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Nigerian singer Portable recently met Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, at the airport in Benin City. A video circulating on social media shows the two exchanging pleasantries. After the encounter, Portable expressed disappointment in a follow-up video, stating that Obi did not give him anything, and suggested that President Bola Tinubu would have offered him money if it had been him. “Obi cannot give us anything. Obi didn’t give us anything. If it was Tinubu we met, he would have given us something. Let’s go,” he said. Get instant and latest news updates via Our WhatsApp Community or Google News online…

Dangote Refinery’s Vice President of Oil and Gas, Devakumar Edwin, has announced that the refinery’s production capacity can meet 44% of Nigeria’s daily petrol (PMS) demand. Speaking during a press briefing on Sunday, Edwin highlighted the commencement of petrol lifting as a significant step towards solving Nigeria’s long-standing PMS supply challenges. He emphasized the refinery’s ability to produce over 54 million liters of PMS daily when processing 650,000 barrels of crude oil. Edwin noted that while 44% of this production will cater to the entire domestic demand, the remaining 56% will be exported, providing the country with a means to…

Dangote Refinery has refuted claims by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) that it sold petrol (PMS) to them at ₦898 per liter. In a statement signed by Anthony Chiejina, the Group Chief Branding and Communications Officer of Dangote Company, the refinery described the NNPCL’s claims as “misleading and mischievous.” Chiejina urged the public to disregard these claims and wait for an official announcement from the Technical Sub-Committee on Naira-based crude sales to local refineries, which will begin operations on October 1, 2024, under the direction of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. According to Dangote Refinery, their current crude stock…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has mandated that all Point of Sale (PoS) transactions in Nigeria be routed through licensed Payment Terminal Service Aggregators (PTSAs). This directive aims to improve the tracking and management of electronic transactions nationwide. The CBN granted Unified Payment Services Limited a second PTSA license in April 2024, in addition to the existing license held by Nigeria Interbank Settlement System Plc since 2011. The move is intended to address concerns over routing all PoS transactions through a single aggregator. Key directives include: The CBN warned that non-compliance with these regulations would lead to sanctions, while…

The Polaris Dawn crew, aboard SpaceX’s Dragon capsule, successfully returned to Earth after completing a five-day mission in orbit. The mission, led by billionaire Jared Isaacman, made history as the first commercial spacewalk, setting a milestone for private space travel. The Dragon capsule, named Resilience, splashed down off the coast of Florida at 08:30 BST, with the event broadcast live by SpaceX. The crew included Isaacman, retired US Air Force pilot Scott Poteet, and SpaceX employees Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon. Notably, Isaacman and Gillis became the first non-professional astronauts to perform a spacewalk. They exited the Dragon spacecraft, floating…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has announced the estimated prices of petrol sourced from the Dangote Refinery for distribution across its retail stations nationwide. In a statement released early Monday, the NNPC emphasized that, in line with the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), petrol prices are not determined by the government but are negotiated between the parties involved. The NNPC confirmed that for September 2024, payments to the Dangote Refinery were made in USD, with Naira-based transactions set to begin on October 1, 2024. The company also assured that any discounts from the Dangote Refinery would be passed on fully…

281 inmates have taken advantage of the current dam overflow to escape from the correctional center in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. However, 7 have been recaptured. In a statement by the Service’s Public Relations Officer, Umar Abubakar, it was revealed that officers, with support from other security agencies, successfully evacuated inmates to a secure location. However, during the process, it was discovered that 281 inmates were unaccounted for. He claimed the flooding, which occurred on Tuesday, breached the facility’s walls, leading to the escape of several inmates. The Service has the details and biometrics of the escapees and has…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has confirmed it purchased Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), or petrol, from the Dangote Refinery at a rate of ₦898 per litre. This marks the beginning of petrol lifting from the refinery, which has a capacity of 650,000 barrels per day, with over 300 trucks collecting the initial batch. Contrary to earlier reports, NNPC spokesperson Olufemi Soneye clarified that the petrol was not purchased at ₦760 per litre but at ₦898. Over 70 trucks have already been loaded. Finance Minister Wale Edun also confirmed that NNPC will be the exclusive distributor of petrol from…

Donald Trump was the target of what the FBI described as an “attempted assassination” at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday, marking the second such incident in just nine weeks. The former president and Republican presidential nominee confirmed he was safe, while authorities took a man into custody. U.S. Secret Service agents, positioned several holes away from where Trump was playing, spotted the muzzle of an AK-style rifle protruding from the shrubbery about 400 yards from the course. A nearby agent immediately fired, prompting the gunman to drop the weapon and flee the scene in an…