was made known by the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, during a tour of the facility on Monday. Addressing his team at the plant, Kyari explained the importance of the development. “We are taking you through our plant. This plant is running. It is not 100 percent. We are still in the process. Many people think these things are…
Man Rapes Teenage Physically Challenged Girl To Coma A 22-year-old man identified as Ezekiel Elijah has been arrested for defiling a 13-year-old girl with hearing impairment at Aviara in the Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State. The Delta state police command spokesperson, Edafe Bright, confirmed the arrest in a video statement on Monday, showing the suspect being interrogated. Edafe explained that the suspect defiled a 13-year-old girl, noting that the girl is physically impaired. “But in this case, the 13-year-old girl he defiled is even physically impaired. He took advantage of this child, lured her to his room…
Confusion As Another Jeju Plane Suffers Landing Gear Problem A Jeju Air flight from Seoul on Monday was forced to return after encountering a landing gear problem, the airline said. This comes a day after South Korea’s most deadly plane crash. The Boeing 737-800 involved in the latest incident was the same model as the Jeju Air plane that crashed on Sunday killing 179 people after coming down without its landing gear engaged. Jeju Air Flight 7C101, which departed Seoul’s Gimpo International Airport for Jeju island “at around 6:37 am, returned to Gimpo at 7:25 am” after a landing gear…
Tinubu’s Presidency To Nigerians: Stop Criticising Tinubu, Go To Farm So That You Can Reduce Food Costs Presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga has urged Nigerians to cultivate gardens and grow their foods to combat food inflation rather than criticise President Bola Tinubu’s government. In a post on X on Sunday, Mr Onanuga shared a photo of a man holding a small blue plastic basket containing potatoes to illustrate the harvest from his home garden. “I harvested some potatoes today in the garden beside my house in Lekki-Ajah,” Mr Onanuga said. “Grow some food; your little effort can help reduce food costs.…
PHOTOS: Customs Auction Seized Petrol At N400 Per Litre The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says its will auction 15,325 litres of seized premium motor spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol, to ease transportation during the festive period. Hussein Ejibunu, national coordinator of the service’s operation whirlwind, made the announcement on Saturday at a press briefing held at the Customs Training College, Ikeja, Lagos state. Ejibunu said the product, valued at N27.5 million, was seized during operations in Lagos and Ogun states. He said Adewale Adeniyi, the comptroller-general of customs, has directed that the products be auctioned at the rate of N10,000…
Crisis Rock Georgia As outgoing President’s Refusal To Quit As Successor Assumes Power Scores of Georgians have hit the streets in the capital, Tbilisi, as Mikheil Kavelashvili, a former professional footballer, was inaugurated as the new president. Mr Kavelashvili’s inauguration came following the country’s critical suspension of its application to join the European Union. In October, the Georgian Dream party emerged victorious in the parliamentary elections amid allegations of fraud, resulting in several street protests. However, outgoing president Salome Zourabichvili said she would not step down, insisting she is the “only legitimate president”. “This building was a symbol only as…
Apostle Suleman Warns His Members Not To Marry From Another Churches, Says He Won’t Attend Wedding Apostle Johnson Suleman, the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries has warned his members against marrying outside the church. He gave the warning while highlighting the advantages of his male congregants marrying women within the church. Suleman, speaking during his recent sermon, stated that he would no longer attend the weddings of his members who choose to marry women from other churches. In a now viral video on social media, he said “If you wed somebody outside the ministry, I will not attend the…