The Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mr. Mele Kyari, has disclosed that the landing cost of Premium Motor Spirit(PMS), popularly called petrol is thrice N170 per litre. Kyari, stated this on Wednesday at the Legislative Transparency and Accountability Summit organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Anti-Corruption … [Read more…]
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, predicted that the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) would cease to exist as a political party after losing the 2023 general election. Atiku spoke at the inauguration of the PDP Youth Campaign Council, where the party leadership cautioned members against reprisal attacks on opponents.Atiku … [Read more…]
The naira has rebounded by 20.8 per cent to 720/dollar at the parallel market, findings by The PUNCH have shown. The development came two weeks after the local currency came under severe pressure at the black market, following the announcement by the Federal Government to redesign the naira. The naira which fell consistently throughout last … [Read more…]
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has set aside the contempt proceedings and all the orders of conviction for contempt against the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa. Justice Chizoba Oji set aside the proceedings on Thursday after hearing an application brought by the EFCC Chairman. The application was … [Read more…]
President Muhammadu Buhari has said there is no going back on the planned redesign of the N1,000, N500, and N200 bank notes. In an interview with the NTA after meeting his Royal Majesty, King Charles III in Buckingham Palace, on Wednesday, Buhari said politicians won’t be allowed to mobilise resources and thugs to intimidate voters … [Read more…]
The 24-year-old pleaded guilty in the Western District of Pennsylvania on September 16, 2021, to one count of attempting to offer material support to ISIS in connection with his plan to attack the said church. The statement read, “Alowemer admitted to planning a deadly bombing of a Pittsburgh church in the name of ISIS,” said … [Read more…]
Operatives of the Ebubeagu Security Outfit, on Wednesday, abducted and tortured a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ebonyi State, Chief Abia Onyike. The PUNCH gathered that Onyike, a former Commissioner for Information in the state and Deputy National President of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, was abducted at Octovia Pharmacy on Water Works … [Read more…]
Twitter: FG says platform’s ownership change being monitored The Federal Government has said it is monitoring developments around the change of ownership of micro-blogging platform, Twitter, following its takeover by a new owner — Elon Musk. The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the government’s position known at a news conference in Abuja on … [Read more…]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressive Congress (APC) of masterminding alleged attacks on its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, during his campaign in Maiduguri, yesterday. PDP Presidential Campaigns spokesman, Senator Dino Melaye, accused the ruling APC of instigating thugs to disrupt its campaign. “They are afraid of us, they sent their thugs … [Read more…]
OUTRAGE was the word, yesterday, as scores of supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, were injured when hoodlums, attacked their convoy in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The reporter gathered that Atiku’s convoy was attacked just as he left the Palace of the Shehu of Borno to Ramat Square, … [Read more…]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, said over 27 states have taken delivery of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the conduct of the 2023 general elections. It also disclosed that it wouldprint over 530 million ballot papers to be kept at the various offices of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) across … [Read more…]
The Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC Ltd), Mr Mele Kyari, said he has received death threats as a result of the ongoing reformation in the NNPC. Kyari made the disclosure yesterday in Abuja, at the Legislative Transparency and Accountability summit organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Anti-Corruption. He said … [Read more…]