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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has crashed the depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, from N640 per litre to N630 per litre. The NNPCL has also disclosed plans to sell directly to independent marketers instead of first taking it to private depots so final consumers would also be able to buy at cheaper rates. The National President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Abubakar Maigandi, confirmed the new price nothing that NNPC has also promised more supply. According to The Nation, independent marketers paid for the product at the new…

Alhaji Aminu Ado-Bayero, the Emir of Kano on Monday welcomed the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi to the commercial city of Northern Nigeria. The Whisperer reports that the visit was in continuation of his nationwide tour to felicitate with Muslims during the holy of Ramadan. Pictures of Obi’s visit to the traditional ruler was posted on social media by Daily Trust with the caption ‘Kano Emir Welcomes Peter Obi to his Palace’ on Monday afternoon. Last week, Obi was in Kebbi State, where he called on the state government and other stakeholders in the…

A man, Chike Ibezim, has been arraigned by the Federal Government for allegedly defaming a former Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola. Ibezim was arraigned on Monday before a Federal High Court in Abuja on a six-count charge. Ibezim, along with two others, claimed that Fashola authored the judgment of the presidential election petition court in favour of the All Progressives Congress over the petitions by the Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party. According to The Punch, count one of the charges reads, “That you Ibezim Chike Victor, male with Jackson Udeh, Nnamdi Emmanuel Ibezim and Reportera.ng (body…

The Federal Government says it has invited Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, over his comments on the activities of bandits in the country. This was disclosed by the Minister of Information and Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Monday while addressing journalists at the State House, Abuja, The Punch reports. Idris said Gumi is not above the law, noting that the government has deemed it necessary to invite him for questioning. Details later

The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has confirmed the escape of Nadeem Anjarwalla, the Binance regional manager for Africa, from lawful custody. A statement by Head of strategic communication at ONSA, Zakari Mijinyawa, on Monday, said “preliminary investigation shows that Mr Anjarwalla fled Nigeria using a smuggled passport.” “The personnel responsible for the custody of the suspect have been arrested, and a thorough investigation is ongoing to unravel the circumstances that led to his escape from lawful detention,” the statement said. The Whisperer earlier reported the development quoting an online newspaper. Anjarwalla, 38, escaped on Friday, March 22,…

Nadeem Anjarwalla, the Binance regional manager for Africa detained in Nigeria, has escaped from the custody of the office of the national security adviser (ONSA). According to a report by Premium Times on Monday, the Binance executive escaped on March 22, from the Abuja guest house where he and his colleague were detained. Anjarwalla was said to have escaped after guards on duty led him to a nearby mosque for prayers in the spirit of the ongoing Ramadan fast. He is believed to have flown out of Abuja using a Middle Eastern airline — but how he got on an…

The mother of the Commanding Officer of the 181 Amphibious Battalion, late Lieutenant Colonel A.H Ali, who was tragically killed alongside two majors, one captain, and 12 soldiers in Okuama, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State last week, has shared her awful experience following the latest event. The slain officers and soldiers were members of the battalion stationed in the Bomadi Local Government Area of the state. They were, however, ambushed and murdered by some heavily armed terrorists in the state last week, a development that raised great concerns in the country. When the family of the late…

The leadership of United Abia Artistes and Patriot Forum (UAAP), has felicitated with the founder and president of Vision Africa International and the co-chair, Interfaith Dialogue Forum for Peace Bishop Sunday Ndukwo Onuoha on his 60th birthday. In a press release, signed UAAP President Amb. Dr. Osita Offor ‘De Ultimate Commander” and the General Secretary Comrade Emenike Jason Iroegbu, the organization eulogized Bishop Onuoha for his sterling contribution towards peace in Nigeria and the world. The organization revealed that Bishop Onuoha is one of the few Nigerians who are committed to the unity of the country and have put everything…

Former spokesperson for the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation, Daniel Bwala, has said the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 Presidential Election, Peter Obi, is planning to leave the Labour Party and join a former Kaduna Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, in the Social Democratic Party (SDP).   Bwala, who made the allegation in a post on his X handle on Friday, said Obi was planning to leave the Labour Party following the current crisis in the party with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) threatening to take over the party. Obi, a former Governor of Anambra State in the…

Data recently compiled by journalists have revealed how seven states in the federation, namely Katsina, Sokoto, Kano, Jigawa, Kebbi, Niger, and Yobe, allocated a total of over N28.3 billion for feeding their residents during the ongoing Ramadan fast. The Nigerian states allocated the funds in their budgets to provide free meals to residents, particularly the less fortunate, during Ramadan. While this is seen as a gesture of social support to help ease the burden of daily expenses for those who struggle, arguments have been raised from different quarters over the development. The gesture aims to provide much-needed support to low-income…