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The Energy Watchdog has welcomed the decision by Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE to approach the Court of Appeal in Abuja seeking leave to challenge a Federal High Court judgment that directed the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) to continue issuing petroleum product import licences to...

A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by a former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, seeking to stop the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies from freezing his bank accounts or seizing...

A media analyst, Ujah David Abakpa, has urged members of the Abacha family and the developer engaged under a Joint Venture (JV) Agreement for their property at No. 68, Molade Okoya Thomas Street, off Ajose Adeogun Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, to respect the court process and return to arbitration. Abakpa,...

The Federal Government is intensifying its drive for greater accountability, efficiency and measurable performance across Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), reinforcing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s position that non-performance will no longer be tolerated across government institutions. This renewed focus on institutional accountability took centre stage at the MDA High-Level Strategic...

The wife of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, Dr Ogechi Lokpobiri, has been commended for her commitment to humanitarian service, compassion and efforts aimed at improving the lives of people within and beyond her immediate community. The commendation was made by the Vice President of...

It was the respected, erudite US-based Nigerian scholar, Professor Farouk kperogi, that previously confirmed what we in the Arewa Discussion Group, ADG, have always known of Phrank Shuaibu, the grandstanding, rogue agent, cantankerous media running dog of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, a serial self acclaimed presidential candidate presently, flying the presidential...

The Senior Pastors of Dunamis International Gospel Centre (DIGC), Dr. Paul Enenche and Dr. Mrs. Becky Enenche, are set to commission a pedestrian bridge constructed by the church. Dr. Enenche made this known during the Blessing Sunday Service. According to the cleric, beyond impacting lives and transforming destinies, Dunamis International...

An intelligence-led operation by a combined team of troops of the Nigerian Army, Department of Department of State Services (DSS) personnel, and Western Nigeria Security Network aka Amotekun officers, at the weekend in Owo forest, Ondo State, eliminated a senior leader of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), Abdussamad...

The Ijaw Youth Network (IYN) has commended the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr Dennis Brutu Otuaro, for deploying 150 Niger Delta youths to universities across the United Kingdom for postgraduate studies. In a statement issued on Sunday by its President, Frank Ebikabo, and Secretary, Federal Ebiaridor, the...