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  Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) says the lawsuit filed by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery seeking to void fuel import licences issued to marketers and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited could destabilise Nigeria’s downstream petroleum sector.   On March 25, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) eased petrol import restrictions by granting a new batch of licences to local marketers. However, two months later, Dangote refinery filed a fresh suit before the federal high court in Lagos, challenging import licences issued or renewed by the NMDPRA to fuel marketers. The refinery argued that the licences breached an earlier court order maintaining the status quo and contravening provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), which it said permits fuel imports only when domestic supply is insufficient. Reacting to the refiner’s suit in a statement issued on Sunday, DAPPMAN said the im...

  Fresh facts have emerged over the abduction of school pupils and the killing of two teachers alongside an okada rider in Ahoro-Esiele, Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, as investigators uncovered how suspected informants allegedly maintained communication with the abductors through telephone conversations. The Oyo State Police Command disclosed that investigators traced the suspects through calls believed to have been exchanged with the bandits during and after the operation. According to the police, the conversations allegedly contained details on how the criminals could successfully navigate routes within the National Park to hidden locations used as safe havens. The breakthrough led to the arrest of no fewer than six suspects, who are currently in police custody and assisting security agencies with ongoing investigations into the gruesome incident. Confirming the development on Tuesday morning, the State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Olayinka Ayanlade, said the...

  A video circulating on the internet captured the moment some of the APC officials in Adamawa were writing the results of the primary election even before the election started.

  One form. One mission. One movement. Last week, I picked up the NDC expression of interest form for the Lagos State Governorship election. Advancing our promise to Lagos, - right principles, right path, right process. Very good, we will liberate Lagos from "Baba sope" politics in 2027 election because Lagos belongs to all Yoruba sons and daughters in the state and not to one man and his family, bola tinubu. We will vote for NDC from the top to bottom in 2027 and by the grace of Almighty Allah, we will win. Why does it appear that Lagos is politically locked down for baba. Candidates from any other party contesting is contesting in vain. Power is transient. Our  incoming by the special grace of God...

  Loveday Ezukuse, the man who expressed his grief in 2020 when his fiancée Immaculate Emife Okochu was crushed to de@th by a truck, has passed on 6 years after the tragedy.   In August 2020, Immaculate was on her way to her job at a popular ice cream subsidiary when a truck plowed her down in Ajah, Lagos, and she di£d on the spot. It was just weeks to her wedding.   Her fiancé Loveday shared a moving post, mourning her  Sadly, according to friends, Loveday never recovered and was depressed for years.   Many said they tried to reach out to him and offered help. However, no one could pull him out of depression.   They got worried when he made his social media accounts private.   Sadly, he has now passed on.   Comments from some friends allude to alleged su!cide but this was not officially confirmed by his family.     Loveday will be laid to rest this Friday, May 22. He leaves behind a daughter.  

  A prominent chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and former member of the House of Representatives from Jigawa State, Abba Anas Adamu, has d!ed in captivity after he was abducted by kidnappers.    Anas was kidnapped alongside another Jigawa politician, Ali Tukur Gantsa, while travelling from Kano to Abuja to attend an ADC congress last Wednesday.    Sources close to the family told The Guardian that the abductors initially demanded a ransom of N100 million but later accepted N50 million before releasing Gantsa and handing over Anas’s corpse to his relatives.   According to the family source, the kidnappers reportedly took them into a bush around Jere area, where they demanded a huge ransom before negotiations led to a reduction in the amount.   The source further revealed to the publication that Anas, who reportedly suffered from asthma and hypertension, was left without his medication for several days during captivity, leading to a det...