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APGA Crisis Laid To Rest As Supreme Court Affirms Ezeokenwa As National Chairman, Dismisses Njoku’s Claim The Supreme Court, on Wednesday restrained Edozie Njoku from parading himself as national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance. A five-member panel of justices, led by Justice Stephen Adah, affirmed the emergence of Sly Ezeokenwa as the authentic national chairman of APGA. The apex court, in two unanimous judgments, held that Mr Njoku was wrongly laying claim to the party’s chairmanship position. Justice Adah held that the earlier judgment on the appeal marked: SC/CV/687/2021, delivered on October 14, 2021, which was corrected on…

Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto, has approved the sum of N200,000 as a maintenance allowance for principals of each secondary school across the state. The governor made the announcement on Monday during the Sokoto State 2025 Citizens Budget Discussion, held at the Sultan Abubakar Maccido Institute of Quranic and General Studies. In his remarks, the former deputy governor of the state, Chiso Abdullahi, appealed to the governor to approve a certain amount of money for school principals to cover the immediate maintenance needs of the schools. Abdullahi explained that the money would assist the principals in repairing minor damages…

The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) has said the price of Premium Motor Spirit churned out by the old Port Harcourt Refinery which resumed production on Tuesday, is ₦75 per litre higher than that sold by the Dangote Refinery. This was revealed by the association’s Public Relations Officer, Dr. Joseph Obele, during the official reopening ceremony of the refinery, which is now operating at a capacity of 60,000 barrels per day. Dr Obele, a former chairman of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) at the Port Harcourt Deport who initially applauded the federal government…

Gov Peter  Mbah Presents ₦971bn 2025 Budget To Enugu State House Of Assembly Gov Peter Mbah presents the 2025 budget to the Enugu State House of Assembly in Enugu on November 26, 2024. Governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah, has proposed a record ₦971bn budget bill for the 2025 fiscal year to the Enugu State House of Assembly. Presenting the estimates entitled “Budget of Exponential Growth and Inclusive Prosperity” on the floor of the House on Tuesday, Mbah said the proposed estimates comprised ₦837.9bn capital expenditure, representing 86 per cent of the budget estimates, and a recurrent expenditure component of…

Umuahia Residents Kick As Govt Demolishes Gates At Adelabu Close  Residents of Adelabu Close, off Azikiwe Road in Umuahia, Abia State have begged the State government to reinstall the entrance gate to their area, which was demolished on Monday by an agency of the State government, Umuahia Capital Development Agency (UCDA). The residents who spoke through Mr Ifeanyichukwu Christian said that the entrance gate was pulled down without a prior notice to the residents. According to him, the area is a Close which terminates at Umuahia township stadium, and is inhabited by responsible residents whose data is maintained. He added…

Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has said that Nigeria would have been better off than what it is today if the Labour Party candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, had emerged victorious. According to Abaribe who represents Abia South in the Senate, nepotism which he said thrives under President Bola Tinubu would have been non-existent under an Obi presidency. “If Peter Obi had won, you probably would have seen a better Nigeria than what we are seeing today, Abaribe said on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday. “Number one, he would not be as nepotistic as this government, he won’t,…

Nigeria’s owned Port Harcourt Refinery has commenced processing crude oil production. The spokesperson of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Olufemi Soneye, disclosed this on Tuesday. According to him, the refinery has kicked off with 60 percent capacity. He noted that the Refinery is processing 60,000 barrels per day of crude. The Port Harcourt refinery has a combined 250 barrels per day capacity. This comes after several failed commencement deadlines. Details later

The lawmaker representing Abia South Senatorial District, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has said that nobody approached the National Assembly with a request for a new presidential jet before the purchase was eventually made. The Presidency had in August unveiled a new Airbus A330 purchased for President Bola Tinubu. Following the new jet purchase, the Presidency faced so many criticisms from Nigerians who felt the President prioritized his luxury while neglecting the economic hardship faced by the masses. Presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga had in one of his explanations, said that what was purchased was not a new jet as was reported but…

LP Lawmaker Spotted Wearing Cap With President Tinubu’s Insignia A picture of Thaddeus Attah, a member of the house of representatives, has set tongues wagging and thumbs twiddling. Attah, who was elected into the green chamber from the platform of the Labour Party (LP), is seen wearing a cap embroidered with a symbol made popular by President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The legislator, who represents the Eti Osa federal constituency of Lagos, posted the pictures on his X page. X users have been asking the lawmaker if he is a BAT (Bola Ahmed Tinubu) disciple. Prince…

The presidency has announced that plans for the complete privatisation of Nigeria’s state-owned refineries are currently underway. Sunday Dare, the special adviser, media and public communications to President Bola Tinubu, disclosed this in a reforms tracker posted on his X handle on Sunday. The tracker highlights the key milestones achieved by Mr Tinubu’s administration in the oil sector. “Full privatisation of Port Harcourt, Warri, Kaduna refining in the works. Local oil refining and production to peak steadily with Dangote and modular refineries active. With full local refining capacity gradually being met, days of fuel queues to end,” it said. Nigeria…