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2027: Hashim plans support for Dangote, refineries
Says local refineries’ll access crude at strategic price Plans 1m bpd additional refining capacity Insists petrol can sell at ₦605/litre Accord Party presidential candidate, Dr Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has promised to
Nothing must happen to Peter Obi — Ejiofor tells Tinubu
By Nwabueze Okonkwo ONITSHA — Social critic and lawyer, Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has urged President Bola Tinubu and relevant security agencies to take preventive measures to protect the presidential candidate
Nwaogu: Supreme Court verdict won’t affect my 2027 bid
By Ugochukwu Alaribe UMUAHIA — The candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, for Abia Central Senatorial District, Senator Nkechi Nwaogu, has urged her supporters to remain calm and steadfast,
Ebonyi residents urged to embrace free family planning
…As experts lament cultural, religious barriers By Jeff Agbodo, Abakaliki Residents of Ebonyi State have been urged to take advantage of free family planning services to reduce maternal mortality, unintended
Atiku asks Tinubu to explain rising debt
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has challenged President Bola Tinubu to explain the continued rise in Nigeria’s public debt despite increased government revenues, saying Nigerians are yet to see the benefits
Oyebanji dissolves boards, sacks political appointees
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has approved the immediate dissolution of boards, commissions and parastatals in the state and terminated the appointments of all political appointees. Those affected by the
Terrorists abduct newlywed couple, four others in Kwara
By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin A newlywed couple, identified as Funmilayo Bamidele and her husband, Reverend Abiodun David, and four others have reportedly been abducted along the Eruku-Iyemero Road bordering Kwara
Two mass shootings in South Africa leave 27 dead
JOHANNESBURG — At least 27 people have been killed in two separate mass shootings in South Africa, hours apart, in the latest incidents of gun violence to hit the country.
Tinubu celebrates Bishop Oyedepo at 72
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has congratulated the Founder and Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Olaniyi Oyedepo, on his 72nd birthday. President Tinubu
Lagos traffic is lifestyle, not problem — Hamzat
Lagos State Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat, has described the state’s perennial traffic congestion as a “lifestyle” that has become part of the identity of the megacity. Hamzat spoke on Saturday
